[Federal Register: September 4, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 171)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-99-6583; Notice 2]
Supplemental Notice on Public Workshop
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
ACTION: Supplemental notice on public workshop.
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SUMMARY: We are issuing this notice to provide additional information
about the public workshop we will be hosting for the New Car Assessment
Program (NCAP) on Consumer Braking Information. The purpose of this
program is to provide comparative stopping distance performance of
light vehicles, currently targeted to those light vehicles equipped
with 4-wheel anti-lock braking systems (ABS). Our workshop will focus
on the issues discussed in the Request for Comments notice published on
July 17, 2001, including driver variability, test pavement variability,
and consumer information format. The results of this workshop will be
included in the subject docket along with other written comments
received by October 15, 2001. These comments, and any data that are
submitted, will be used to assist in finalizing plans for a pilot
program on brake testing of model year 2003 vehicles.
DATES: We will hold the public workshop on September 26, 2001, from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. If you wish to participate in the meeting, or submit
comments on the proposed agenda, please contact Mr. Jeff Woods, at the
address or telephone number listed below, by September 24, 2001. If you
wish to give a presentation at the meeting, please provide a synopsis
of your presentation to Mr. Woods by September 19, 2001. Presentations
shall be limited to 30 minutes with a brief question-and-answer
opportunity following each presentation.
ADDRESSES: Public Workshop: We will hold the public meeting in room
6332-6336 of the Department of Transportation Nassif Building, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jeff Woods, Office of Safety
Performance Standards, NPS-22, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: (202) 366-6206; Fax: (202) 366-4329, email:
jwoods@nhtsa.dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 17, 2001, we published a Federal Register Notice (66 FR
37253) requesting comments on our consumer braking information program
for light vehicles that are currently subjected to the NCAP program. We
also announced a public workshop for September 26, 2001, to discuss
some of the technical issues about this braking information program.
This notice provides additional details of the workshop, including the
location, time, agenda and goals of the workshop.
In the July 17, 2001 notice, the agency provided an extensive
discussion of the history of the program, the research conducted to
date, a discussion of some of the issues that the agency feels have
been resolved, and a detailed description of the draft test protocol.
This previous notice can be found in the subject docket (see
instructions on how to access the docket below under Availability of
Relevant Documents below).
Public Meeting
A. Time/Location
The workshop will be held Wednesday, September 26, 2001, at the
Department of Transportation headquarters building (also known as the
Nassif Building), 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, Room
6332-6336. The meeting will be from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
B. Purpose
The purpose of the meeting is to obtain more technical information
and discuss some of the outstanding issues related to the consumer
braking information program. The specific issues that we would like to
focus on include:
Driver Variability
Test Surface Variability
Consumer Information Format
Though our primary focus will be on these issues, we will be open to
presentations and discussions of other relevant technical issues
related to the program, as time allows.
C. Agenda for the Public Workshop on NCAP Braking
I. Opening Remarks
II. Introduction
Agency Presentation--Brief overview of the development of the NCAP
Braking program
III. Technical Presentations
A. Driver Variability
B. Surface Variability
C. Consumer Information Format
IV. Post Presentation Open Discussions
If possible the presentations will be scheduled by the primary
subject of the presentations, as listed in the agenda. However,
speakers are encouraged to make their entire presentation at one time.
D. Procedural Matters
The meeting will be moderated by a NHTSA representative.
After each presentation, there will be a ten-minute opportunity to
address questions from the agency panel and from the audience.
To facilitate communication, we will provide auxiliary aids (e.g.,
sign-language interpreter) to participants as necessary, during the
meeting. Any person desiring assistance of auxiliary aids should
contact Mr. Woods no later than 10 days before the meeting. For any
presentation that will include slides, motion pictures, a computer
projector, or any other visual aids, the presenters should bring at
least two paper copies of the presentation to the meeting so that we
can provide a copy to the court reporter and readily include the
material in the public record. In addition, we will make a verbatim
record of the public meeting and place a copy in the docket.
E. Availability of Relevant Documents
The July 17, 2001, Request for Comments notice for the NCAP Braking
program has been placed in the docket. To obtain that notice, you may
either visit the docket in Washington, DC, or
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query the Department of Transportation docket website.
The docket is located at Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC. Docket hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday. The Docket Management System website is http://dms.dot.gov/.
You should search for Docket No. 6583.
F. Written Comments
If you wish to submit written comments on the issues discussed at
the meeting, please submit them by the comment closing date of October
15, 2001. Comments must refer to the Docket and Notice numbers cited at
the beginning of this Notice and be submitted to: Docket Management,
Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. The Docket
Section is open on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Alternatively, you
may submit your comments electronically by logging onto the Docket
Management System website at http://dms.dot.gov. Click on ``Help &
Information'' or ``Help/Info'' to view instructions for filing your
comments electronically. Regardless of how you submit your comments,
you should mention the docket number (6583) of this program.
Issued on: August 28, 2001.
Claude H. Harris,
Acting Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
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