[Federal Register: September 13, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 176)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

 
Research and Development Programs Meeting Agenda

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides the agenda for a public meeting at which 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will 
describe and discuss specific research and development projects.

DATES AND TIMES: As previously announced, NHTSA will hold a public 
meeting devoted primarily to presentations of specific research and 
development projects on September 16, 1999, beginning at 1:30 p.m. and 
ending at approximately 5 p.m.


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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Tysons Westpark Hotel, 8401 
Westpark Drive, McLean, Virginia.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice provides the agenda for the 
twenty-fourth in a series of public meetings to provide detailed 
information about NHTSA's research and development programs. This 
meeting will be held on September 16, 1999. The meeting was announced 
on August 11, 1999 (64 FR 43811). For additional information about the 
meeting, consult that announcement.
    Starting at 1:30 p.m. and concluding by 5 p.m., NHTSA's Office of 
Research and Development will discuss the following topics:
    International Harmonized Research Activities (IHRA) including: (1) 
IHRA Overview and (2) Status Reports on the following IHRA Working 
Groups: (a) Biomechanics, (b) Side Impact, (c) Frontal Impact 
Protection/Compatibility, and (d) Intelligent Transportation Systems.
    NHTSA has based its decisions about the agenda, in part, on the 
suggestions it received in response to the announcement published 
August 11, 1999.
    As announced on August 11, 1999, in the time remaining at the 
conclusion of the presentations, NHTSA will provide answers to 
questions on its research and development programs, where those 
questions have been submitted in writing to Raymond P. Owings, Ph.D., 
Associate Administrator for Research and Development, National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, NRD-01, Washington, DC 20590. Fax 
number: 202-366-5930.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita I. Gibbons, Staff Assistant, 
Office of Research and Development, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, 
DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-4862. Fax number: 202-366-5930.

    Issued: September 8, 1999.
Raymond P. Owings,
Associate Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 99-23712 Filed 9-10-99; 8:45 am]
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