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Substantially Similar U.S. Certified 

Vehicles: 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe 

multipurpose passenger vehicle. 

Notice of Petition Published at: 73 FR 

16960 (March 31, 2008). 

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–504 

(effective date May 19, 2008). 

4. Docket No. NHTSA–2008–0062 

Nonconforming Vehicles: 2005 Jeep 

Liberty multipurpose passenger 

vehicle. 

Substantially Similar U.S. Certified 

Vehicles: 2005 Jeep Liberty 

multipurpose passenger vehicle. 

Notice of Petition Published at: 73 FR 

19135 (April 8, 2008). 

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–505 

(effective date June 2, 2008). 

5. Docket No. NHTSA–2008–0092 

Nonconforming Vehicles: 2007 Harley 

Davidson FX, FL, XL, & VR Series 

motorcycles. 

Substantially Similar U.S. Certified 

Vehicles: 2007 Harley Davidson FX, 

FL, XL, & VR Series motorcycles. 

Notice of Petition Published at: 73 FR 

27025 (May 12, 2008). 

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–506 

(effective date June 25, 2008). 

6. Docket No. NHTSA–2008–0110 

Nonconforming Vehicles: 2004–2005 

Ferrari 575 passenger cars. 

Substantially Similar U.S. Certified 

Vehicles: 2004–2005 Ferrari 575 

passenger cars. 

Notice of Petition Published at: 73 FR 

32784 (June 10, 2008). 

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–507 

(effective date July 16, 2008). 

7. Docket No. NHTSA–2008–0117 

Nonconforming Vehicles: 2006 

Lamborghini Gallardo Roadster 

passenger cars manufactured between 

January 1, 2006 and August 31, 2006. 

Substantially Similar U.S. Certified 

Vehicles: 2006 Lamborghini Gallardo 

Roadster passenger cars manufactured 

between January 1, 2006 and August 

31, 2006. 

Notice of Petition Published at: 73 FR 

36375 (June 26, 2008). 

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–508 

(effective date August 4, 2008). 

8. Docket No. NHTSA–2008–0120 

Nonconforming Vehicles: 2004 Land 

Rover Range Rover multipurpose 

passenger vehicles. 

Substantially Similar U.S. Certified 

Vehicles: 2004 Land Rover Range 

Rover multipurpose passenger 

vehicles. 

Notice of Petition Published at: 73 FR 

36373 (June 26, 2008). 

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–509 

(effective date August 4, 2008). 

9. Docket No. NHTSA–2008–0094 

Nonconforming Vehicles: 1988–1994 

Alpina B12 5.0 Sedan passenger cars. 

Because there are no substantially 

similar U.S.-certified version 1988–

1994 Alpina B12 5.0 Sedan passenger 

cars, the petitioner sought import 

eligibility under 49 U.S.C. 

30141(a)(1)(B). 

Notice of Petition Published at: 73 FR 

27890 (May 14, 2008). 

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VCP–41 

(effective date June 25, 2008). 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2008–0143] 

Plan for Evaluating the Effectiveness 

of Vehicle and Behavioral Programs, 

2008–2012 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

publication by NHTSA of its Evaluation 

Program Plan for 2008–2012. The report 

describes the agency’s ongoing and 

planned evaluations of its existing 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards 

[49 CFR part 571] and other vehiclesafety, behavioral-safety and consumer 

programs. It also summarizes the results 

of completed evaluations. The agency’s 

evaluation program responds to 

Executive Order 12866, which provides 

for Government-wide review of existing 

significant Federal regulations. This 

notice solicits public review and 

comment on the evaluation plan. 

Comments received will be used to 

improve the plan. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than December 29, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Report: The Evaluation 

Program Plan is available on the Internet 

for viewing online in PDF format at 

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/ 

810983.PDF. You may obtain a copy of 

the plan free of charge by sending a selfaddressed mailing label to Charles J. 

Kahane (NVS–431), National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 

20590. 

Comments: You may submit 

comments [identified by Docket Number 

NHTSA–2008–0143] by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

M–30, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building, Ground 

Floor, Rm. W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., between 9 am 

and 5 pm Eastern Time, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

You may call Docket Management at 

202–366–9826. 

Instructions: For detailed instructions 

on submitting comments, see the 

Procedural Matters section of this 

document. Note that all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles J. Kahane, Chief, Evaluation 

Division, NVS–431, National Center for 

Statistics and Analysis, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

Room W53–312, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Telephone: 202–366–2560. E-mail: 

chuck.kahane@dot.gov. 

For information about NHTSA’s 

evaluations of the effectiveness of 

existing regulations and programs: Visit 

the NHTSA Web site at http:// 

www.nhtsa.dot.gov and click ‘‘NCSA’’

near the upper right corner on the home 

page; then click ‘‘Regulatory 

Evaluation’’ under ‘‘Browse Topics’’ on 

the ‘‘NCSA’’ page. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA 

has rigorously evaluated its major 

programs as a matter of policy since 

1970. The evaluation of the 

effectiveness of the Federal Motor 

Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) 

began in 1975. The Government 

Performance and Results Act of 1993 

and Executive Order 12866, ‘‘Regulatory 

Planning and Review,’’ issued in 

October 1993 (58 FR 51735), now oblige 

all Federal agencies to evaluate their 

existing programs and regulations. 

