[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 103 (Thursday, May 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32168-32169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13283]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket NHTSA-99-5087]


Rulemaking Program Meeting

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of NHTSA Rulemaking Status Meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting at which NHTSA will 
answer questions from the public and the automobile industry regarding 
the agency's vehicle regulatory program.

DATES: From the last notice, the date and location has changed for the 
NHTSA Rulemaking Status Meeting. The Agency's regular public meeting 
relating to its vehicle regulatory program will be held on Thursday, 
July 31, 2003, beginning at 9:45 a.m. and ending at approximately 12 
p.m. at the Hilton Crystal City Ronald Reagan National Airport, 2399 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202. Questions relating 
to the vehicle regulatory program must be submitted in writing with a 
diskette (Microsoft Word) by Wednesday, July 2, 2003, to the address 
shown below or by e-mail. If sufficient time is available, questions 
received after July 2 may be answered at the meeting. The individual, 
group or company submitting a question(s) does not have to be present 
for the question(s) to be answered. A consolidated list of the 
questions submitted by July 31, 2003, and the issues to be discussed 
will be posted on NHTSA's web site (www.nhtsa.dot.gov) by Monday, July 
28, 2003, and also will be available at the meeting. The agency will 
hold a second public meeting on July 31, devoted exclusively to a 
presentation of research and development programs. This meeting will 
begin at 1:30 p.m. and end at approximately 5 p.m. This meeting is 
described more fully in a separate announcement. The next NHTSA Public 
Meeting will take place on Thursday, November 20, 2003, at the Best 
Western Gateway International Hotel, Romulus, Michigan 48174.

ADDRESSES: Questions for the July 31, NHTSA Rulemaking Status Meeting, 
relating to the agency's vehicle regulatory program, should be 
submitted to Delia Lopez, NVS-100, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, Room 5401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20590, Fax Number 202-366-4329, e-mail [email protected]. The 
meeting will be held at the Hilton Crystal City, Ronald Reagan National 
Airport, 2399 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202. The 
telephone number is 703-418-6800. A shuttle runs to and from Ronald 
Reagan National Airport every 15 minutes, and the hotel is about two 
blocks from the rail/subway.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Delia Lopez, (202) 366-1810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA holds regular public meetings to 
answer questions from the public and the regulated industries regarding 
the agency's vehicle regulatory program. Questions on aspects of the 
agency's research and development activities that relate directly to 
ongoing regulatory actions should be submitted, as in the past, to the 
agency's Rulemaking Office. Transcripts of these meetings will be 
available for public inspection in the DOT Docket in Washington, DC, 
within four weeks after the meeting. Copies of the transcript will then 
be available at ten cents a page, (length has varied from 80 to 150 
pages) upon request to DOT Docket, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20590. The DOT Docket 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-99-5087. Questions to be answered 
at the public meeting should be organized

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by categories to help us process the questions into an agenda form more 
efficiently.

Sample format:

I. Rulemaking
    A. Crash avoidance
    B. Crashworthiness
    C. Other Rulemakings
II. Consumer Information
III. Harmonization
IV. Miscellaneous

    NHTSA will provide auxiliary aids to participants as necessary. Any 
person desiring assistance of ``auxiliary aids'' (e.g., sign-language 
interpreter, telecommunications devices for deaf persons (TDDs), 
readers, taped texts, brailled materials, or large print materials and/
or a magnifying device), please contact Delia Lopez on (202) 366-1810, 
by COB Monday, July 28, 2003.

    Issued: May 21, 2003.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 03-13283 Filed 5-28-03; 8:45 am]
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