[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 168 (Thursday, August 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 55448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22081]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket NHTSA 2001-8677; Notice 4]


Public Meeting on Early Warning Reporting Procedures

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Office 
of Defects Investigation (ODI), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting to discuss the manner 
in which Early Warning Reporting (EWR) information required to be 
submitted to ODI by motor vehicle and motor vehicle equipment 
manufacturers will be submitted to, and retained by, the agency. On 
July 3, 2002, NHTSA issued a final rule implementing the EWR provisions 
of the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and 
Documentation (TREAD) Act. At this meeting, NHTSA will discuss the 
methods by which EWR information must be submitted, security for that 
information, acknowledgement of receipt of that information, and other 
technical aspects associated with those submissions. The agency will 
also respond to questions about those issues from the public.

DATES: The Agency's public meeting relating to EWR data submission will 
be held on Wednesday, September 24, 2002, beginning at 10 a.m. in Room 
2230 of the United States Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh 
St., SW (NASSIF Building), Washington, DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Goldson at (202) 366-9944 or at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Transcripts of this meeting will be 
available for public inspection in the DOT Docket Room in Washington, 
DC, within four weeks after the meeting. The DOT Docket Room is open to 
the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The transcript may also be accessed 
electronically at http://dms.dot.gov, at docket NHTSA 2001-8677; Notice 
4.
    We recommend that all visitors arrive at least 45 minutes early to 
sign in and pass through security checkpoints. Visitors to the building 
should enter through the Southwest Lobby to sign in and be escorted 
upstairs.
    NHTSA will provide auxiliary aids to participants, as necessary. 
Any person desiring such auxiliary aids (e.g., sign-language 
interpreter, telecommunications devices for deaf persons (TDDs), 
readers, taped texts, brailed materials, or large print materials and/
or a magnifying device), should contact Julia Goldson at (202) 366-
9944, by COB Monday, September 16, 2002.

    Issued: August 22, 2002.
Kenneth N. Weinstein,
Associate Administrator for Safety Assurance.
[FR Doc. 02-22081 Filed 8-28-02; 8:45 am]
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