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RSAC Web site for details on pending 

tasks at: http://rsac.fra.dot.gov/. Please 

refer to the notice published in the 

Federal Register on March 11, 1996 (61 

FR 9740), for additional information 

about the RSAC. 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 20, 

2008. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–20029 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257; Notice No. 49] 

Railroad Safety Advisory Committee 

(RSAC); Working Group Activity 

Update 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Announcement of Railroad 

Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) 

working group activities. 

SUMMARY: FRA is updating its 

announcement of RSAC’s working 

group activities to reflect its current 

status. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Woolverton, RSAC Coordinator, 

FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Mailstop 25, Washington, DC 20590, 

(202) 493–6212; or Grady Cothen, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Safety, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, 

SE., Mailstop 25, Washington, DC 

20590, (202) 493–6302. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice serves to update FRA’s last 

announcement of working group 

activities and status reports of May 22, 

2008 (73 FR 29838). The 35th full RSAC 

meeting was held June 11, 2008, and the 

36th meeting is scheduled for 

September 10, 2008, at the National 

Housing Center in Washington, DC. 

Since its first meeting in April of 

1996, the RSAC has accepted 25 tasks. 

The status for each of the open tasks is 

provided below: 

Open Tasks 

Task 96–4—Tourist and Historic 

Railroads. Reviewing the 

appropriateness of the agency’s current 

policy regarding the applicability of 

existing and proposed regulations to 

tourist, excursion, scenic, and historic 

railroads. This task was accepted on 

April 2, 1996, and a working group was 

established. The working group 

monitored the steam locomotive 

regulation task. Planned future activities 

involve the review of other regulations 

for possible adaptation to the safety 

needs of tourist and historic railroads. 

Contact: Grady Cothen, Jr., (202) 493–

6302. 

Task 03–01—Passenger Safety. This 

task includes updating and enhancing 

the regulations pertaining to passenger 

safety, based on research and 

experience. This task was accepted on 

May 20, 2003, and a working group was 

established. Prior to embarking on 

substantive discussions of a specific 

task, the working group set forth, in 

writing, a specific description of the 

task. The working group reports 

planned activity to the full Committee at 

each scheduled full RSAC meeting, 

including milestones for completion of 

projects and progress toward 

completion. At the first meeting held 

September 9–10, 2003, a consolidated 

list of issues was completed. At the 

second meeting held November 6–7, 

2003, four task groups were established: 

emergency preparedness; mechanical; 

crashworthiness; and track/vehicle 

interaction. The task groups met and 

reported on activities for working group 

consideration at the third meeting held 

May 11–12, 2004, and a fourth meeting 

was held October 26–27, 2004. The 

Working Group met on March 21–22, 

2006, and again on September 12–13, 

2006, at which time the group agreed to 

establish a task force on general 

passenger safety. The full Passenger 

Safety Working Group met on April 17–

18, 2007; December 11–12, 2007; and 

June 18, 2008. The next meeting is 

scheduled for November 13, 2008. 

Contact: Charles Bielitz, (202) 493–

6314. 

(Emergency Preparedness Task Force) 

At the working group meeting on March 

9–10, 2005, the working group received 

and approved the consensus report of 

the Emergency Preparedness Task Force 

related to emergency communication, 

emergency egress, and rescue access. 

