[Federal Register: January 8, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 5)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2002-13986]
Decision That Certain Nonconforming Motor Vehicles Are Eligible
for Importation
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of decision by NHTSA that certain nonconforming motor
vehicles are eligible for importation.
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SUMMARY: This document announces decisions by NHTSA that certain motor
vehicles not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable
Federal motor vehicle safety standards are eligible for importation
into the United States because they are substantially similar to
vehicles originally manufactured for importation into and/or sale in
the United States and certified by their manufacturers as complying
with the safety standards, and they are capable of being readily
altered to conform to the standards.
DATES: These decisions are effective as of the date of their
publication in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marilynne Jacobs, Office of Vehicle
Safety Compliance, NHTSA (202-366-2832).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A), a motor vehicle that was not
originally manufactured to conform to all applicable Federal motor
vehicle safety standards shall be refused admission into the United
States unless NHTSA has decided that the motor vehicle is substantially
similar to a motor vehicle originally manufactured for importation into
and sale in the United States, certified under 49 U.S.C. 30115, and of
the same model year as the model of the motor vehicle to be compared,
and is capable of being readily altered to conform to all applicable
Federal motor vehicle safety standards.
Petitions for eligibility decisions may be submitted by either
manufacturers or importers who have registered with NHTSA pursuant to
49 CFR Part 592. As specified in 49 CFR 593.7, NHTSA publishes notice
in the Federal Register of each petition that it receives, and affords
interested persons an opportunity to comment on the petition. At the
close of the comment period, NHTSA decides, on the basis of the
petition and any comments that it has received, whether the vehicle is
eligible for importation. The agency then publishes this decision in
the Federal Register.
NHTSA received petitions from registered importers to decide
whether the vehicles listed in Annex A to this notice are eligible for
importation into the United States. To afford an opportunity for public
comment, NHTSA published notice of these petitions as specified in
Annex A. The reader is referred to those notices for a thorough
description of the petitions. No comments were received in response to
these notices. Based on its review of the information submitted by the
petitioners, NHTSA has decided to grant the petitions.
Vehicle Eligibility Number for Subject Vehicles
The importer of a vehicle admissible under any final decision must
indicate on the form HS-7 accompanying entry the appropriate vehicle
eligibility number indicating that the vehicle is eligible for entry.
Vehicle eligibility numbers assigned to vehicles admissible under this
decision are specified in Annex A.
Final Decision
Accordingly, on the basis of the foregoing, NHTSA hereby decides
that each motor vehicle listed in Annex A to this notice, which was not
originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor
vehicle safety standards, is substantially similar to a motor vehicle
manufactured for importation into and/or sale in the United States, and
certified under 49 U.S.C. 30115, as specified in Annex A, and is
capable of being readily altered to conform to all applicable Federal
motor vehicle safety standards.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A) and (b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8;
delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.
Issued on: January 2, 2003.
Marilynne Jacobs,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
Annex A
Nonconforming Motor Vehicles Decided to Be Eligible for Importation
1. Docket No. NHTSA-2002-13384
Nonconforming Vehicle: 2001 and 2002 Ducati 996R motorcycles.
Substantially similar
U.S.-certified vehicle: 2001 and 2002 Ducati 996R motorcycles.
Notice of Petition Published at: 67 FR 62520 (October 7, 2002).
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-398.
2. Docket No. NHTSA-2002-12730
Nonconforming Vehicles: 2002 Mercedes Benz Gelaendewagen 5-Door
Long Wheel Base multipurpose passenger vehicles.
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 2002 Mercedes
Benz Gelaendewagen 5-Door Long Wheel Base multipurpose passenger
vehicles.
Notice of Petition Published at: 67 FR 55307 (August 28, 2002).
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-392.
3. Docket No. NHTSA-2002-12731
Nonconforming Vehicle: Left-Hand Drive Japanese Market 1997 Jeep
Grand Cherokee multipurpose passenger vehicles.
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicle: 1997 Jeep Grand
Cherokee multipurpose passenger vehicles.
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Notice of Petition Published at: 67 FR 48701 (July 25, 2002).
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-389.
4. Docket No. NHTSA-2002-12732
Nonconforming Vehicles: 1997-2001 and 2002 Porsche Boxster
passenger cars manufactured before September 1, 2002.
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1997-2001 and
2002 Porsche Boxster passenger cars manufactured before September 1,
2002.
Notice of Petition Published at: 67 FR 48700 (July 25, 2002).
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-390.
5. Docket No. NHTSA-2002-13333
Nonconforming Vehicle: 1997 BMW 850 Series passenger cars.
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicle: 1997 BMW 850
Series passenger cars.
Notice of Petition Published at: 67 FR 59593 (September 23,
2002).
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-396.
6. Docket No. NHTSA-2002-13382
Nonconforming Vehicles: 1999 and 2000 Bimota SB8 and 2000 Bimota
DB4 motorcycles.
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1999 and 2000
Bimota SB8 and 2000 Bimota DB4 motorcycles.
Notice of Petition Published at: 67 FR 62521 (October 7, 2002).
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-397.
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