Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 238 / Monday, December 11, 2000 / Proposed Rules 77339

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

49 CFR Part 571

[Docket No. NHTSA–8446]

TREAD Insurance Study

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Request for comments.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

request for comments to help the agency

conduct the study of insurance data

mandated by Congress in the

Transportation Recall Enhancement,

Accountability, and Documentation

(TREAD) Act (Pub. L. 106–414) signed

November 1, 2000.

DATES: Comments must be received no

later than January 5, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Docket Management System, U.S.

Department of Transportation, PL 401,

400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington,

DC 20590–0001. Comments should refer

to the Docket Number (NHTSA–8446)

and be submitted in two copies. If you

wish to receive confirmation of receipt

of your written comments, include a

self-addressed, stamped postcard.

Comments may also be submitted to

the docket electronically by logging onto

the Docket Management System website

at http://dms.dot.gov. Click on ‘‘Help &

Information’’ to obtain instructions for

filing the comment electronically. In

every case, the comment should refer to

the docket number.

The Docket Management System is

located on the Plaza level of the Nassif

Building at the Department of

Transportation at the above address.

You can review public dockets there

between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays. You can also review

comments on-line at the DOT Docket

Management System web site at http://

dms.dot.gov/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Jane Dion, Office of Plans and Policy,

NPP–01, National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, Room 5208, 400

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC

20590. Telephone: 202–366–6779.

Email: jdion@nhtsa.dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3(d) of the Transportation Recall

Enhancement, Accountability, and

Documentation (TREAD) Act (Pub. L.

106–414) requires NHTSA to conduct a

study to determine the feasibility and

utility of collecting data from insurance

companies on a regular basis to help the

agency in its defects investigation

efforts. NHTSA is seeking input from

the public to assist the agency with the

study. Comments received will be

evaluated and incorporated, as

appropriate, into the study.

How Do I Prepare and Submit

Comments?

Your comments must be written and

in English. To ensure that your

comments are correctly filed in the

Docket, please include the Docket

number of this document (NHTSA–

8446) in your comments.

Please send two paper copies of your

comments to Docket Management or

submit them electronically. The mailing

address is U. S. Department of

Transportation Docket Management,

Room PL–401, 400 Seventh Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20590. If you submit

your comments electronically, log onto

the Docket Management System website

at http://dms.dot.gov and click on ‘‘Help

& Information’’ or ‘‘Help/Info’’ to obtain

instructions.

How Can I Be Sure That My Comments

Were Received?

If you wish Docket Management to

notify you upon its receipt of your

comments, enclose a self-addressed,

stamped postcard in the envelope

containing your comments. Upon

receiving your comments, Docket

Management will return the postcard by

mail.

How Do I Submit Confidential Business

Information?

If you wish to submit any information

under a claim of confidentiality, send

three copies of your complete

submission, including the information

you claim to be confidential business

information, to the Office of Chief

Counsel, NCC–30, National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration, Room

5219, 400 Seventh Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20590. Include a cover

letter supplying the information

specified in our confidential business

information regulation (49 CFR Part

512).

In addition, send two copies from

which you have deleted the claimed

confidential business information to

Docket Management, Room PL–401, 400

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC

20590.

Will the Agency Consider Late

Comments?

In our response, we will consider all

comments that Docket Management

receives before the close of business on

the comment closing date indicated

above under DATES. To the extent

possible, we will also consider

comments that Docket Management

receives after that date.

How Can I Read the Comments

Submitted by Other People?

You may read the comments by

visiting Docket Management in person

at Room PL–401, 400 Seventh Street,

SW, Washington, DC from 10:00 a.m. to

5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

You may also see the comments on

the Internet by taking the following

steps:

a. Go to the Docket Management

System (DMS) Web page of the

Department of Transportation (http://

dms.dot.gov).

b. On that page, click on ‘‘search.’’

c. On the next page ((http://

dms.dot.gov/search/) type in the fourdigit Docket number shown at the

beginning of this document (8446).

Click on ‘‘search.’’

d. On the next page, which contains

Docket summary information for the

Docket you selected, click on the

desired comments. You may also

download the comments.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30111, 30117, 30168;

delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and

501.8.

Issued on: December 5, 2000.

William H. Walsh,

Associate Administrator for Plans and Policy.

[FR Doc. 00–31446 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P