These recommendations were presented 

to, and approved by, the full RSAC on 

May 18, 2005. The working group met 

on September 7–8, 2005, and additional, 

supplementary recommendations were 

presented to, and accepted by, the full 

RSAC on October 11, 2005. The Notice 

of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) was 

published on August 24, 2006, and was 

open for comment until October 23, 

2006. The working group agreed upon 

recommendations for the final rule, 

including resolution of final comments 

received, during its April 17–18, 2007, 

meeting. The recommendations were 

presented to, and approved by, the full 

RSAC on June 26, 2007. The final rule 

regarding passenger train emergency 

systems, focusing on emergency 

communication, emergency egress, and 

rescue access, was published on 

February 1, 2008 (73 FR 6370). The task 

force met on October 17–18, 2007, and 

reached consensus on draft rule text for 

a followup NPRM on passenger train 

emergency systems, focusing on low 

location emergency exit path marking, 

emergency lighting, and emergence 

signage. The task force presented the 

draft rule text to the Passenger Safety 

Working Group on December 11–12, 

2007, and the consensus draft rule text 

was presented to, and approved by, full 

RSAC vote during the February 20, 2008 

meeting. At its most recent meeting, 

which was held May 13–14, 2008, the 

task force recommended clarifying the 

applicability of backup emergency 

communication system requirements in 

the February 1, 2008, final rule, and 

FRA announced its intention to exercise 

limited enforcement discretion for a 

new provision amending instruction 

requirements for emergency window 

exit removal. The working group ratified 

these recommendations on June 19, 

2008. No additional task force meetings 

are currently scheduled. Contact: 

Brenda Moscoso, (202) 493–6282. 

(Mechanical Task Force) (Completed) 

Initial recommendations on mechanical 

issues (revisions to Title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) part 238) 

were approved by the full Committee on 

January 26, 2005. At the working group 

meeting of September 7–8, 2005, the 

task force presented additional 

perfecting amendments and the full 

RSAC approved them on October 11, 

2005. An NPRM was published in the 

Federal Register on December 8, 2005 

(70 FR 73070). Public comments were 

due by February 17, 2006. The final rule 

was published in the Federal Register 

on October 19, 2006 (71 FR 61835), 

effective December 18, 2006. 

(Crashworthiness Task Force) Among 

its efforts, the Crashworthiness Task 

Force provided consensus 

recommendations on static-end strength 

that were adopted by the working group 

on September 7–8, 2005. The full 

Committee accepted the 

recommendations on October 11, 2005. 

The Front-End Strength of Cab Cars and 

Multiple-Unit Locomotives NPRM was 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 1, 2007 (72 FR 42016), with 

comments due by October 1, 2007. A 

number of comments were entered into 

the docket, and FRA is considering each 

of them in drafting a final rule. To 

demonstrate means of determining 

compliance with the crashworthiness 

requirements of the rule, FRA scheduled 

deformation tests as prescribed in the 

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NPRM. A dynamic impact test, per the 

performance standard, was conducted 

on April 16, 2008. Additionally, two 

quasi-static tests were conducted on 

June 25, 2008, and August 13, 2008. The 

objectives of the tests were to show 

alternative means for demonstrating 

compliance with dynamic performance 

and quasi-static strength-based standard 

outlined in the NPRM. The next task 

force meeting is scheduled for 

September 9–10, 2008. Contact: Gary 

Fairbanks, (202) 493–6322. 

(Vehicle/Track Interaction Task 

Force) The task force is developing 

proposed revisions to 49 CFR parts 213 

and 238, principally regarding highspeed passenger service. The task force 

met on October 9–11, 2007, and again 

on November 19–20, 2007, in 

Washington, DC, and presented the final 

task force report, final 

recommendations, and proposed rule 

text for approval by the Passenger Safety 

Working Group at the December 11–12, 

2007, meeting. The final report and the 

proposed rule text were approved by the 

working group and were presented to, 

and approved by, full RSAC vote during 

the February 20, 2008, meeting. The 

group last met on February 27–28, 2008, 

and FRA is currently crafting an NPRM. 

No additional task force meetings are 

currently scheduled. Contact: John 

Mardente, (202) 493–1335. 

(General Passenger Safety Task Force) 

At the working group meeting on April 

17–18, 2007, the task force presented a 

progress report to the working group. 

The task force met on July 18–19, 2007, 

and afterwards, it reported proposed 

reporting cause codes for injuries 

involving the platform gap that was 

approved by the working group by mail 

ballot in September 2007. The full 

RSAC approved the recommendations 

for changes to 49 CFR part 225 accident/ 

incident cause codes on October 25, 

2007. The task force continues work on 

passenger train door securement, 

‘‘second train in station,’’ trespasser 

incidents, and system safety based 

solutions by developing a regulatory 

approach to system safety. The General 

Passenger Safety Task Force presented 

draft guidance material for management 

of the gap that was considered and 

approved by the working group during 

the December 11–12, 2007, meeting and 

was presented and approved by full 

RSAC vote during the February 20, 

2008, meeting. The group met April 23–

24, 2008, and the next meeting is 

scheduled for November 4–6, 2008. 

