30824 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 118 / Tuesday, June 18, 1996 / Rules and Regulations

Signed in Washington, D.C. on June 6,

1996.

Richard H. Hopf,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Procurement

and Assistance Management.

[FR Doc. 96–14895 Filed 6–17–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

49 CFR Part 192

[Docket PS–124; Amdt. 192–78]

RIN 2137–AC25

Regulatory Review; Gas Pipeline

Safety Standards

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Correction of amendment

number of final rule document.

SUMMARY: This action corrects the

amendment number of the Final Rule

document published in the Federal

Register on Thursday, June 6, 1996 (61

FR 28770). In the document heading on

page 28770, the amendment number

‘‘Amdt. 192–76’’ is changed to read

‘‘Amdt. 192–78.’’ The Final Rule makes

miscellaneous changes to the gas

pipeline safety standards to provide

clarity, eliminate unnecessary or

burdensome requirements, and foster

economic growth.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 8, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jenny Donohue, (202) 366–4046.

Issued in Washington D.C. on June 12,

1996.

Richard B. Felder,

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.

[FR Doc. 96–15352 Filed 6–17–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

49 CFR Part 571

[Docket No. 74–09; Notice 46]

RIN 2127–AF02

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety

Standards; Child Restraint Systems

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA),

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Final rule; response to petitions

for reconsideration; correction.

SUMMARY: This document responds to

petitions for reconsideration of a July

1995 final rule that amended Federal

Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)

No. 213, Child Restraint Systems to add

a greater array of sizes and weights of

test dummies for use in Standard 213

compliance tests. This is the second of

two documents responding to those

petitions. An earlier document delayed

the compliance date of the rule until

September 1, 1996, for manufacturers of

add-on (portable) child restraint

systems.

Most of the amendments made by

today’s rule correct or clarify provisions

of the July 1995 rule. The only

substantive changes made by today’s

rule are to amend provisions in that

standard to permit manufacturers to

produce belt-positioning seats with a

mass of up to 4.4 kg (rather than limit

the mass to 4 kg), and to permit them

to use the word ‘‘mass’’ in labeling child

seats. Petitions for reconsideration of

matters relating to other issues are

denied.

DATES: This rule is effective July 18,

1996. The compliance date for the

amendments made by this rule (i.e., the

date on which manufacturers must

begin complying with the amendments)

is September 1, 1996. Beginning July 18,

1996, manufacturers may begin

voluntarily complying with the

amendments made by this rule.

Petitions for reconsideration of this

rule must be received by August 2,

1996.

ADDRESSES: Petitions for reconsideration

should refer to the docket and number

of this document and be submitted to:

Administrator, Room 5220, National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration,

400 Seventh Street SW., Washington,

DC, 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

nonlegal issues: Dr. George Mouchahoir,

Office of Vehicle Safety Standards

(telephone 202–366–4919). For legal

issues: Ms. Deirdre Fujita, Office of the

Chief Counsel (202–366–2992). Both can

be reached at the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration, 400

Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC

20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. Current requirements

III. Final Rule

IV. Petitions for Reconsideration

V. Issues

a. Mass Ranges

b. Ninety-fifth percentile child dummy

c. Weight and height should match

d. Test Principles

1. Speed Close to 30 mph

2. Representative Seat Assembly

3. Worst Case Testing

4. Testing ‘‘New’’ Restraints

e. Allowable Mass for Belt-Positioning

Boosters

f. Knee Excursion

VI. Corrections

a. Metrication

b. Labeling

c. Dummy Positioning

d. Dummy Selection

VII. Compliance Date

VIII. Rulemaking Analyses and Notices

a. Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory

Planning and Review) and DOT

Regulatory Policies and Procedures

b. Regulatory Flexibility Act

c. Executive Order 12612 (Federalism)

d. National Environmental Policy Act

e. Paperwork Reduction Act

f. Executive Order 12778 (Civil Justice

Reform)

I. Introduction

This document is the second of two

documents responding to petitions for

reconsideration of a final rule published

July 6, 1995 (60 FR 35126), and

corrected September 29, 1995 (60 FR

50477). It also responds to other

requests for rulemaking. The final rule

amended Federal Motor Vehicle Safety

Standard No. 213, ‘‘Child Restraint

Systems’’ (49 CFR 571.213), by adding

a greater array of sizes and weights of

test dummies to Standard 213 for use in

compliance tests. The rule, completing

a substantial upgrade of the standard

long envisioned by the agency, also

responded to the NHTSA Authorization

Act of 1991 (sections 2500–2509 of the

Intermodal Surface Transportation

Efficiency Act (‘‘ISTEA’’)), which

directed NHTSA to initiate rulemaking

on child seat safety. The notice of

proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for the

rule was published March 16, 1994 (59

FR 12225).

On December 12, 1995 (60 FR 63651),

NHTSA published the first document

responding to petitions for

reconsideration of the rule. In response

to petitions from Cosco Inc. and Gerry

Baby Products Company, two

manufacturers of add-on child restraint

systems, NHTSA extended the

compliance date of the rule from

January 3, 1996, to September 1, 1996.

The agency extended the compliance

date to provide manufacturers of add-on

systems sufficient time to evaluate their

products and make any necessary

changes to them.

II. Current Requirements

Standard 213 applies to any device,

except Type I (lap) or Type II (lap/

shoulder) seat belts, designed for use in

a motor vehicle or aircraft to restrain,

seat, or position children whose mass is

23 kilograms (kg) (50 pounds) or less.

The standard evaluates the performance

of child restraint systems in dynamic