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part of the Government. The Bureau 

reserves the right to reduce, revise, or 

increase proposal budgets in accordance 

with the needs of the program and the 

availability of funds. Awards made will 

be subject to periodic reporting and 

evaluation requirements per section VI.3 

above.

Dated: September 14, 2004. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2004–19120] 

Notice of Receipt of Petition for 

Decision That Nonconforming 2001 

Ducati 900 Motorcycles Are Eligible for 

Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition for 

decision that nonconforming 2001 

Ducati 900 motorcycles are eligible for 

importation. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

receipt by the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a 

petition for a decision that 2001 Ducati 

900 motorcycles that were not originally 

manufactured to comply with all 

applicable Federal motor vehicle safety 

standards are eligible for importation 

into the United States because (1) they 

are substantially similar to vehicles that 

were originally manufactured for sale in 

the United States and that were certified 

by their manufacturer as complying 

with the safety standards, and (2) they 

are capable of being readily altered to 

conform to the standards.

DATES: The closing date for comments 

on the petition is 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

the docket number and notice number, 

and be submitted to: Docket 

Management, Room PL–401, 400 

Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 

20590. (Docket hours are from 9 a.m. to 

5 p.m.) Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register

published on April 11, 2000 (volume 65, 

number 70; pages 19477–78), or you 

may visit http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Coleman Sachs, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance, NHTSA (202–366–3151).

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. 

J.K. Technologies of Baltimore, 

Maryland (‘‘JK’’) (Registered Importer 

90–006) has petitioned NHTSA to 

decide whether non-U.S. certified 2001 

Ducati 900 motorcycles are eligible for 

importation into the United States. The 

vehicles that JK believes are 

substantially similar are 2001 Ducati 

900 motorcycles that were 

manufactured for sale in the United 

States and certified by their 

manufacturer as conforming to all 

applicable Federal motor vehicle safety 

standards. 

The petitioner claims that it compared 

non-U.S. certified 2001 Ducati 900 

motorcycles to their U.S. certified 

counterparts, and found the vehicles to 

be substantially similar with respect to 

compliance with most Federal motor 

vehicle safety standards.

JK submitted information with its 

petition intended to demonstrate that 

non-U.S. certified 2001 Ducati 900 

motorcycles as originally manufactured, 

conform to many Federal motor vehicle 

safety standards in the same manner as 

their U.S. certified counterparts, or are 

capable of being readily altered to 

conform to those standards. 

Specifically, the petitioner claims that 

non-U.S. certified 2001 Ducati 900 

motorcycles are identical to their U.S. 

certified counterparts with respect to 

compliance with Standard Nos. 106 

Brake Hoses, 111 Rearview Mirrors, 116 

Brake Fluid, 119 New Pneumatic Tires 

for Vehicles other than Passenger Cars,

120 Tire Selection and Rims for 

Vehicles other than Passenger Cars, 122 

Motorcycle Brake Systems, and 205 

Glazing Materials.

The petitioner further contends that 

the vehicles are capable of being readily 

altered to meet the following standards, 

in the manner indicated below: 

Standard No. 108 Lamps, Reflective 

Devices and Associated Equipment:

installation of U.S.-model front and rear 

reflex reflectors. 

Standard No. 123 Motorcycle Controls 

and Displays: installation of U.S.-model 

speedometer and left commutator. 

The petitioner also states that a 

certification label must be affixed to the 

motorcycle to comply with the 

requirements of 49 CFR part 567. 

Comments should refer to the docket 

number and be submitted to: Docket 

Management, Room PL–401, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590. It is requested but not required 

that 10 copies be submitted. 

All comments received before the 

close of business on the closing date 

indicated above will be considered, and 

will be available for examination in the 

docket at the above address both before 

and after that date. To the extent 

possible, comments filed after the 

closing date will also be considered. 

Notice of final action on the petition 

will be published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to the authority 

indicated below.

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.

Claude H. Harris, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.

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