Contact: Dan Knote, (631) 567–1596. 

Task 05–01—Review of Roadway 

Worker Protection Issues. This task was 

accepted on January 26, 2005, to review 

49 CFR part 214, Subpart C, Roadway 

Worker Protection, and related sections 

of Subpart A, and to recommend 

consideration of specific actions to 

advance the on-track safety of railroad 

employees and contractors engaged in 

maintenance-of-way activities 

throughout the general system of 

railroad transportation, including 

clarification of existing requirements. A 

working group was established and 

reported to the RSAC any specific 

actions identified as appropriate. The 

first meeting of the working group was 

held on April 12–14, 2005. The group 

drafted and accepted regulatory 

language for various revisions, 

clarifications, and additions to 32 

separate items in 19 sections of the rule. 

However, two parties raised technical 

concerns regarding the draft language 

concerning electronic display of track 

authorities. The working group reported 

recommendations to the full Committee 

at the June 26, 2007, meeting. The FRA, 

through the NPRM process, is to address 

this issue along with eight additional 

items on which the working group was 

unable to reach a consensus. Comments 

were received and were considered 

during the drafting of the NPRM. In 

early 2008, the external working group 

members were solicited to review the 

consensus text for errata review. In 

order to address the heightened 

concerns raised with the current 

regulations for adjacent track on-track 

safety, an NPRM was published on July 

17, 2008, that focused on this element 

of the Roadway Worker Protection rule 

alone. As this was an NPRM, FRA 

sought comment on the entire proposal, 

including those portions that FRA 

sought to clarify. However, on August 

13, 2008, the NPRM was withdrawn to 

permit further consideration of the 

RSAC-reported consensus language. 

FRA is currently reviewing options 

concerning the smaller adjacent track 

on-track safety aspect of the rule, as well 

as the remaining changes to the rule. 

Target for completion of all items in the 

larger NPRM is spring of 2009. Contact: 

Christopher Schulte, (610) 521–8201. 

Task 05–02—Reduce Human FactorCaused Train Accident/Incidents. This 

task was accepted on May 18, 2005, to 

reduce the number of human factorcaused train accidents/incidents and 

related employee injuries. The Railroad 

Operating Rules Working Group was 

formed, and the group extensively 

reviewed the issues presented. The final 

working group meeting devoted to 

developing a proposed rule was held 

February 8–9, 2006. The working group 

was not able to deliver a consensus 

regulatory proposal, but did recommend 

that it be used to review comments on 

FRA’s NPRM, which was published in 

the Federal Register on October 12, 

2006 (FR 71 60372) with public 

comments due by December 11, 2006. 

Two reviews were held, one on 

February 8–9, 2007, and the other on 

April 4–5, 2007. Consensus was reached 

on four items and those items were 

presented and accepted by the full 

RSAC at the June 26, 2007, meeting. A 

final rule was published in the Federal 

Register on February 13, 2008 (73 FR 

8442), with an effective date of April 14, 

2008. Working group meetings were 

held on September 27–28, 2007; January 

17–18, 2008; and May 21–22, 2008. The 

next scheduled meeting will occur on 

September 25–26, 2008. Contact: 

Douglas Taylor, (202) 493–6255. 

Task 06–01—Locomotive Safety 

Standards. This task was accepted on 

February 22, 2006, to review 49 CFR 

part 229, Railroad Locomotive Safety 

Standards, and revise as appropriate. A 

working group was established with the 

mandate to report any planned activity 

to the full Committee at each scheduled 

full RSAC meeting, to include 

milestones for completion of projects 

and progress toward completion. The 

first working group meeting was held 

May 8–10, 2006. Working group 

meetings were held on August 8–9, 

2006; September 25–26, 2006; and 

October 30–31, 2006, and the working 

group presented recommendations 

regarding revisions to requirements for 

locomotive sanders to the full RSAC on 

September 21, 2006. The NPRM 

regarding sanders was published in the 

Federal Register on March 6, 2007 (72 

FR 9904). Comments received were 

discussed by the working group for 

clarification, and FRA published a final 

rule on October 19, 2007 (72 FR 59216). 

