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proposed staff, including management

and program staff and community

partners, are clearly described,

appropriately assigned, and have

adequate skills and experiences. The

extent to which the applicant has the

capacity and facilities to design,

implement, and evaluate a complex and

comprehensive community program.

The extent to which the applicant

provides details regarding the level of

effort and allocation of time for each

staff position. Did the applicant submit

an organizational chart and resume for

each proposed staff member? Does the

applicant provide a reasonable plan for

accomplishing the objectives of the

project within the time frame set out in

this announcement?

Special Award Selection Factors

Applicants are strongly encouraged to

seek funds for the purpose of costsharing from other federal, State, local

and private sources to augment those

available under this announcement.

Applications which include a

commitment of such funds will be given

additional consideration.

For those applications that are

evaluated as eligible for award,

consideration for final award will be

made on the basis of geographic

diversity, urban/rural mix,

organizational diversity and potential

for program replication.

Terms and Conditions of Award

1. Prior to award, each grantee must

comply with the certification

requirements of 49 CFR part 20,

Department of Transportation New

Restrictions on Lobbying, and 49 CFR

part 29, Department of Transportation

government-wide Debarment and

Suspension (Non-procurement) and

Government-wide Requirements for

Drug Free Workplace (Grants).

2. Reporting Requirements and

Deliverables:

a. Quarterly Progress Reports should

include a summary of the previous

quarter’s activities and

accomplishments, as well as the

proposed activities for the upcoming

quarter. Any decisions and actions

required in the upcoming quarter

should be included in the report. The

grantee shall supply the progress report

to the Contracting Officer’s Technical

Representative (COTR) every ninety (90)

days, following date of award.

b. Problem Identification Report,

Program Implementation and Evaluation

Plan: The grantee shall submit a

problem identification report, program

implementation and evaluation plan no

more than 9 months after award of this

agreement, or as soon as the Safe

Communities program has completed

the problem identification activity, has

determined what traffic safety problem

or problems will be addressed, and

determined what program or programs

will be implemented to reduce the

traffic-related injuries. The NHTSA

COTR will review and comment on this

plan.

The plan should describe the problem

identification effort (data sources used,

how analyzed, and the results including

costs of traffic injuries to the

community), how the communities

traffic injury problems and proposed

solutions were determined, how input

was obtained from citizens, and how the

program will be evaluated. This final

evaluation plan should describe how

the effectiveness of the Safe

Communities program will be

determined and how the process issues

involved in establishing and

implementing a Safe Communities

program will be determined.

c. Dissemination Plan:

i. Draft Final Report and Draft Process

Manual: The grantee shall prepare a

Draft Final Report that includes a

description of the community

(including the traffic safety problem and

data sources to support the problem),

partners, intervention strategies,

program implementation, evaluation

methodology and findings from the

program evaluation. The grantee shall

also prepare a Draft Process Manual

describing what happened in the

community in establishing a safe

communities approach to traffic injury.

In terms of technology transfer, it is

important to know what worked and did

not work, under what circumstances,

and what can be done to avoid potential

problems in implementing community

programs. This Process Manual shall

contain the ‘‘lessons learned’’ in

establishing a safe community. The

grantee shall submit the Draft Final

Report and Draft Process Manual to the

COTR 90 days prior to the end of the

performance period. The COTR will

review each draft document and provide

comments to the grantee within 30 days

of receipt of the documents.

ii. Final Report and Process Manual:

The grantee shall revise the Draft Final

Report and Draft Process Manual to

reflect the COTR’s comments. The

revised documents shall be delivered to

the COTR on or before the end of the

performance period. The grantee shall

supply the COTR one camera-ready

copy, one computer disk copy in

WordPerfect format, and four additional

hard copies of each revised document.

iii. Meetings and Briefings: The

grantee shall plan for one to two

briefings per year at NHTSA

headquarters in Washington, D.C. with

the COTR and other interested parties.

The grantee shall also participate in one

or two technology sharing/problem

solving sessions with the NHTSA

COTR, other interested parties and the

other Safe Communities grantees per

year in Washington, D.C. or some

central location. In addition, the grantee

shall plan for a presentation at one or

more national meetings (e.g., APHA,

Lifesavers . . .) per year.

iv. Professional Journal Paper: The

grantee shall prepare and submit at least

one paper for publication in a

professional journal if deemed

appropriate by the COTR.

3. During the effective performance

period of cooperative agreements

awarded as a result of this

announcement, the agreement as

applicable to the grantee, shall be

subject to the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration’s General

Provisions for Assistance Agreements.

