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26 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

27 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).

and any person, other than those that

may be withheld from the public in

accordance with the provisions of 5

U.S.C. 552, will be available for

inspection and copying in the

Commission’s Public Reference Section,

450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20549. Copies of such filings will also

be available for inspection and copying

at the principal office of the Exchanges.

All submissions should refer to File

Nos. SR–Amex–97–24; SR–CBOE–97–

31; SR–PCX–97–30; and SR–Phlx–97–33

and should be submitted by August 18,

1997.

V. Conclusion

It is Therefore Ordered, pursuant to

Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,26 that the

pilot program proposed by the

Exchanges (File Nos. SR–Amex–97–24;

SR–CBOE–97–31; SR–PCX–97–30; and

SR–Phlx–97–33), as amended, is

approved through July 17, 1998, on an

accelerated basis.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.27

Jonathan G. Katz,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Safety Performance Standards and

Research and Development Programs

Meetings

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration.

ACTION: Notice of NHTSA industry

meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

public meeting at which NHTSA will

answer questions from the public and

the automobile industry regarding the

agency’s vehicle regulatory program. In

addition, NHTSA will hold a separate

public meeting to describe and discuss

specific research and development

projects.

DATES: The Agency’s regular, quarterly

public meeting relating to its vehicle

regulatory program will be held on

September 18, 1997, beginning at 9:45

a.m. and ending at approximately 12:30

p.m. Questions relating to the vehicle

regulatory program must be submitted

in writing by August 25, 1997, to the

address shown below. If sufficient time

is available, questions received after

August 25 may be answered at the

meeting. The individual, group or

company submitting a question(s) does

not have to be present for the

question(s) to be answered. A

consolidated list of the questions

submitted by August 25, 1997, and the

issues to be discussed, will be

transmitted to interested persons by

September 15, 1997, and will be

available at the meeting. Also, the

agency will hold a second public

meeting September 17, devoted

exclusively to a presentation of research

and development programs. The

meeting is described more fully in a

separate announcement. The next

NHTSA vehicle regulatory program

meeting will take place on December 17,

1997 at the Clarion Inn Hotel, 9191

Wickham Road, in Romulus, MI.

ADDRESSES: Questions for the September

18, NHTSA Technical Industry Meeting,

relating to the agency’s vehicle

regulatory program, should be

submitted to Delia Gage, NPS–01,

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration, Room 5401, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590, Fax Number 202–366–4329. The

meeting will be held at the Tysons

Westpark Hotel, 8401 Westpark Drive,

in McLean, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Delia Gage, (202) 366–1810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA

holds this regular, quarterly meeting to

answer questions from the public and

the regulated industries regarding the

agency’s vehicle regulatory program.

Questions on aspects of the agency’s

research and development activities that

relate directly to ongoing regulatory

actions should be submitted, as in the

past, to the agency’s Safety Performance

Standards Office. The purpose of this

meeting is to focus on those phases of

NHTSA activities which are technical,

interpretative or procedural in nature.

Transcripts of these meetings will be

available for public inspection in the

NHTSA Technical Reference Section in

Washington, DC, within four weeks after

the meeting. Copies of the transcript

will then be available at ten cents a

page, (length has varied from 100 to 150

pages) upon request to NHTSA

Technical Reference Section, Room

5108, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20590. The Technical

Reference Section is open to the public

from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. We would

appreciate the questions you send us to

be organized by categories to help us to

process the questions into agenda form

more efficiently. Sample format as

follows:

I. Rulemaking

A. Crash avoidance

B. Crashworthiness

C. Other Rulemakings

II. Consumer Information

III. Miscellaneous

NHTSA will provide auxiliary aids to

participants as necessary. Any person

desiring assistance of ‘‘auxiliary aids’’

(e.g., sign-language interpreter,

telecommunications devices for deaf

persons (TDDs), readers, taped texts,

brailled materials, or large print

materials and/or a magnifying device),

please contact Delia Gage on (202) 366–

1810, by COB August 25, 1997.

Issued: July 22, 1997.

L. Robert Shelton,

Associate Administrator for Safety

Performance Standards.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[Docket Nos. 97–022; Notice 2, 97–023;

Notice 2, 97–032; Notice 2, 97–034; Notice

2]

Decision that Certain Nonconforming

Motor Vehicles are Eligible for

Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of decision by NHTSA

that certain nonconforming motor

vehicles are eligible for importation.