The working group is continuing the 

review of 49 CFR part 229 with a view 

to proposing further revisions to update 

the standards. The working group met 

on January 9–10, 2007; November 27–

28, 2007; February 5–6, 2008; May 20–

21, 2008; and August 5–6, 2008. The 

next meeting is scheduled for October 

22–23, 2008, and a followup meeting is 

scheduled for January 6–7, 2009. 

Contact: George Scerbo, (202) 493–6249. 

Task 06–02—Track Safety Standards 

and Continuous Welded Rail. Section 

9005 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 

Legacy for Users (Pub. L. 109–59, 

‘‘SAFETEA–LU’’), the 2005 surface 

transportation authorization act, 

requires FRA to issue requirements for 

inspection of joint bars in continuous 

welded rail (CWR) to detect cracks that 

could affect the integrity of the track 

structure. See 49 U.S.C. 20142(e). FRA 

published an interim final rule (IFR), 

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establishing new requirements for 

inspections, on November 2, 2005 (70 

FR 66288). On October 11, 2005, FRA 

offered the RSAC a task to review 

comments on this IFR, but the 

conditions could not be established 

under which the Committee could have 

undertaken this with a view toward 

consensus. Comments on the IFR were 

received through December 19, 2005. 

FRA reviewed the comments. On 

February 22, 2006, the RSAC accepted 

this task to review and revise the CWR 

related to provisions of the Track Safety 

Standards (TSS), with particular 

emphasis on reduction of derailments 

and consequent injuries and damage 

caused by defective conditions, 

including joint failures, in track using 

CWR; a working group was established. 

The working group will report any 

planned activity to the full Committee at 

each scheduled full RSAC meeting, 

including milestones for completion of 

projects and progress toward 

completion. The first working group 

meeting was held April 3–4, 2006, at 

which time the working group reviewed 

comments on the IFR. The second 

working group meeting was held April 

26–28, 2006. The working group also 

met May 24–25, 2006, and July 19–20, 

2006. The working group reported 

consensus recommendations for the 

final rule that were accepted by the full 

RSAC Committee by mail ballot on 

August 11, 2006. The final rule was 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 11, 2006 (71 FR 59677). The 

working group continued review of 49 

CFR 213.119 with a view to proposing 

further revisions to update the 

standards. The working group met 

January 30–31, 2007; April 10–11, 2007; 

June 27–28, 2007; August 15–16, 2007; 

October 23–24, 2007; and January, 8–9, 

2008. The working group reported 

consensus recommendations for 

revisions to 49 CFR Section 213.119 

regulations to the full RSAC on 

February 20, 2008, and the 

recommendations were accepted. FRA 

is preparing an NPRM. No additional 

working group meetings are currently 

scheduled on this issue. Contact: Ken 

Rusk, (202) 493–6236. 

Task 06–03—Medical Standards for 

Safety-Critical Personnel. This task was 

accepted on September 21, 2006, to 

enhance the safety of persons in the 

railroad operating environment and the 

public by establishing standards and 

procedures for determining the medical 

fitness for duty of personnel engaged in 

safety-critical functions. A working 

group has been established and will 

report any planned activity to the full 

Committee at each scheduled full RSAC 

meeting, including milestones for 

completion of projects and progress 

toward completion. The first working 

group meeting was held December 12–

13, 2006. The working group has held 

followup meetings on the following 

dates: February 20–21, 2007; July 24–25, 

2007; August 29–30, 2007; October 31–

November 1, 2007; December 4–5, 2007; 

February 13–14, 2008; March 26–27, 

2008; and April 22–23, 2008. A task 

force of physicians was established in 

May 2007 to work on specific medical 

exam-related issues. The task force of 

physicians has had meetings or 

conference calls on July 24, 2007; 

August 20, 2007; October 15, 2007; 

October 31, 2007; and June 23–24, 2008. 

