[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68238-68239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2024-0040]


NHTSA Safety Research Portfolio Public Meeting: Fall 2024

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 
will hold a public meeting from October 28 to October 30, 2024, as a 
joint effort between the Agency's Vehicle Safety Research and 
Behavioral Safety Research offices to share information on activities 
within the Agency's research programs. The meeting will be held in a 
virtual format with representatives from across the two research 
offices presenting the information in panels.
    Questions from the audience will be addressed following 
presentations. Each presentation will include visual slides that will 
be available in a public docket after the public meeting. A recording 
of the panels will also be available on the NHTSA website.

DATES: NHTSA will hold the public meeting on October 28 to October 30, 
2024, with times to be established as the agenda is further refined. 
The meeting will be held virtually, via Zoom. Registration to attend 
the meeting must be received no later than October 23, 2024. There is 
no cost to register. Registration can be completed at https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/nhtsa-safety-research-portfolio-public-meeting-fall-2024. The public docket will remain open for 90 days following the 
public meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. The virtual 
meeting's online access link(s) will be available upon registration. 
Details regarding the agenda and speakers will be added to the Public 
Meeting website, https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/nhtsa-safety-research-portfolio-public-meeting-fall-2024, regularly prior to the event. The 
meeting will also be recorded and made available after the event for 
offline viewing at https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/nhtsa-safety-research-portfolio-public-meeting-fall-2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about the public 
meeting, please contact Jennifer Oxenham at 202-366-2827 or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For reference, NHTSA's previous Safety 
Research Portfolio public meeting, held in Fall 2022, is available for 
viewing at https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/research-public-meeting-2022.
    Registration is recommended for all attendees. Attendees should 
register at https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/nhtsa-safety-research-portfolio-public-meeting-fall-2024 by October 23, 2024. Follow the 
designated registration instructions at the registration site and 
please indicate whether special accommodation is needed.
    NHTSA is committed to providing equal access to this event for all 
participants. People with disabilities can submit an accommodation 
request, and people with limited English proficiency can submit a 
language access request. Please submit any request to Jennifer Oxenham 
at 202-366-2827 or via email at [email protected] with your 
request as soon as possible. A sign language interpreter will be 
provided, and closed captioning services will be available.
    Should it be necessary to cancel or reschedule the meeting due to 
an unforeseen circumstance, NHTSA will take all available measures to 
notify registered participants as soon as possible. NHTSA will conduct 
the public meeting informally, and

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technical rules of evidence will not apply. The meeting will be 
recorded, and a recording will be made available after the event.
    Comments: Comments may be submitted electronically or in hard copy 
during the 90-day comment period. Please submit all comments no later 
than January 31, 2025, by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Ground Floor, 
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 
9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays. 
To be sure someone is there to help you, please call 202-366-9826 
before coming.
     Fax: 202-366-1767.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number. Note that all comments received will be posted without 
change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided. Please see the Privacy Act discussion below.
    Docket: For access to the docket go to http://www.regulations.gov 
at any time or to 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground 
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
    Telephone: 202-366-9826.
    Privacy Act: 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 (65 FR 19477-78), or you may visit http://www.regulations.gov/privacy.html.
    Confidential Business Information: If you wish to submit any 
information under a claim of confidentiality, you should submit three 
copies of your complete submission, including the information you claim 
to be confidential business information, to the Chief Counsel, NHTSA, 
at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. In addition, you 
should submit two copies, from which you have deleted the claimed 
confidential business information, to Docket Management at the address 
given above. When you send a comment containing information claimed to 
be confidential business information, you should submit a cover letter 
setting forth the information specified in our confidential business 
information regulation (49 CFR part 512).
    Background: Each year, NHTSA executes a broad array of research 
programs in support of Administration, DOT, and agency priorities. The 
Agency's research portfolio covers a diverse range of program areas 
pertaining to vehicle safety, including the safety consequences of 
novel automotive technologies that aim to improve the crash avoidance 
and/or occupant protection characteristics of motor vehicles; and 
behavioral safety, which includes safety countermeasures that pertain 
to the behavior and actions of drivers, occupants, and other road 
users, including vulnerable populations.
    This public meeting is intended to provide public and stakeholder 
outreach regarding research activities at NHTSA for both vehicle and 
behavioral safety, including expected near-term deliverables. NHTSA 
technical research staff will discuss projects recently concluded or 
underway and may also introduce early-stage projects. As time allows, 
there will be an opportunity for session attendees to submit questions 
via the chat feature in the broadcast medium.
    Presentations will be displayed during the panel sessions and will 
be posted to the docket (regulations.gov) after the meeting. Updates on 
this event will be available at https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/nhtsa-safety-research-portfolio-public-meeting-fall-2024 and NHTSA recommends 
checking back periodically for updates or potential schedule changes.
    Discussion of research projects will occur in the form of technical 
panel presentations. Participants will be able to register for any or 
all of the days and be able to join the Zoom webinar in parts or for 
full sessions throughout each day.
    The Agency invites comments on the information presented as well as 
on the Agency's research priorities, research goals, and additional 
research gaps/needs the public may believe NHTSA should be addressing. 
Select project work may be posted to the docket for which comments are 
also welcome. Slides presented at the public meeting will be posted to 
the docket subsequently for public access and a recording of the 
meeting will be made available after the event for offline viewing.

Cem Hatipoglu,
Associate Administrator, Vehicle Safety Research.
[FR Doc. 2024-18994 Filed 8-22-24; 8:45 am]
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