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Washing Systems, 106 Brake Hoses, 113 

Hood Latch System, 116 Motor Vehicle 

Brake Fluids, 119 New Pneumatic Tires 

for Vehicles Other than Passenger Cars,

124 Accelerator Control Systems, 135 

Passenger Car Brake Systems, 201 

Occupant Protection in Interior Impact,

202 Head Restraints, 204 Steering 

Control Rearward Displacement, 205 

Glazing Materials, 206 Door Locks and 

Door Retention Components, 207 

Seating Systems, 212 Windshield 

Mounting, 214 Side Impact Protection,

216 Roof Crush Resistance, 219 

Windshield Zone Intrusion, 225 Child 

Restraint Anchorage Systems, and 302 

Flammability of Interior Materials.

The petitioner also contends that the 

vehicles are capable of being readily 

altered to meet the following standards, 

in the manner indicated: 

Standard No. 101 Controls and 

Displays: Installation of a U.S.-model 

instrument cluster. 

Standard No. 108 Lamps, Reflective 

Devices and Associated Equipment:

Inspection of all vehicles and 

installation, on vehicles that are not 

already so equipped, of U.S.-model 

headlamps, taillamps, and front and rear 

side marker lamps that incorporate side 

reflex reflectors. 

Standard No. 111 Rearview Mirrors:

Installation of a U.S.-model passenger 

side rearview mirror, or inscription of 

the required warning statement on the 

face of the passenger side rearview 

mirror. 

Standard No. 114 Theft Protection:

Reprogramming and rewiring the 

vehicle’s systems, as required, to ensure 

compliance with the standard. 

Standard No. 118 Power-Operated 

Window, Partition, and Roof Panel 

Systems: Reprogramming the vehicle 

computer to the U.S.-mode to ensure 

compliance with the standard. 

Standard No. 120 Tire Selection and 

Rims for Motor Vehicles Other than 

Passenger Cars: Installation of a tire 

information placard. 

Standard No. 208 Occupant Crash 

Protection: (a) Inspection of all vehicles 

and replacement of any non U.S.-model 

seat belts, air bag control units, air bags, 

sensors, and knee bolsters with U.S.-

model components on vehicles that are 

not already so equipped, and (b) 

reprogramming the vehicle computer to 

the U.S.-mode to ensure compliance 

with the standard. 

The petitioner states that the occupant 

restraints used in these vehicles consist 

of dual front airbags and combination 

lap and shoulder belts at the front and 

rear outboard seating positions. These 

manual systems are automatic, selftensioning, and are released by means of 

a single red push-button. 

Standard No. 209 Seat Belt 

Assemblies: Inspection of all vehicles 

and replacement of non-U.S. model seat 

belt assemblies with U.S.-model 

components. 

Standard No. 210 Seat Belt Assembly 

Anchorages: Inspection of all vehicles 

and replacement of any non-U.S.-model 

seat belt anchorages with U.S.-model 

components on vehicles that are not 

already so equipped. 

Standard No. 301 Fuel System 

Integrity: Inspection of all vehicles and 

installation of U.S.-model components, 

on vehicles that are not already so 

equipped, to ensure compliance with 

the standard. 

The petitioner also states that all 

vehicles will be inspected prior to 

importation to assure compliance with 

the Theft Prevention Standard at 49 CFR 

Part 541 and that U.S.-model antitheft 

components will be installed, if 

necessary, to achieve compliance with 

that standard. 

The petitioner additionally states that 

a vehicle identification plate must be 

affixed to the vehicles near the left 

windshield post to meet the 

requirements of 49 CFR Part 565. 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on the petition 

described above. Comments should refer 

to the docket 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.) 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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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2004–19549] 

Notice of Receipt of Petition for 

Decision That Nonconforming 2001 

Chevrolet Blazer Multipurpose 

Passenger Vehicles Are Eligible for 

Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition for 

decision that nonconforming 2001 

Chevrolet Blazer multipurpose 

passenger vehicles 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 

Chevrolet Blazer multipurpose 

passenger vehicles 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 December 16, 2004.

