[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67424-67425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19685]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Docket No. NHTSA-2006-26357


Notice of Receipt of Petition for Decision That Nonconforming 
1999-2000 Hatty 45 Foot Double Axle Trailers Are Eligible for 
Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition for decision that nonconforming 
1999-2000 Hatty 45 foot double axle 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 
1999-2000 Hatty 45 foot double axle trailers that were not originally 
manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle 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 December 21, 
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 a.m. 
to 5 p.m.]. 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 19477-19478) 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. Sec.  30141(a)(1)(B), a motor vehicle that was not 
originally manufactured to conform to all applicable FMVSS, and that 
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.
    Barry Taylor Enterprises of Richmond, California 
(``BTE'')(Registered Importer 01-280) has petitioned NHTSA to decide 
whether 1999-2000 Hatty 45 foot double axle trailers that were not 
originally manufactured to conform to all applicable FMVSS are eligible 
for importation into the United States. BTE contends that these 
vehicles are eligible for importation under 49 U.S.C. Sec.  
30141(a)(1)(B) because they have safety features that comply with, or 
are capable of being altered to comply with, all applicable FMVSS. BTE 
submitted information with its petition intended to demonstrate that 
1999-2000 Hatty 45 foot double axle trailers, as originally 
manufactured, comply with many 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 1999-2000 Hatty 45 foot 
double axle trailers have safety features that comply with Standard 
Nos. 106 Brake Hoses, 119 New Pneumatic Tires for Vehicles Other than 
Passenger Cars, 121 Air Brake Systems, 223 Rear Impact Guards and 224 
Rear Impact Protection.
    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 rear mounted identification lamps, front 
side-mounted amber clearance lamps, brake lamps, and rear turn signal 
lamps.
    Standard No. 120 Tire Selection and Rims for Motor Vehicles Other 
than

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Passenger Cars: installation of a tire information placard.
    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 a.m. to 5 p.m.]. 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)(B) and (b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8; 
delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.

    Issued on: November 16, 2006.
Claude H. Harris,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
[FR Doc. E6-19685 Filed 11-20-06; 8:45 am]
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