The next meeting of the task force is 

scheduled for September 8–10, 2008. 

Contact: Alan Misiaszek, (202) 493–

6002. 

Task 07–01—Track Safety Standards. 

This task was accepted on February 22, 

2007, to consider specific improvements 

to the TSS or other responsive actions, 

supplementing work already under way 

on CWR, specifically to: Review 

controls applied to reuse of rail in CWR 

‘‘plug rail,’’ review the issue of cracks 

emanating from bond wire attachments, 

consider improvements in the TSS 

related to fastening of rail to concrete 

ties, and ensure a common 

understanding within the regulated 

community concerning requirements for 

internal rail flaw inspections. The tasks 

were assigned to the Track Safety 

Standards Working Group. The working 

group will report any planned activity 

to the full Committee at each scheduled 

full RSAC meeting, including 

milestones for completion of projects 

and progress toward completion. The 

first working group meeting was held on 

June 27–28, 2007, and the group met 

again on August 15–16, 2007, and 

October 23–24, 2007. Two task forces 

were created under the working group: 

Concrete Ties and Rail Integrity Task 

Forces. The Concrete Ties Task Force 

met on November 26–27, 2007; February 

13–14, 2008; April 16–17, 2008; and 

July 9–10, 2008. The next Concrete Ties 

Task Force meeting is scheduled for 

September 17–18, 2008. The Rail 

Integrity Task Force met on November 

28–29, 2007; February 12–13, 2008; 

April 15–16, 2008; and July 8–9, 2008. 

The next meeting is scheduled for 

September 16–17, 2008. Contact: Ken 

Rusk, (202) 493–6236. 

Task 08–01—Report on the Nation’s 

Railroad Bridges. This task was 

accepted on February 20, 2008, to report 

to the Federal Railroad Administrator 

on the current state of railroad bridge 

safety management, update the findings 

and conclusions of the 1993 Summary 

Report of the FRA Railroad Bridge 

Safety Survey, and include 

recommendations for further action 

with a target date of November 3, 2008. 

The working group first met on April 

24–25, 2008, with followup meetings 

held on June 12–13, 2008, and August 

7–8, 2008. The working group will 

present findings and a final report to the 

RSAC during the September 10, 2008, 

full Committee meeting. Contact: 

Gordon Davids, (202) 230–9568. 

Completed Tasks 

Task 96–1—(Completed) Revising the 

freight power brake regulations. 

Task 96–2—(Completed) Reviewing 

and recommending revisions to the TSS 

(49 CFR part 213). 

Task 96–3—(Completed) Reviewing 

and recommending revisions to the 

radio standards and procedures (49 CFR 

part 220). 

Task 96–5—(Completed) Reviewing 

and recommending revisions to steam 

locomotive inspection standards (49 

CFR part 230). 

Task 96–6—(Completed) Reviewing 

and recommending revisions to 

miscellaneous aspects of the regulations 

addressing locomotive engineer 

certification (49 CFR part 240). 

Task 96–7—(Completed) Developing 

roadway maintenance machines (ontrack equipment) safety standards. 

Task 96–8—(Completed) This 

planning task evaluated the need for 

action responsive to recommendations 

contained in a report to Congress titled, 

Locomotive Crashworthiness & Working 

Conditions. 

Task 97–1—(Completed) Developing 

crashworthiness specifications (49 CFR 

part 229) to promote the integrity of the 

locomotive cab in accidents resulting 

from collisions. 

Task 97–2—(Completed) Evaluating 

the extent to which environmental, 

sanitary, and other working conditions 

in locomotive cabs affect the crew’s 

health and the safe operation of 

locomotives, proposing standards where 

appropriate. 

Task 97–3—(Completed) Developing 

event recorder data survivability 

standards. 

Task 97–4—and Task 97–5—

(Completed) Defining Positive Train 

Control (PTC) functionalities, describing 

available technologies, evaluating costs 

and benefits of potential systems, and 

considering implementation 

opportunities and challenges, including 

demonstration and deployment. 

Task 97–6—(Completed) Revising 

various regulations to address the safety 

implications of processor-based signal 

and train control technologies, 

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including communications-based 

operating systems. 

