[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 26 (Friday, February 7, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 6359-6360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2702]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

49 CFR Part 571

[Docket No. NHTSA-98-4662]
RIN 2127-AJ02


Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, School Bus Body Joint 
Strength; Correction

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of December 13, 2001, NHTSA published 
a document in response to petitions for reconsideration that amended 
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 221, School Bus Body Joint 
Strength. There was a typographical error in S6.1.2. This document 
corrects the error.

DATES: Effective on January 1, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorothy Nakama, Office of the Chief 
Counsel, at (202) 366-2992. Her FAX

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number is: (202) 366-3820. Her address is: National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA published a document in the Federal 
Register of December 13, 2001, (66 FR 64358) (FR Doc. 01-34096) 
amending Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 221, School bus body 
joint strength, 49 CFR 571.221. As published, 6.1.2 of the standard 
stated: ``If a joint is less than 305 mm long, cut a test specimen with 
enough of the adjacent material to permit it to be held in the tension 
testing machine specified in S6.3.'' This document corrects ``305 mm'' 
to read ``203 mm.''
    Need for correction--As published, the final rule contains an error 
which may prove to be misleading and needs to be clarified.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 571

    Motor vehicle safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
Tires.

    Accordingly, 49 CFR Part 571 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendment:

PART 571--FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS

    1. The authority citation for Part 571 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 30111, 30115, 30117, and 30166; 
delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.50.

    2. Section 571.221 is corrected by revising S6.1.2 to read as 
follows:


Sec.  571.221  Standard No. 221, School Bus Body Joint Strength

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    S6.1.2 If a joint is less than 203 mm long, cut a test specimen 
with enough of the adjacent material to permit it to be held in the 
tension testing machine specified in S6.3.
* * * * *

    Issued on: January 30, 2003.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 03-2702 Filed 2-6-03; 8:45 am]
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