SUMMARY: This notice announces

decisions by NHTSA that certain motor

vehicles not originally manufactured to

comply with all applicable Federal

motor vehicle safety standards are

eligible for importation into the United

States because they are substantially

similar to vehicles originally

manufactured for importation into and/

or sale in the United States and certified

by their manufacturers as complying

with the safety standards, and they are

capable of being readily altered to

conform to the standards.

DATES: These decisions are effective as

of the date of their publication in the

Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George Entwistle, Office of Vehicle

Safety Compliance, NHTSA (202–366–

5306).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Under 49 U.S.C. 30141 (a)(1)(A), a

motor vehicle that was not originally
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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.

NHTSA received petitions from

registered importers to decide whether

the vehicles listed in Annex A to this

notice are eligible for importation into

the United States. To afford an

opportunity for public comment,

NHTSA published notice of these

petition as specified in Annex A. The

reader is referred to those notices for a

thorough description of the petitions.

No comments were received in response

to these notices. Based on its review of

the information submitted by the

petitioners, NHTSA has decided to grant

the petitions.

Vehicle Eligibility Number for Subject

Vehicles

The importer of a vehicle admissible

under any final decision must indicate

on the form HS–7 accompanying entry

the appropriate vehicle eligibility

number indicating that the vehicle is

eligible for entry. Vehicle eligibility

numbers assigned to vehicles admissible

under this decision are specified in

Annex A.

Final Decision

Accordingly, on the basis of the

foregoing, NHTS hereby decides that

each motor vehicle listed in Annex A to

this notice, which was not originally

manufactured to comply with all

applicable Federal motor vehicle safety

standards, is substantially similar to a

motor vehicle manufactured for

importation into and/or sale in the

United States, and certified under 49

U.S.C. § 30115, as specified in Annex A,

and is capable of being readily altered

to conform to all applicable Federal

motor vehicle safety standards.

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: July 22, 1997.

Marilynne Jacobs, Director,

Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.

Annex A

Nonconforming Motor Vehicles Decided To

Be Eligible for Importation

1. Docket No. 97–022

Nonconforming Vehicle: 1994 MercedesBenz S600L

Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicle:

1994 Mercedes-Benz S600

Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 19649

(April 22, 1997)

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–214

2. Docket No. 97–023

Nonconforming Vehicles: 1995 Saab 900 SE

Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles:

1995 Saab 900 SE

Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 19166

(April 18, 1997)

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–213

3. Docket No. 97–032

Nonconforming Vehicle: 1989 Chrysler

Shadow (Middle Eastern Market)

Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicle:

1989 Dodge Shadow

Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 28753

(May 27, 1997)

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–216

4. Docket No. 97–034

Nonconforming Vehicle: 1988 Jaguar XJ6

Sovereign

Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicle:

1988 Jaguar XJ6 Sovereign

Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 28530

(May 23, 1997)

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–215

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[Docket No. 97–025; Notice 2]

Decision that Certain Nonconforming

1993 Land Rover Defender 110 MultiPurpose Passenger Vehicles are

Eligible for Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of decision by NHTSA

that certain nonconforming 1993 Land

Rover Defender 110 multi-purpose

passenger vehicles (MPVs) are eligible

for importation.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

decision by NHTSA that 1993 Land

Rover Defender 110 MPVs that were not

originally manufactured to comply with

all applicable Federal motor vehicle

safety standards, are eligible for

importation into the United States

because they are substantially similar to

a vehicle originally manufactured for

importation into and sale in the United

States and certified by its manufacturer

as complying with the safety standards

(the U.S.-certified version of the 1993

Land Rover Defender 110), and they are

capable of being readily altered to

conform to the standards.

DATES: This decision is effective as of

the date of its publication in the Federal

Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George Entwistle, Office of Vehicle

Safety Compliance, NHTSA (202–366–

5306).

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.

Wallace Environmental Testing

laboratories, Inc. Of Houston, Texas

(‘‘Wallace’’) (Registered Importer No. R–

90–005) petitioned NHTSA to decide

whether 1993 Land Rover Defender 110

MPVs are eligible for importation into

the United States. NHTSA published

notice of the petition on April 18, 1997

(62 FR 19167) to afford an opportunity

for public comment. As stated in the