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Report on DOT Significant Rulemakings

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

54. Rear Convex Cross-View Mirrors

55. Roof Crush Resistance

56. Part 571.3 Definitions, Designated Seating Position

57. Side Impact Protection Upgrade - FMVSS No. 214

58. Reduced Stopping Distance Requirements for Truck Tractors

59. Subpart T Hybrid III-10C Dummy, 10-Year-Old Child

60. Automotive Fuel Economy Manufacturing Incentives for Alternative Fueled Vehicles

61. Light Truck Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards, Model Years 2012 and Beyond



National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
54. 
Rear Convex Cross-View Mirrors Red
Popular Title: Convex Mirrors
RIN 2127-AG41
Stage: Withdrawal
Previous Stage: NPRM: Publication Date 09/12/2005; End of Comment Period 11/14/2005.
Abstract: This rulemaking would upgrade the rearward visibility of commercial straight trucks. The agency believes that requiring a rear detection system will reduce fatalities, injuries, and property damage by giving truck operators the ability to detect objects behind the truck. Various possible counter-measures are being examined now in follow-up testing, including visual and non-visual object detection systems. This action will be withdrawn. After further research is completed and evaluated, the agency will determine what further action is warranted.
Effects:
  None
Prompting action: None
Legal Deadline:  None
Rulemaking Project Initiated: 06/28/1996
Dates for Withdrawal:
Milestone Originally
Scheduled
Date		 New
Projected
Date		 Actual
Date
To OST 06/06/2006  11/01/2007   
Publication Approved 06/09/2006  12/21/2007   
Publication Date 06/14/2006  12/28/2007   
Explanation for any delay: Additional coordination necessary
Federal Register Citation for Withdrawal: None


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
55. 
Roof Crush Resistance Red
Popular Title: Roof Crush Resistance
RIN 2127-AG51
Stage: SNPRM
Previous Stage: Request for Comments: Publication Date 10/22/01; End of Comment Period 12/06/01. NPRM: Publication Date 8/23/05; End of Comment Period 11/21/05.
Abstract: This rulemaking would upgrade vehicle roof crush requirements. It is part of the agency's comprehensive response to mitigate the number of fatalities and injuries resulting from vehicle rollovers. Rollover crashes constitute about 3 percent of passenger vehicle crashes, but about one third of the fatalities. Light trucks are more prone to rollover, and their percentage of the U.S. fleet continues to increase. This crash mode constitutes a disproportionate segment of the Nation's highway safety problem. This rulemaking is significant because of public interest in vehicle safety. Previously NHTSA had a final rule scheduled on 8/31/2007.
Effects:
  None
Prompting action: Statute
Legal Deadline:  FR by : 07/01/2008
Rulemaking Project Initiated: 07/13/1996
Dates for SNPRM:
Milestone Originally
Scheduled
Date		 New
Projected
Date		 Actual
Date
To OST 02/09/2007  04/02/2007  03/26/2007 
Returned to Mode     04/17/2007 
Resubmitted to OST   09/03/2007  08/31/2007 
To OMB 02/09/2007  10/12/2007   
OMB Clearance 02/26/2007  01/15/2008   
Publication Date 02/28/2007  01/30/2008   
End of Comment Period 04/30/2007  03/28/2008   
Explanation for any delay: Additional coordination necessary
Federal Register Citation for SNPRM: None


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
56. 
Part 571.3 Definitions, Designated Seating Position Red
Popular Title: Definitions, Designated Seating Position
RIN 2127-AI94
Stage: Final Rule
Previous Stage: NPRM: Publication Date 06/22/2005; End of Comment Period 08/22/2005.
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend part 571.3 Definitions, to redefine the term "designated seating position" (DSP) in order to establish an objective criteria that is more enforceable.
Effects:
  None
Prompting action: None
Legal Deadline:  None
Rulemaking Project Initiated: 12/16/2002
Dates for Final Rule:
Milestone Originally
Scheduled
Date		 New
Projected
Date		 Actual
Date
To OST 09/08/2006  03/16/2007  03/21/2007 
Returned to Mode     04/17/2007 
Resubmitted to OST   08/31/2007  08/09/2007 
To OMB 10/20/2006  09/24/2007   
OMB Clearance 01/22/2007  12/24/2007   
Publication Date 01/31/2007  12/31/2007   
Explanation for any delay: Additional coordination necessary
Federal Register Citation for Final Rule: None


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
57. 
Side Impact Protection Upgrade - FMVSS No. 214 Red
Popular Title: Side Impact Protection Upgrade
RIN 2127-AJ10
Stage: Final Rule
Previous Stage: NPRM: Publication Date 5/17/2004; End of Comment Period 10/14/2004; Reopening of Comment Period 1/2005; End of Reopened Comment Period 4/12/2005.
Abstract: This rulemaking would require in FMVSS No. 214 a vehicle-to-pole oblique impact test to reduce the number of fatal and serious head injuries, which are not addressed in FMVSS No. 201. Two Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) -- No. 201, "Occupant Protection in Interior Impact" and No. 214, "Side Impact Protection" -- specify requirements for side impact protection. At present, FMVSS No. 214 specifies a moving deformable barrier (MDB) test addressing mainly the chest injury problem. The head injury reduction is partially addressed in FMVSS No. 201.
Effects:
  Economically Significant
Major
Unfunded Mandate
Prompting action: Statute
Legal Deadline:  Publish by : 07/01/2008
Rulemaking Project Initiated: 05/05/2003
Dates for Final Rule:
Milestone Originally
Scheduled
Date		 New
Projected
Date		 Actual
Date
To OST 10/13/2005  12/02/2005  12/02/2005 
Returned to Mode     06/30/2006 
Resubmitted to OST   05/11/2007  05/09/2007 
To OMB 11/25/2005  06/15/2007  05/25/2007 
OMB Clearance 02/21/2006  09/17/2007  08/30/2007 
Publication Date 02/28/2006  09/10/2007   
Explanation for any delay: Additional coordination necessary
Federal Register Citation for Final Rule: None


