[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 244 (Thursday, December 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 77104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29957]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2008-0189]


Notice of Cancelation of Public Meeting; BMW Mini Cooper S 
Vehicles; Exhaust Pipe Tips

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

ACTION: Notice of cancelation of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a cancelation of NHTSA's December 17, 
2008, public meeting regarding its Initial Decision that model year 
(MY) 2007 and certain MY 2008 BMW Mini Cooper S vehicles (subject 
vehicles) contain a defect related to motor vehicle safety in the 
vehicle's exhaust pipe tips.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: AnnaLisa Nash, Office of Chief 
Counsel, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590; (202) 366-5263.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA's public meeting regarding its Initial 
Decision that model year (MY) 2007 and certain MY 2008 BMW Mini Cooper 
S vehicles (subject vehicles) contain a defect related to motor vehicle 
safety in the vehicle's exhaust pipe tips, previously scheduled for 
Wednesday, December 17, 2008,\1\ is now canceled. The matter is moot. 
On December 12, 2008, BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) submitted a 
Defect and Noncompliance Information Report to NHTSA under 49 CFR 
573.6. BMW has thus initiated a safety recall on the subject vehicles 
within the meaning of the 49 U.S.C. 30118-30120 and 49 CFR Part 573.
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    \1\ The agency published notice of the meeting on Friday, 
December 5, 2008 (Initial Decision That Certain BMW Mini Cooper S 
Vehicles Contain a Safety-Related Defect Regarding the Exhaust Pipe 
Tips; and Scheduling of a Public Meeting, 73 FR 235 (noticed Dec. 5, 
2008)).

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118(a), (b); delegations of authority at 
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49 CFR 1.50(a) and 49 CFR 501.8.

    Issued on: December 12, 2008.
Daniel C. Smith,
Associate Administrator for Enforcement.
 [FR Doc. E8-29957 Filed 12-12-08; 4:15 pm]
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