[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 30 (Friday, February 14, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 9611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02583]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
49 CFR Parts 571 and 585
[Docket No. NHTSA-2024-0089]
RIN 2127-AL20
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems,
Child Restraint Anchorage Systems; Incorporation by Reference
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.
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SUMMARY: This document delays until March 20, 2025, the effective date
of the January 7, 2025, final rule that amends Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 225; Child restraint systems, and FMVSS No.
213b; Child restraint systems.
DATES: The effective date of the final rule amending 49 CFR parts 571
and 585, published January 7, 2025, at 90 FR 1288, is delayed until
March 20, 2025. The incorporation by reference approval of certain
material listed in the rule by the Director of the Federal Register is
delayed until March 20, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Correspondence related to this rule should refer to the
docket number set forth above (NHTSA-2024-0089) and be submitted to
regulations.gov or to the Administrator, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical issues: Ms. Cristina
Echemendia, Office of Crashworthiness Standards, Telephone: (202) 366-
6345, Facsimile: (202) 366-7002. For legal issues: Ms. Natasha Reed,
Office of the Chief Counsel, Telephone: (202) 366-2992, Facsimile:
(202) 366-3820. The mailing address for these officials is: National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the memorandum of January
20, 2025, from the President to executive departments and agencies,
entitled ``Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,'' \1\ this action
temporarily delays until March 20, 2025, the effective date of the rule
entitled ``Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint
Systems, Child Restraint Anchorage Systems, Incorporation by
Reference,'' published in the Federal Register on January 7, 2025, at
90 FR 1288. That rule amended FMVSS No. 225 and 213b to improve the
ease-of-use of child restraint anchorage systems.
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\1\ Available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/regulatory-freeze-pending-review/ (last accessed
Feb. 3, 2025).
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This action is exempt from notice and comment under 5 U.S.C. 553
and is effective immediately upon publication in the Federal Register,
based on the good cause exceptions in 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and 553(d)(3),
respectively. Seeking public comment is impracticable, unnecessary, and
contrary to the public interest. The temporary delay in effective date
is necessary to give Department officials the opportunity for further
review and consideration of new regulations, consistent with the
President's memorandum of January 20, 2025. Given the imminence of the
effective date, seeking prior public comment on this temporary delay
would have been impractical, as well as contrary to the public interest
in the orderly promulgation and implementation of regulations. The
imminence of the effective date is also good cause for making this
action effective immediately upon publication in the Federal Register.
Issued in Washington, DC, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.95 and 501.5.
Peter Simshauser,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2025-02583 Filed 2-13-25; 8:45 am]
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