39358 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 140 /Wednesday, July 22, 1998 / Notices

will be posted on NHTSA’s web site

(www.nhtsa.dot.gov) by Thursday,

September 10, 1998, and will be

available at the meeting. The next

NHTSA vehicle regulatory program

meeting will take place on Thursday,

December 17, 1998 at the Clarion Hotel,

Romulus, MI.

ADDRESSES: Questions for the September

17, NHTSA Technical Industry Meeting,

relating to the agency’s vehicle

regulatory program, should be

submitted to Delia Lopez, NPS–01,

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration, Room 5401, 400

Seventh Street, NW., Washington, DC

20590, Fax Number 202–366–4329, email dlopez@nhtsa.dot.gov. The meeting

will be held at the Tysons Westpark

Hotel, 8401 Westpark Drive, McLean,

VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Delia Lopez, (202) 366–1810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA

holds a 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

DOT Docket 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 DOT

Docket, Room PL–401, 400 Seventh

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. The

DOT Docket is open to the public from

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Questions to be

answered at the quarterly meeting

should be organized by categories to

help us process the questions into an

agenda form more efficiently. Sample

format:

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 Lopez on (202)

366–1810, by COB September 1, 1998.

Issued: July 17, 1998.

L. Robert Shelton,

Associate Administrator for Safety

Performance Standards.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA–98–4026]

Decision That Nonconforming 1989–

1991 Chevrolet Suburban MultiPurpose Passenger Vehicles are

Eligible for Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of decision by NHTSA

that nonconforming 1989–1991

Chevrolet Suburban multi-purpose

passenger vehicles (MPVs) are eligible

for importation.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

decision by NHTSA that 1989–1991

Chevrolet Suburban MPVs 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 sale in the

United States and certified by their

manufacturer as complying with the

safety standards (U.S.-certified 1989–

1991 Chevrolet Suburban MPVs), and

they are capable of being readily altered

to conform to the standards.

DATE: This decision is effective July 22,

1998.

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 (Registered Importer R–

90–009) petitioned NHTSA to decide

whether 1989–1991 Chevrolet Suburban

MPVs are eligible for importation into

the United States. NHTSA published

notice of the petition on February 18,

1998 (62 FR 8251) to afford an

opportunity for public comment. The

reader is referred to that notice for a

thorough description of the petition. No

comments were received in response to

the notice. Based on its review of the

information submitted by the petitioner,

NHTSA has decided to grant the

petition.

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. VSP–242 is the

vehicle eligibility number assigned to

vehicles admissible under this decision.

Final Decision

Accordingly, on the basis of the

foregoing, NHTSA hereby decides that

1989–1991 Chevrolet Suburban MPVs

not originally manufactured to comply

with all applicable Federal motor

vehicle safety standards are

substantially similar to 1989–1991

Chevrolet Suburban MPVs originally

manufactured for sale in the United

States and certified under 49 U.S.C.

§ 30115, and are 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 16, 1998.

Marilynne Jacobs,

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.

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