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National registrants must provide your 

full name, title, country of citizenship, 

date of birth, passport number, and 

passport expiration date when 

registering. Because seating space is 

limited, we may have to limit attendees 

in order of date and time of registration. 

b. Please submit any initial comments 

in advance of the meeting through one 

of the mechanisms identified earlier in 

this notice. The initial comments should 

contain enough details to permit DOT 

officials to sufficiently prepare 

responses to, ask questions about, and 

discuss those comments. 

c. The initial comments may be 

augmented anytime before the end of 

the full comment period. 

d. Anyone who needs auxiliary aids 

and services, such as sign language 

interpreters, to effectively participate in 

the meeting should contact Ms. Baldwin 

as soon as possible. 

2. Stakeholder Meeting: 

a. After receiving the initial 

stakeholder comments, the Department 

will organize those suggestions by topic 

for discussion during the public 

meeting. 

b. The Department will hold the 

meeting beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET on 

September 16, 2011 at the Department 

of Transportation, West Building, 

Ground Floor, DOT Conference Center, 

Oklahoma Room, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC. We will 

make a meeting outline and agenda 

available on http://www.dot.gov/open/ 

DTE by September 12, 2011 in advance 

of the meeting. 

c. Attendees are encouraged to arrive 

early for processing through security. 

All participants and attendees must 

enter through the New Jersey Avenue 

entrance (West Building—at the corner 

of New Jersey Avenue and M Street, 

SE.). Photo identification is required 

and Foreign National attendees must 

bring their passports with them. 

Participants or attendees who have 

Federal government identification will 

still need to register to attend. To 

facilitate security screening, all 

participants and attendees are 

encouraged to limit the bags and other 

items (laptops, cameras, etc.) they bring 

into the building. Anyone exiting the 

building for any reason will be required 

to re-enter through the security 

checkpoint at the New Jersey Avenue 

entrance. 

d. DOT does not offer visitor parking; 

we suggest that attendees consider using 

alternative means of transportation to 

the building. DOT Headquarters is 

served by Metrorail (Navy Yard station), 

Metrobus, DC Circulator, and taxi 

service. There are a number of private 

parking lots near the DOT building, but 

the DOT cannot guarantee the 

availability of parking spaces. 

e. For those unable to attend the 

meeting in person, portions will be 

broadcast via Web streaming (with 

captioning) and over a listen-only phone 

line. Registrants will be given the Web 

URL or phone number on September 16, 

2011. Because the number of people 

who can participate in Web streaming 

and by phone is limited, we will 

provide access in order of date and time 

of registration. 

3. Other Written Comments: 

The Department will continue to 

accept written comments through 

September 23, 2011. Those who do not 

wish to attend the stakeholder meeting 

may, of course, submit comments at any 

time during the comment period 

through the other methods identified 

earlier in this notice. 

4. Follow-up Action by DOT: 

We will place a transcript or summary 

of the stakeholder meeting on our Web 

site (http://www.dot.gov/open/DTE) as 

soon as possible after the end of the 

meeting; the record will be available in 

the docket on http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

DOT IdeaScale Web Site 

To provide the public with alternative 

means of providing feedback to DOT in 

ways that may better suit their needs, 

we have created a Web site using 

IdeaScale that will allow submissions to 

DOT in a less formal manner. This Web 

site will provide members of the public 

an opportunity to submit their ideas 

about our concept and partnership. 

Participants in this site may discuss one 

another’s ideas and agree/disagree with 

others. This Web site may be 

particularly useful for individuals and 

small entities that prefer a less formal 

method of submitting ideas to DOT. It 

may also assist participants in refining 

their suggestions and gathering 

additional information or data to 

support those suggestions. 

To ensure that ideas are most useful, 

you should include a description of any 

concerns regarding the concept (e.g. it is 

duplicative, too costly, etc.), any 

supporting information (e.g., actual cost 

or benefit data, references to duplicative 

slides, etc. * * *), and comments on the 

particular issues identified in the 

concept overview section of this notice 

that would assist DOT in making a 

decision. Please also include in your 

comment whether you found this Web 

site useful for your purposes, so that we 

can best plan how to deploy DOT’s 

scarce resources to most effectively 

reach the public in the future. To go 

directly to the IdeaScale Web site use 

the following link: DTE.ideascale.com. 

Follow-Up Action by DOT 

As soon as possible after the 

stakeholder meeting and the close of the 

comment period, taking account of the 

number of comments received and the 

complexity of issues raised, DOT will 

publish a report providing at least a 

brief response to the comments we 

receive, including a description of any 

further action we intend to take on the 

initiative’s Web site at http:// 

www.dot.gov/open/DTE. 