Previously, Executive Order 12291, 

issued in February 1981 (46 FR 13193), 

also required reviews of existing 

regulations. Even before 1981, however, 

NHTSA was a leader among Federal 

agencies in evaluating the effectiveness 

of existing regulations and technologies. 

There are large databases of motor 

vehicle crashes that can be analyzed to 

find out what vehicle and behavioral 

safety programs work best. 

This five-year plan for the Evaluation 

Division of the Office of Regulatory 

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Analysis and Evaluation (ORAE) in 

NHTSA’s National Center for Statistics 

and Analysis presents and discusses the 

vehicle and behavioral programs, 

regulations, technologies, and related 

areas ORAE proposes to evaluate, and it 

summarizes the findings of ORAE’s past 

evaluations. Depending on scope, 

evaluations typically take a year or 

substantially more, counting initial 

planning, contracting for support, OMB 

clearance for surveys, data collection, 

analysis, internal review, approvals, 

publication, review of public comments, 

and the last phase of preparing 

recommendations for subsequent agency 

action. 

Most of NHTSA’s crashworthiness 

and several crash avoidance standards 

have been evaluated at least once since 

1975. A number of consumer-oriented 

regulations, e.g., bumpers, theft 

protection, fuel economy and NCAP 

also have been evaluated. So have 

promising safety technologies that were 

at the time not mandatory under Federal 

regulations, such as electronic stability 

control for passenger vehicles. Based on 

these evaluations, NHTSA estimated 

that vehicle safety technologies had 

saved an estimated 328,551 lives from 

1960 through 2002 and that the FMVSS 

added an average of $839 (in 2002 

dollars) to the cost of a new passenger 

car and $711 to an LTV in model year 

2001 (70 FR 3975). 

ORAE’s plan for calendar years 2008–

2012 includes evaluations of new and 

existing vehicle and behavioral safety 

programs, regulations, technologies and 

consumer information programs. 

Vehicle safety evaluations address crash 

avoidance, crashworthiness, 

compatibility and recalls. They study 

passenger cars, LTVs, heavy trucks, and 

motorcycles. Behavioral safety 

evaluations address impaired driving, 

occupant protection, child passenger 

safety, motorcycle safety, pedestrians 

and emergency care (injury 

survivability). 

The plan will be periodically updated 

in response to public and agency needs, 

with a complete revision scheduled 

every five years. The most recent plan 

before this one was published on 

January 27, 2004 (69 FR 3992). 

Procedural Matters 

How can I influence NHTSA’s thinking 

on this subject? 

NHTSA welcomes public review of 

the evaluation plan and invites the 

reviewers to comment about the 

selection, priority, and schedule of the 

regulations to be evaluated. The agency 

is interested in learning of any 

additional data that may be useful in the 

evaluations. NHTSA will submit to the 

Docket a response to the comments and, 

if appropriate, will supplement or revise 

the evaluation plan. 

How do I prepare and submit 

comments? 

Your comments must be written and 

in English. To ensure that your 

comments are correctly filed in the 

Docket, please include the Docket 

number of this document (NHTSA–

2008–0143) in your comments. 

Your primary comments must not be 

more than 15 pages long (49 CFR 

553.21). However, you may attach 

additional documents to your primary 

comments. There is no limit on the 

length of the attachments. 

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) or you may visit http:// 

regulations.gov. 

Please send two paper copies of your 

comments to Docket Management, fax 

them, or use the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal. The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Management Facility, M–30, West 

Building, Ground Floor, Rm. W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. The fax number 

is 1–202–493–2251. To use the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

We also request, but do not require, 

you to send a copy to Charles J. Kahane, 

Chief, Evaluation Division, NVS–431, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, Room W53–312, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590 (or e-mail them to 

chuck.kahane@dot.gov). He can check if 

your comments have been received at 

the Docket and he can expedite their 

review by NHTSA. 

How can I be sure that my comments 

were received? 

If you wish Docket Management to 

notify you upon its receipt of your 

comments, enclose a self-addressed, 

stamped postcard in the envelope 

containing your comments. Upon 

receiving your comments, Docket 

Management will return the postcard by 

mail. 

How do I submit confidential business 

information? 

If you wish to submit any information 

under a claim of confidentiality, send 

three copies of your complete 

submission, including the information 

you claim to be confidential business 

information, to the Chief Counsel, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Include a cover letter supplying the 

information specified in our 

confidential business information 

regulation (49 CFR part 512). 

In addition, send two copies from 

which you have deleted the claimed 

confidential business information to 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Management Facility, M–30, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Rm. W12–

140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, or submit them 

via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. 

Will the agency consider late 

comments? 

In our response, we will consider all 

comments that Docket Management 

receives before the close of business on 

the comment closing date indicated 

above under DATES. To the extent 

possible, we will also consider 

comments that Docket Management 

receives after that date. 

Please note that even after the 

comment closing date, we will continue 

to file relevant information in the 

Docket as it becomes available. Further, 

some people may submit late comments. 

Accordingly, we recommend that you 

periodically check the Docket for new 

material. 

How can I read the comments submitted 

by other people? 

You may read the materials placed in 

the docket for this document (e.g., the 

comments submitted in response to this 

document by other interested persons) 

at any time by going to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

You may also read the materials at the 

Docket Management Facility by going to 

the street address given above under 

ADDRESSES. The Docket Management 

Facility is open between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30111, 30168; 

delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 

501.8. 

James F. Simons, 

Director, Office of Regulatory Analysis and 

Evaluation. 

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