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
58. 
Reduced Stopping Distance Requirements for Truck Tractors Red
Popular Title: Reduced Stopping Distance for Truck Tractors
RIN 2127-AJ37
Stage: Final Rule
Previous Stage: NPRM: Publication Date: 12/15/2005; End of Comment Period 4/14/2006.
Abstract: This rulemaking would reduce stopping distance requirements for truck tractors equipped with air brake systems. Advances in heavy vehicle braking systems show that improved stopping performance is attainable for these vehicles. Such improvements would reduce the stopping distance disparity with light vehicles, and would result in fewer deaths and injuries and reduce property damage due to fewer crashes between truck tractors and light vehicles.
Effects:
  None
Prompting action: None
Legal Deadline:  None
Rulemaking Project Initiated: 04/02/2004
Dates for Final Rule:
Milestone Originally
Scheduled
Date		 New
Projected
Date		 Actual
Date
To OST 01/12/2007  10/29/2007   
To OMB 02/23/2007  12/07/2007   
OMB Clearance 05/25/2007  03/10/2008   
Publication Date 05/31/2007  03/31/2008   
Explanation for any delay: Additional coordination necessary
Federal Register Citation for Final Rule: None


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
59. 
Subpart T Hybrid III-10C Dummy, 10-Year-Old Child Green
Popular Title: Hybrid Dummy
RIN 2127-AJ49
Stage: Final Rule
Previous Stage: NPRM: Publication Date 07/13/2005; End of Comment Period 09/12/2005.
Abstract: This rulemaking would incorporate the Hybrid III ten-year old dummy into Part 572 for potential application in Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) such as FMVSS No. 213, Child restraint systems. Anton's Law, signed by the President on December 4, 2002, specified in Section 4 that within 24 months, the Secretary of Transportation shall develop and evaluate an anthropomorphic test device that simulates a 10-year old child for use in testing child restraints used in passenger motor vehicles. The evaluation and testing of such a device has been completed by NHTSA. This rulemaking would include rationale for the dummy performance response requirements; detailed dummy design drawings and specifications; and a procedures manual for the dummy inspection, assembly and disassembly.
Effects:
  None
Prompting action: None
Legal Deadline:  None
Rulemaking Project Initiated: 09/16/2004
Dates for Final Rule:
Milestone Originally
Scheduled
Date		 New
Projected
Date		 Actual
Date
To OST 12/20/2007     
To OMB 01/31/2008     
OMB Clearance 04/30/2008     
Publication Date 05/15/2008     
Explanation for any delay: N/A
Federal Register Citation for Final Rule: None


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
60. 
Automotive Fuel Economy Manufacturing Incentives for Alternative Fueled Vehicles Red
Popular Title: AMFA Extension
RIN 2127-AK00
Stage: NPRM
Previous Stage:None
Abstract: This rulemaking would extend the alternative fueled vehicles incentive created by the Alternative Motor Fuels Act of 1988 for Model years 2011 - 2014, at a maximum incentive of 0.9 miles per gallon (mpg) per fleet. This rulemaking would extend the incentive to vehicle manufacturers under 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)section 538.9 for an additional four years. The incentive allows manufacturers to calculate a higher average fuel economy level for dual-fueled vehicles, as defined at 49 USC section 32901(a)(8), permitting up to a 0.9 mpg increase in their overall corporate average fuel economy (CAFE). NHTSA is required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to either extend the incentive or explain to Congress why it has not done so by December 31, 2007.
Effects:
  None
Prompting action: Statute
Legal Deadline:  Per the Energy Policy Act of 2005, NHTSA is obligated to publish a final rule by December 31, 2007 or explain why it has not done so. : 12/31/2007
Rulemaking Project Initiated: 05/07/2007
Dates for NPRM:
Milestone Originally
Scheduled
Date		 New
Projected
Date		 Actual
Date
To OST 06/01/2007  10/15/2007   
To OMB 06/25/2007  11/21/2007   
OMB Clearance 07/27/2007  02/22/2008   
Publication Date 07/31/2007  02/29/2008   
End of Comment Period 09/30/2007  04/30/2008   
Explanation for any delay: Additional coordination necessary
Federal Register Citation for NPRM: None


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
61. 
Light Truck Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards, Model Years 2012 and Beyond Green
Popular Title: CAFE Model Years 2012 and Beyond
RIN 2127-AK08
Stage: NPRM
Previous Stage:None
Abstract: This rulemaking would address Light Truck Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards pursuant to the President’s Executive Order No. 13432.
Effects:
  Economically Significant
Prompting action: Statute
Legal Deadline:  CAFE standards must be set at least 18 months prior to the start of a model year. However, this action is also subject to a direction by the President of the United States to complete rulemaking in 2008. : 11/01/2008
Rulemaking Project Initiated: 08/01/2007
Dates for NPRM:
Milestone Originally
Scheduled
Date		 New
Projected
Date		 Actual
Date
To OST 09/20/2007     
To OMB 10/15/2007     
OMB Clearance 11/14/2007     
Publication Date 11/15/2007     
End of Comment Period 01/15/2008     
Explanation for any delay: N/A
Federal Register Citation for NPRM: None