[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44382-44383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19154]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2003-15428]


Extension of Comment Period on Whether Nonconforming 2003-2004 
Micro Car Company Smart Passion (Glass Top and Convertible) Passenger 
Cars Are Eligible for Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On June 20, 2003, NHTSA published notice (at 68 FR 37040) that 
it had received a petition to decide that nonconforming 2003-2004 Micro 
Car Company Smart Passion (glass top and convertible) passenger cars 
are eligible for importation into the United States. The notice 
solicited public comments on the petition and stated that the closing 
date for comments is July 21, 2003.
    This is to notify the public that NHTSA is extending the comment 
period until July 31, 2003. This extension is based on a request from 
Mercedes-Benz USA L.L.C. (Mercedes-Benz). In requesting the extension, 
Mercedes-Benz stated that ``upon reviewing the record to determine if 
sufficient engineering data had been submitted to enable NHTSA to make 
a determination whether the proposed vehicle is eligible for 
importation, [it] found no such data.'' As a consequence, the company 
stated that it needs ``additional time to prepare the analytical data 
[it believes] is necessary for the agency to make an informed and 
rational decision regarding the petition.'' Mercedes-Benz requested 
that the deadline be extended from July 21, 2003 until July 31, 2003.

DATES: Comments on the import eligibility petition must be submitted on 
or before July 31, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be submitted to: Docket Management, Room PL-
401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. [Docket hours are 
from 9 am to 5 pm]. Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the document (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-787) or you may visit 
http://dms.dot.gov.

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    All comments received before the close of business on the closing 
date indicated above will be considered, and will be available for 
examination in the docket at the above address both before and after 
that date. To the extent possible, comments filed after the closing 
date will also be considered. Notice of final action on the petition 
will be published in the Federal Register pursuant to the authority 
indicated below.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(B) and (b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8; 
delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.

    Issued on: July 23, 2003.
Kenneth N. Weinstein,
Associate Administrator for Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 03-19154 Filed 7-25-03; 8:45 am]
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