[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 249 (Thursday, December 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77246-77247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-8086]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2005-23434]


Notice of Receipt of Petition for Decision that Nonconforming 
2005 Heku 750kg Boat Trailers Are Eligible for Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition for decision that nonconforming 
2005 Heku 750kg boat trailers are eligible for importation.

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SUMMARY: This document announces receipt by the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that 
2005 Heku 750kg boat trailers that were not originally manufactured to 
comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle

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safety standards (FMVSS) are eligible for importation into the United 
States because they have safety features that comply with, or are 
capable of being altered to comply with, all such standards.

DATES: The closing date for comments on the petition is January 30, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to the docket number and notice 
number, and be submitted to: Docket Management, Room PL-401, 400 
Seventh St., 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 comment (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 19477-78) or you may visit 
http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Coleman Sachs, Office of Vehicle 
Safety Compliance, NHTSA (202-366-3151).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Under 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(B), a motor vehicle that was not 
originally manufactured to conform to all applicable FMVSS, and has no 
substantially similar U.S.-certified counterpart, shall be refused 
admission into the United States unless NHTSA has decided that the 
motor vehicle has safety features that comply with, or are capable of 
being altered to comply with, all applicable FMVSS based on destructive 
test data or such other evidence as NHTSA decides to be adequate.
    Petitions for eligibility decisions may be submitted by either 
manufacturers or importers who have registered with NHTSA pursuant to 
49 CFR Part 592. As specified in 49 CFR 593.7, NHTSA publishes notice 
in the Federal Register of each petition that it receives, and affords 
interested persons an opportunity to comment on the petition. At the 
close of the comment period, NHTSA decides, on the basis of the 
petition and any comments that it has received, whether the vehicle is 
eligible for importation. The agency then publishes this decision in 
the Federal Register.
    Gifford Bobcat Sales of Millville, New Jersey (``GBS'') (Registered 
Importer 04-333) has petitioned NHTSA to decide whether 2005 Heku 750kg 
boat trailers that were not originally manufactured to conform to all 
applicable FMVSS are eligible for importation into the United States. 
GBS contends that these vehicles are eligible for importation under 49 
U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(B) because they have safety features that comply 
with, or are capable of being altered to comply with, all applicable 
Federal motor vehicle safety standards. GBS submitted information with 
its petition intended to demonstrate that 2005 Heku 750kg boat 
trailers, as originally manufactured, comply with one applicable FMVSS 
and are capable of being modified to comply with all other applicable 
standards to which they were not originally manufactured to conform.
    Specifically, the petitioner claims that 2005 Heku 750kg boat 
trailers have safety features that comply with Standard No. 119 New 
Pneumatic Tires for Vehicles Other than Passenger Cars.
    Petitioner also contends that the vehicles are capable of being 
altered to meet the following standards, in the manner indicated:
    Standard No. 108 Lamps, Reflective Devices and Associated 
Equipment: installation of reflective devices.
    Standard No. 120 Tire Selection and Rims for Motor Vehicles Other 
than Passenger Cars: installation of a tire information placard.
    The agency notes that the subject trailers are not equipped with 
braking systems. As a consequence, there is no need for the petition to 
discuss the vehicle's compliance with any of the brake standards that 
apply to trailers that are so equipped.
    Interested persons are invited to submit comments on the petition 
described above. Comments should refer to the docket number and be 
submitted to: Docket Management, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh St., SW, 
Washington, DC 20590. [Docket hours are from 9 am to 5 pm]. It is 
requested but not required that 10 copies be submitted.
    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)(A) and (b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8; 
delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.

Claude H. Harris,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
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