[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 81 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 18463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10122]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Safety Performance Standards, Research and Safety Assurance 
Programs Meetings

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of NHTSA Industry Meetings.

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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 
June 13, 1996, 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 June 3, 1996, to the address shown below. If sufficient time 
is available, questions received after June 3, may be answered at the 
meeting. The individual, group or company submitting a question(s) does 
not have to be present for the question(s) to be answered. A 
consolidated list of the questions submitted by June 3, 1996, and the 
issues to be discussed will be transmitted to interested persons by 
June 7, 1996, and will be available at the meeting. Also, the agency 
will hold a second public meeting on June 12, 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. After the June 
meetings, the next NHTSA Technical Industry Public Meeting will be held 
on September 12 at the Best Western Tysons Westpark Hotel, 9401 
Westpark Drive, McLean, Virginia. The Research and Development (R&D) 
Industry meeting will be held on September 11 at the same location 
beginning at 1:30 p.m. The last NHTSA Industry Meeting of this year 
will be held on December 12, 1996 from 9:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the 
Royce Hotel, 31500 Wick Road, Romulus, MI. The Research and Development 
Industry meeting will be held December 11, 1996 from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 
p.m. at the same location.

ADDRESSES: Questions for the June 13, NHTSA Technical Industry Meeting, 
relating to the agency's vehicle regulatory and safety assurance 
programs, should be submitted to Barry Felrice, Associate Administrator 
for Safety Performance Standards, NPS-01, National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration, Room 5401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20590, Fax number (202) 366-4329. The meeting will be held at the 
Royce Hotel--Detroit Metro Airport, 31500 Wick Road, Romulus, Michigan 
48174.

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, 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. Crashavoidance
    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 Barbara Carnes on (202) 366-
1810, by COB May 31, 1996.
Barry Felrice,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 96-10122 Filed 4-24-96; 8:45 am]
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