[Federal Register: May 17, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 96)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket NHTSA-99-5087]
Safety Performance Standards Program Meeting
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of NHTSA rulemaking status meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting at which NHTSA will
answer questions from the public and the automobile industry regarding
the agency's vehicle regulatory program.
DATES: The Agency's regular public meeting relating to its vehicle
regulatory program will be held on Thursday, July 18, 2002, beginning
at 9:45 a.m. and ending at approximately 12 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency
Baltimore, on the Inner Harbor, 300 Light Street, Baltimore, Maryland
21202. Questions relating to the vehicle regulatory program must be
submitted in writing with a diskette (Microsoft Word) by Thursday, June
20, 2002, to the address shown below or by e-mail. If sufficient time
is available, questions received after June 20, may be answered at the
meeting. The individual, group or company submitting a question(s) does
not have to be present for the question(s) to be answered. A
consolidated list of the questions submitted by June 20, 2002, and the
issues to be discussed will be posted on NHTSA's web site
(www.nhtsa.dot.gov) by Monday, July 15, 2002, and also will be
available at the meeting. The agency will hold a second public meeting
on July 18, devoted exclusively to a presentation of research and
development programs. This meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. and end at
approximately 5 p.m. This meeting is described more fully in a separate
announcement. The next NHTSA Public Meeting will take place on
Thursday, November 21, 2002, at the Best Western Gateway International
Hotel, Romulus, Michigan.
ADDRESSES: Questions for the July 18, NHTSA Rulemaking Status Meeting,
relating to the agency's vehicle regulatory program, should be
submitted to Delia Lopez, NPS-01, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, Room 5401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590, Fax Number 202-366-4329, e-mail dlopez@nhtsa.dot.gov. The
meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore, on the Inner
Harbor, 300 Light Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. If you need
specific directions to the Hyatt Regency Baltimore, the telephone
number is 410-528-1234.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Delia Lopez, (202) 366-1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA holds regular public meetings to
answer questions from the public and the regulated industries regarding
the agency's vehicle regulatory program. Questions on aspects of the
agency's
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research and development activities that relate directly to ongoing
regulatory actions should be submitted, as in the past, to the agency's
Safety Performance Standards Office. Transcripts of these meetings will
be available for public inspection in the DOT Docket in Washington, DC,
within four weeks after the meeting. Copies of the transcript will then
be available at ten cents a page, (length has varied from 80 to 150
pages) upon request to DOT Docket, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590. The DOT Docket 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-99-5087. Questions to be answered
at the public meeting should be organized by categories to help us
process the questions into an agenda form more efficiently.
Sample format:
I. Rulemaking
A. Crash avoidance
B. Crashworthiness
C. Other Rulemakings
II. Consumer Information
III. Miscellaneous
NHTSA will provide auxiliary aids to participants as necessary. Any
person desiring assistance of ``auxiliary aids'' (e.g., sign-language
interpreter, telecommunications devices for deaf persons (TDDs),
readers, taped texts, brailled materials, or large print materials and/
or a magnifying device), please contact Delia Lopez on (202) 366-1810,
by COB Monday, July 15, 2002.
Issued: May 14, 2002.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 02-12428 Filed 5-16-02; 8:45 am]
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