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 

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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. 

Wallace Environmental Testing 

Laboratories, Inc. (WETL) of Houston, 

TX (Registered Importer 90–005) has 

petitioned NHTSA to decide whether 

nonconforming 2001 Chevrolet Blazer 

multipurpose passenger vehicles are 

eligible for importation into the United 

States. The vehicles which WETL 

believes are substantially similar are 

2001 Chevrolet Blazer multipurpose 

passenger vehicles 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 carefully 

compared non-U.S. certified 2001 

Chevrolet Blazer multipurpose 

passenger vehicles to their U.S.-certified 

counterparts, and found the vehicles to 

be substantially similar with respect to 

compliance with all applicable Federal 

motor vehicle safety standards. 

WETL submitted information with its 

petition intended to demonstrate that 

non-U.S. certified 2001 Chevrolet Blazer 

multipurpose passenger vehicles, 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 Chevrolet Blazer 

multipurpose passenger vehicles are 

identical to their U.S. certified 

counterparts with respect to compliance 

with Standard Nos. 102 Transmission 

Shift Lever Sequence, Starter Interlock, 

and Transmission Braking Effect, 103 

Windshield Defrosting and Defogging 

Systems, 104 Windshield Wiping and 

Washing Systems, 105 Hydraulic and 

Electric Brake Systems, 106 Brake 

Hoses, 111 Rearview Mirrors, 113 Hood 

Latch System, 114 Theft Protection, 116 

Motor Vehicle Brake Fluids, 118 PowerOperated Window, Partition, and Roof 

Panel Systems, 119 New Pneumatic 

Tires for Vehicles Other than Passenger 

Cars, 120 Tire Selection and Rims for 

Motor Vehicles Other than Passenger 

Cars, 124 Accelerator Control Systems,

201 Occupant Protection in Interior 

Impact, 202 Head Restraints, 204 

Steering Control Rearward 

Displacement, 205 Glazing Materials,

206 Door Locks and Door Retention 

Components, 207 Seating Systems, 208 

Occupant Crash Protection, 209 Seat 

Belt Assemblies, 210 Seat Belt Assembly 

Anchorages, 212 Windshield Mounting,

214 Side Impact Protection, 216 Roof 

Crush Resistance, 219 Windshield Zone 

Intrusion, 301 Fuel System Integrity, and 

302 Flammability of Interior Materials.

Petitioner also contends that the 

vehicles are capable of being readily 

altered to meet the following standards, 

in the manner indicated: 

Standard No. 101 Controls and 

Displays: Substitution of a lens marked 

‘‘Brake’’ for a lens with a noncomplying 

symbol on the brake failure indicator 

lamp. 

Standard No. 108 Lamps, Reflective 

Devices and Associated Equipment:

Installation of U.S.-model headlamp 

assemblies that incorporate front side 

marker lamps. 

Standard No. 225 Child Restraint 

Anchorage Systems: Inspection of all 

vehicles manufactured on or after 9–1–

2000, and installation of U.S.-model 

child seat tether anchorages if the 

vehicle is not already so equipped. 

The petitioner also states that all 

vehicles will be inspected prior to 

importation to assure compliance with 

the Theft Prevention Standard at 49 CFR 

Part 541, and that antitheft devices will 

be installed, if necessary, to comply 

with that standard. 

The petitioner additionally states that 

a vehicle identification plate must be 

affixed to the vehicles near the left 

windshield post to meet the 

requirements of 49 CFR Part 565. 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on the petition 

described above. Comments should refer 

to the docket 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.) 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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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2004–19548] 

Notice of Receipt of Petition for 

Decision That Nonconforming 1998 

Lexus GS300 Passenger Cars Are 

Eligible for Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition for 

decision that nonconforming 1998 

Lexus GS300 passenger cars are eligible 

for importation. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

receipt by the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a 

petition for a decision that 1998 Lexus 

GS300 passenger cars 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 importation into and 

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 December 16, 2004.

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