[Federal Register: August 29, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 168)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket NHTSA 2001-8677; Notice 4]
Public Meeting on Early Warning Reporting Procedures
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Office
of Defects Investigation (ODI), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting to discuss the manner
in which Early Warning Reporting (EWR) information required to be
submitted to ODI by motor vehicle and motor vehicle equipment
manufacturers will be submitted to, and retained by, the agency. On
July 3, 2002, NHTSA issued a final rule implementing the EWR provisions
of the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and
Documentation (TREAD) Act. At this meeting, NHTSA will discuss the
methods by which EWR information must be submitted, security for that
information, acknowledgement of receipt of that information, and other
technical aspects associated with those submissions. The agency will
also respond to questions about those issues from the public.
DATES: The Agency's public meeting relating to EWR data submission will
be held on Wednesday, September 24, 2002, beginning at 10 a.m. in Room
2230 of the United States Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh
St., SW (NASSIF Building), Washington, DC 20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Goldson at (202) 366-9944 or at
jgoldson@nhtsa.dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Transcripts of this meeting will be
available for public inspection in the DOT Docket Room in Washington,
DC, within four weeks after the meeting. The DOT Docket Room is open to
the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The transcript may also be accessed
electronically at http://dms.dot.gov, at docket NHTSA 2001-8677; Notice
4.
We recommend that all visitors arrive at least 45 minutes early to
sign in and pass through security checkpoints. Visitors to the building
should enter through the Southwest Lobby to sign in and be escorted
upstairs.
NHTSA will provide auxiliary aids to participants, as necessary.
Any person desiring such auxiliary aids (e.g., sign-language
interpreter, telecommunications devices for deaf persons (TDDs),
readers, taped texts, brailed materials, or large print materials and/
or a magnifying device), should contact Julia Goldson at (202) 366-
9944, by COB Monday, September 16, 2002.
Issued: August 22, 2002.
Kenneth N. Weinstein,
Associate Administrator for Safety Assurance.
[FR Doc. 02-22081 Filed 8-28-02; 8:45 am]
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