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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100590-100591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29270]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2024-0050]

Notice of Technical Workshop and Demonstrations for Vehicle 
Classification Test Procedure: Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: NHTSA is extending the comment period for the notice NHTSA 
published on October 29, 2024, seeking public comment on draft test 
procedure (TP) number TP-523-00, which is intended to assess vehicles 
for compliance with certain off-road capabilities requirements for 
vehicle classification within the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) 
program. The comment period for the RFC notice was scheduled to end on 
November 30, 2024. NHTSA is extending the comment period for the notice 
to February 28, 2025, to allow for additional time to submit comments.

DATES: The comment period for the notice published on October 29, 2024, 
at 89 FR 86077, is extended to February 28, 2025.

ADDRESSES: 
    Workshop and Demonstration Location: The workshop and demonstration 
will be held at the McNease Convention Center in San Angelo, Texas. 
Directions to the meeting location and final agenda will be sent to 
registered participants as well as posted on the NHTSA Public 
Information Center (PIC) at https://www.nhtsa.gov/corporate-average-fuel-economy/cafe-public-information-center.
    Documents for Comment: NHTSA's Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance 
(OVSC) laboratory test procedure TP-523-00, described in this RFC, is 
available for viewing in PDF format in this Docket, as identified in 
the heading of this document.
    Comments: You may submit comments to the Docket, identified as the 
docket number in the head of this document, by any of the following 
methods:
     Federal rulemaking Portal: To submit comments 
electronically, go to the U.S. Government regulations website at 
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for 
submitting comments.
     Fax: Written comments may be faxed to 202-493-2251.

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     Mail: Send comments to: Docket Management Facility, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 
Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery: If you submit written comments by hand or 
courier, please do so at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 
Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. 
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. To be 
sure someone is there to help you, please call 202-366-9826 before 
coming.
    Instructions: For detailed instructions on submitting comments and 
additional information, see the Public Participation section of this 
document, which can be found below. Note that all comments received 
will be posted to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. If you wish to provide comments 
containing proprietary or confidential information, please follow the 
instructions in the section of this notice titled ``How do I submit 
confidential business information?''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    To register for event attendance: Please contact Ms. Tuwana Taft, 
Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: (202) 366-1008. Email: [email protected]. Participants 
must register in order for NHTSA to determine an approximate head count 
and in order for NHTSA to deliver site details and a final agenda to 
all participants. Attendance will not be permitted without prior 
registration.
    For technical issues: Mr. Michael Brace, Compliance Engineer, 
Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave SE, Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: 313-218-2265. Email: [email protected].
    For legal issues: Mr. Paul Connet, Attorney-Advisor, Office of the 
Chief Counsel, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-5547. Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 2, 2022, NHTSA published a final rule 
which stated the agency's intention to use a new test procedure to 
validate non-passenger automobile (``light truck'') classification data 
provided by manufacturers in their pre-model reports submitted under 49 
CFR part 537.\1\ NHTSA published a Federal Register notice on October 
29, 2024, providing a draft version of TP-523-00 for comment. TP-523-00 
is intended to improve NHTSA's ability to verify light truck compliance 
with 49 CFR 523.5(b)(2)(i.-v.) by providing guidelines for a uniform 
testing and information recording format for contracting laboratories 
who perform testing for NHTSA.
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    To provide further information to stakeholders regarding how TP-
523-00 would work in practice, NHTSA will hold a demonstration that 
stakeholders may attend in person. The scope of this demonstration is 
strictly limited to issues surrounding the implementation of the OVSC 
Laboratory Test Procedure TP-523. In order to provide additional time 
for comments to be submitted, NHTSA is extending the comment period to 
February 28, 2025.

Otto G. Matheke, III,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-29270 Filed 12-11-24; 8:45 am]
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