Issued on: February 7, 1997.

James Hedlund,

Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety

Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–3510 Filed 2–11–97; 8:45 am]

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Safety Performance Standards,

Research and Safety Assurance

Programs Meetings

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of NHTSA Industry

Meetings.

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, safety

assurance and other programs. 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, safety assurance and other

programs will be held on March 12,

1997, beginning at 9:45 a.m. and ending

at approximately 12:30 p.m. Questions

relating to the above programs must be

submitted in writing by February 24,

1997, to the address shown below. If

sufficient time is available, questions

received after February 24 may be

answered at the meeting. The

individual, group or company

submitting a questions(s) does not have

to be present for the questions(s) to be

answered. A consolidated list of the

questions submitted by February 24,
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1997, and the issues to be discussed will

be transmitted to interested persons by

March 10, 1997, and will be available at

the meeting. Also, the agency will hold

a second public meeting on March 11,

devoted exclusively to a presentation of

research and development programs.

This meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. and

end at approximately 5:00 p.m. That

meeting is described more fully in a

separate announcement. The next

NHTSA Industry Meeting will take

place in June. More details on the date

and its location will be announced at

the March 12, Industry Meeting.

ADDRESSES: Questions for the March 12,

NHTSA Technical Industry Meeting,

relating to the agency’s vehicle

regulatory and safety assurance

programs, should be submitted to Delia

Gage, NRD–30, National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration, Room

6125, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20590, Fax Number

202–366–5374. The meeting will be

held at the Hilton Suites Hotel, 8600

Wickham Road, Romulus, Michigan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Delia Gage, (202) 366–1810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA

will hold this regular, quarterly meeting

to answer questions from the public and

the regulated industries regarding the

agency’s vehicle regulatory, safety

assurance and other programs.

Questions on aspects of the agency’s

research and development activities that

relate 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 February 24, 1997.

Issued: February 6, 1997.

James R. Hackney,

Acting Associate Administrator for Safety

Performance Standards.

[FR Doc. 97–3483 Filed 2–11–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. 97–008; Notice 1]

Notice of Receipt of Petition for

Decision That Nonconforming 1990

BMW 325iX Passenger Cars Are

Eligible for Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition.

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt

by the National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration (NHTSA) of a petition

for a decision that a 1990 BMW 325iX

that was not originally manufactured to

comply with all applicable Federal

motor vehicle safety standards is

eligible for importation into the United

States because (1) it is substantially

similar to a vehicle that was originally

manufactured for importation into and

sale in the United States and that was

certified by its manufacturer as

complying with the safety standards,

and (2) it is capable of being readily

altered to conform to the standards.

DATES: The closing date for comments

on the petition is March 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

the docket number and notice number,

and be submitted to: Docket Section,

Room 5109, National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, 400 Seventh St.,

SW, Washington, DC 20590. [Docket

hours are from 9:30 am to 4 pm]

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.

Champagne Imports, Inc. of Lansdale,

Pennsylvania (‘‘Champagne’)(Registered

Importer 90–009) has petitioned NHTSA

to decide whether 1990 BMW 325iX

passenger cars are eligible for

importation into the United States. The

vehicle which Champagne believes is

substantially similar is the 1990 BMW

325iX that was manufactured for

importation into, and sale in, the United

States and certified by its manufacturer,

Bayerische Motoren Werke A.G., as

conforming to all applicable Federal

motor vehicle safety standards.

The petitioner claims that it carefully

compared the non-U.S. certified 1990

BMW 325iX to its U.S. certified

counterpart, and found the two vehicles

to be substantially similar with respect

to compliance with most Federal motor

vehicle safety standards.

Champagne submitted information

with its petition intended to

demonstrate that the non-U.S. certified

1990 BMW 325iX, as originally

manufactured, conforms to many

Federal motor vehicle safety standards

in the same manner as its U.S. certified

counterpart, or is capable of being

readily altered to conform to those

standards.

Specifically, the petitioner claims that

the non-U.S. certified 1990 BMW 325iX

is identical to its U.S. certified

counterpart with respect to compliance

with Standards Nos. 102 Transmission

Shift Lever Sequence * * *., 103

Defrosting and Defogging Systems, 104

Windshield Wiping and Washing

Systems, 105 Hydraulic Brake

Systems, 106 Brake Hoses, 109 New

Pneumatic Tires, 113 Hood Latch

Systems, 116 Brake Fluid, 124

Accelerator Control Systems, 201