10614 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 45 / Friday, March 7, 1997 / Notices

If you would like more details about

the information in this table, or wish to

obtain the complete Insurance Collision

Report, please contact HLDI directly, at:

Highway Loss Data Institute, 1005 North

Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22201, Tel:

(703) 247–1600.

(49 U.S.C. 32302; delegation of authority at

49 CFR 1.50(f).)

Issued on: March 3, 1997.

L. Robert Shelton,

Associate Administrator for Safety

Performance Standards.

[FR Doc. 96–5721 Filed 3–6–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Research and Development Programs

Meeting Agenda

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice provides the

agenda for a public meeting at which

the National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration (NHTSA) will describe

and discuss specific research and

development projects.

DATES AND TIMES: As previously

announced, NHTSA will hold a public

meeting devoted primarily to

presentations of specific research and

development projects on March 11,

1997, beginning at 1:30 p.m. and ending

at approximately 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Hilton Suites, Detroit Metro Airport,

8600 Wickham Road, Romulus,

Michigan 48174.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice provides the agenda for the

sixteenth in a series of public meetings

to provide detailed information about

NHTSA’s research and development

programs. This meeting will be held on

March 11, 1997. The meeting was

announced on February 18, 1997 (62 FR

7293). For additional information about

the meeting consult that announcement.

Starting at 1:30 p.m. and concluding

by 5:00 p.m., NHTSA’s Office of

Research and Development will discuss

the following topics:

Status of air bag aggressiveness and

advanced air bag research, including

child restraint/air bag interaction

(CRABI) dummy testing,

Demonstration of CD ROM for child

restraint/vehicle compatibility,

Status and plans for the 1997 calendar

year for the National Automotive

Sampling System Crashworthiness

Data Base (NASS CDS),

Special crash investigation studies of air

bag cases, Status and plans for antilock brake systems research, and

Status of research on restraint systems

for rollover protection.

NHTSA has based its decisions about

the agenda, in part, on the suggestions

it received by February 21, 1997, in

response to the announcement

published February 18, 1997.

As announced on February 18, 1997,

in the time remaining at the conclusion

of the presentations, NHTSA will

provide answers to questions on its

research and development programs,

where those questions have been

submitted in writing by February 27,

1997, to Ralph J. Hitchcock, Acting

Associate Administrator for Research

and Development, NRD–01, National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration,

Washington, DC 20590. Fax number:

202–366–5930.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita

I. Gibbons, Staff Assistant, Office of

Research and Development, 400

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC

20590. Telephone: 202–366–4862. Fax

number: 202–366–5930.

Issued: March 3, 1997.

Ralph J. Hitchcock,

Acting Associate Administrator for Research

and Development.

[FR Doc. 97–5603 Filed 3–6–97; 8:45 am]

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National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Docket No. 96–114; Notice 1

Notice of Tentative Decision That

Certain Noncomplying Vehicles Are

Eligible for Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Request for comments on

tentative decision that certain

noncomplying vehicles are eligible for

importation into the United States.

SUMMARY: This notice requests

comments on a tentative decision by the

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration (NHTSA) that certain

vehicles that do not comply with all

applicable Federal motor vehicle safety

standards, but that are certified by their

original manufacturer as complying

with all applicable Canadian motor

vehicle safety standards, are eligible for

importation into the United States. The

vehicles in question either (1) are

substantially similar to vehicles that

were certified by their manufacturers as

complying with the U.S. safety

standards and are capable of being

readily altered to conform to those

standards, or (2) have safety features

that comply with, or are capable of

being altered to comply with all U.S.

safety standards. This notice also

requests comments on a proposal to

rescind the existing vehicle eligibility

number applicable to all vehicles

certified by their original manufacturer

as complying with Canadian safety

standards (eligibility number VSA–1),

and to assign four separate eligibility

numbers, based on vehicle classification

and weight.

DATE: The closing date for comments on

this tentative decision is April 7, 1997.

ADDRESS: 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 Street, 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 (FMVSS) shall be refused

admission into the United States unless

NHTSA has decided, that the vehicle is

substantially similar to a motor vehicle

of the same model year that was

originally manufactured for importation

into and sale in the United States and

was certified as complying with all

applicable FMVSS, and also finds that

the noncompliant vehicle is capable of

being readily altered to conform to all

applicable FMVSS. Where there is no

substantially similar U.S.-certified

motor vehicle, 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(B)

permits a nonconforming motor vehicle

to be admitted into the United States if

NHTSA decides that its safety features

comply with, or are capable of being

altered to comply with, all applicable

FMVSS.

A. First Decision on Canadian Vehicles

On August 13, 1990, NHTSA

published a Federal Register notice at

55 FR 32988 announcing that it had

made a final determination on its own

initiative that certain motor vehicles

that are certified by their original

manufacturer as complying with all

applicable Canadian motor vehicle

safety standards (CMVSS) are eligible

for importation into the United States.

The agency made this determination

under the precursor to 49 U.S.C.