Task 97–7—(Completed) Determining 

damages qualifying an event as a 

reportable train accident. 

Task 00–1—(Completed-task 

withdrawn) Determining the need to 

amend regulations protecting persons 

who work on, under, or between rolling 

equipment and persons applying, 

removing, or inspecting rear end 

marking devices (Blue Signal 

Protection). 

Task 01–1—(Completed) Developing 

conformity of FRA’s regulations for 

accident/incident reporting (49 CFR part 

225) to revised regulations of the 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor, and to make appropriate 

revisions to the FRA Guide for 

Preparing Accident/Incident Reports 

(Reporting Guide). 

Please refer to the notice published in 

the Federal Register on March 11, 1996 

(61 FR 9740), for more information 

about the RSAC. 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 20, 

2008. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2008–0135] 

Decision that Certain Nonconforming 

Motor Vehicles Are Eligible for 

Importation 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of decision by NHTSA 

that certain nonconforming motor 

vehicles are eligible for importation. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

decisions by NHTSA that certain motor 

vehicles not originally manufactured to 

comply with all applicable Federal 

motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) 

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 

manufacturers as complying with the 

safety standards, and they are capable of 

being readily altered to conform to the 

standards or because they have safety 

features that comply with, or are 

capable of being altered to comply with, 

all applicable FMVSS. 

DATES: These decisions became effective 

on the dates specified in Annex A. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Coleman Sachs, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance, NHTSA (202–366–3151). 

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 FMVSS 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/or 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 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 its 

safety features comply with, or are 

capable of being altered to comply with, 

all applicable FMVSS based on 

destructive test data or such other 

evidence as NHTSA decides to be 

adequate. 

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. 

NHTSA received petitions from 

registered importers to decide whether 

the vehicles listed in Annex A to this 

notice are eligible for importation into 

the United States. To afford an 

opportunity for public comment, 

NHTSA published notice of these 

petitions as specified in Annex A. The 

reader is referred to those notices for a 

thorough description of the petitions. 

No substantive comments were received 

in response to these notices. Based on 

its review of the information submitted 

by the petitioners, NHTSA has decided 

to grant the petitions. 

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. Vehicle eligibility 

numbers assigned to vehicles admissible 

under this decision are specified in 

Annex A. 

Final Decision 

Accordingly, on the basis of the 

foregoing, NHTSA hereby decides that 

each motor vehicle listed in Annex A to 

this notice, which was not originally 

manufactured to comply with all 

applicable FMVSS, is either (1) 

substantially similar to a motor vehicle 

manufactured for importation into and/ 

or sale in the United States, and 

certified under 49 U.S.C. 30115, as 

specified in Annex A, and is capable of 

being readily altered to conform to all 

applicable FMVSS or (2) has safety 

features that comply with, or are 

capable of being altered to comply with, 

all applicable Federal motor vehicle 

safety standards. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A), 

(a)(1)(B) and (b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8; delegations 

of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8. 

Issued on: August 25, 2008. 

Claude H. Harris, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

Annex A—Nonconforming Motor 

Vehicles Decided To Be Eligible for 

Importation 

1. Docket No. NHTSA–2007–0023 

Nonconforming Vehicles: 2001 

Chevrolet Tahoe multipurpose 

passenger vehicles. 

Substantially Similar U.S. Certified 

Vehicles: 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe 

multipurpose passenger vehicles. 

Notice of Petition Published at: 72 FR 

63651 (November 9, 2007). 

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–501 

(effective date January 16, 2008). 

2. Docket No. NHTSA–2007–0022 

Nonconforming Vehicles: 2005 

Volkswagen Golf passenger cars. 

Substantially Similar U.S. Certified 

Vehicles: 2005 Volkswagen Golf 

passenger cars. 

Notice of Petition Published at: 72 FR 

63229 (November 8, 2007). 

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–502 

(effective date January 16, 2008). 

3. Docket No. NHTSA–2008–0051 

Nonconforming Vehicles: 2000 

Chevrolet Tahoe multipurpose 

passenger vehicle. 

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