[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 62 (Thursday, March 31, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 17808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7433]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

49 CFR Part 571

[Docket No. NHTSA-2009-0108]


Final Vehicle Safety Rulemaking and Research Priority Plan 2011-
2013

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

ACTION: Plan availability.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the availability of the Final NHTSA 
Vehicle Safety and Fuel Economy Rulemaking and Research Priority Plan 
2011-2013 (Priority Plan) in Docket No. NHTSA-2009-0108. This Priority 
Plan is an update to the Final Vehicle Safety Rulemaking and Research 
Priority Plan 2009-2011 (October 2009 Plan) that was announced in the 
November 9, 2009, edition of the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Carra, Director of Strategic 
Planning and Integration, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, Room W45-336, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 
DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-0361. E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 9, 2009, NHTSA published a Final 
Notice in the Federal Register (74 FR 57623) announcing the 
availability of the October 2009 Plan. Today's document announces the 
availability of the Final NHTSA Vehicle Safety and Fuel Economy 
Rulemaking and Research Priority Plan 2011-2013.
    This plan is an internal management tool as well as a means to 
communicate to the public NHTSA's highest priorities to meet the 
Nation's motor vehicle safety challenges. Among them are programs and 
projects involving rollover crashes, children (both inside as well as 
just near vehicles), motorcoaches and fuel economy that must meet 
Congressional mandates or Secretarial commitments. Since these are 
expected to consume a significant portion of the agency's rulemaking 
resources, they affect the schedules of the agency's other priorities 
listed in this plan. This plan lists the programs and projects the 
agency anticipates working on even though there may not be a rulemaking 
planned to be issued by 2013, and in several cases, the agency doesn't 
anticipate that the research will be done by the end of 2013. Thus, in 
some cases the next step would be an agency decision in 2013 or 2014.
    For purposes of apprising the public on the status of progress 
relative to the efforts delineated in the October 2009 Plan, NHTSA has 
included in the current Priority Plan a section (Section V) that 
compares the October 2009 Plan to the current Priority Plan.
    Interested persons may obtain a copy of the plan, ``Final Vehicle 
Safety Rulemaking and Research Priority Plan 2011-2013,'' by 
downloading a copy of the document. To download a copy of the document, 
go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions, or 
visit Docket Management Facility at U.S. Department of Transportation, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001 and reference Docket No. NHTSA-2009-0108.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30111, 30117, 30168; delegation of 
authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.

Ronald L. Medford,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2011-7433 Filed 3-30-11; 8:45 am]
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