Issue Date: August 5, 2011. 

Kristen Baldwin, 

Director, Business Management Office, Chief 

Information Officer, U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20397 Filed 8–10–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. DOT–NHTSA–2011–0113, 

Notice 1] 

Notice of Receipt of Petition for 

Decision That Nonconforming 2009 

Dodge RAM 1500 Laramie Crew Cab 

Trucks Manufactured for the Mexican 

Market Are Eligible for Importation 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

receipt by the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a 

petition for a decision that 2009 Dodge 

RAM 1500 Laramie Crew Cab trucks 

manufactured for the Mexican market 

(2009 Dodge RAM 1500 Mexican 

trucks), that were not originally 

manufactured to comply with all 

applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standards (FMVSS), are eligible for 

importation into the United States 

because 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 (the U.S.-certified 

version of the 2009 Dodge RAM 1500 

Laramie Crew Cab trucks) and they are 

capable of being readily altered to 

conform to the standards. 

DATES: The closing date for comments 

on the petition is September 12, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

the docket and notice numbers above 

and be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Instructions: Comments must be 

written in the English language, and be 

no greater than 15 pages in length, 

although there is no limit to the length 

of necessary attachments to the 

comments. If comments are submitted 

in hard copy form, please ensure that 

two copies are provided. If you wish to 

receive confirmation that your 

comments were received, please enclose 

a stamped, self-addressed postcard with 

the comments. Note that all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

Please see the Privacy Act heading 

below. 

Privacy Act: 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 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

How to read comments submitted to 

the docket: You may read the comments 

received by Docket Management at the 

address and times given above. You may 

also view the documents from the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the dockets. The docket ID 

number and title of this notice are 

shown at the heading of this document 

notice. Please note that even after the 

comment closing date, we will continue 

to file relevant information in the 

Docket as it becomes available. Further, 

some people may submit late comments. 

Accordingly, we recommend that you 

periodically search the Docket for new 

material. 

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 FMVSS 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 FMVSS. 

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. of Houston, Texas 

(WETL) (Registered Importer 90–005) 

has petitioned NHTSA to decide 

whether nonconforming 2009 Dodge 

RAM 1500 Mexican trucks are eligible 

for importation into the United States. 

The vehicles which WETL believes are 

substantially similar are 2009 Dodge 

RAM 1500 Laramie Crew Cab trucks 

that were manufactured for sale in the 

United States and certified by their 

manufacturer as conforming to all 

applicable FMVSS. 

The petitioner claims that it carefully 

compared non-U.S. certified 2009 Dodge 

RAM 1500 Mexican trucks to their U.S.- 

certified counterparts, and found the 

vehicles to be substantially similar with 

respect to compliance with most 

FMVSS. 

WETL submitted information with its 

petition intended to demonstrate that 

non-U.S. certified 2009 Dodge RAM 

1500 Mexican trucks, as originally 

manufactured, conform to many FMVSS 

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 2009 Dodge RAM 

1500 Mexican trucks are identical to 

their U.S.-certified counterparts with 

respect to compliance with Standard 

Nos. 101 Controls and Displays, 102 

Transmission Shift Lever Sequence, 

Starter Interlock, and Transmission 

Braking Effect, 103 Windshield 

Defrosting and Defogging Systems, 104 

Windshield Wiping and Washing 

Systems, 106 Brake Hoses, 111 Rearview 

Mirrors, 113 Hood Latch System, 114 

Theft Protection, 116 Motor Vehicle 

Brake Fluids, 118 Power-Operated 

Window, Partition, and Roof Panel 

Systems, 120 Tire Selection and Rims 

for Motor Vehicles Other than Passenger 

Cars, 124 Accelerator Control Systems, 

135 Light Vehicle Brake Systems, 138 

Tire Pressure Monitoring 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, 225 

Child Restraint Anchorage Systems, 301 

Fuel System Integrity, and 302 

Flammability of Interior Materials. 

Petitioner also contends that the 

vehicle is capable of being readily 

altered to meet the following standard, 

in the manner indicated: 

Standard No. 108 Lamps, Reflective 

Devices and Associated Equipment: 

inspection of all vehicles and 

installation of U.S.-model lamps on 

vehicles not already so equipped to 

ensure that the vehicles meet the 

requirements of this 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. 

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 addresses 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. 

Issued on: August 5, 2011. 

Claude H. Harris, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20368 Filed 8–10–11; 8:45 am] 

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