Document ID: NHTSA-2019-0046-0001
Agency: nhtsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Receipt of Petition for Decision: Nonconforming Model Year 2018-2019 Swift Sprite Alpine 4 Single Axle Camper Trailers are Eligible for Importation
Posted Date: 2019-12-30T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72130-72131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28138]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2019-0046; Notice 1]

Notice of Receipt of Petition for Decision That Nonconforming 
Model Year 2018-2019 Swift Sprite Alpine 4 Single Axle Camper Trailers 
Are Eligible for Importation

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

ACTION: Receipt of petition.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration (NHTSA) receipt of a petition for a decision that model 
year (MY) 2018-2019 Swift Sprite Alpine 4 single axle camper trailers 
that were 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 capable of being 
readily altered to conform to the standards.

DATES: The closing date for comments on the petition January 29, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written data, 
views, and arguments on this petition. Comments must refer to the 
docket and notice number cited in the title of this notice and may be 
submitted by any of the following methods:
     Mail: Send comments by mail addressed to the U.S. 
Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building 
Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 
20590.
     Hand Delivery: Deliver comments by hand to the U.S. 
Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building 
Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 
20590. The Docket Section is open on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
except for Federal Holidays.
     Electronically: Submit comments electronically by logging 
onto the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) website at https://www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Comments may also be faxed to (202) 493-2251.
    Comments must be written in the English language, and be no greater 
than 15 pages in length, although there is no limit to the length of 
necessary attachments to the comments. If comments are submitted in 
hard copy form, please ensure that two copies are provided. If you wish 
to receive confirmation that comments you have submitted by mail were 
received, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard along with 
the comments. Note that all comments received will be posted without 
change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided.
    All comments and supporting materials received before the close of 
business on the closing date indicated above will be filed in the 
docket and will be considered. All comments and supporting materials 
received after the closing date will also be filed and will be 
considered to the fullest extent possible.
    All comments, background documentation, and supporting materials 
submitted to the docket may be viewed by anyone at the address and 
times given above. The documents may also be viewed on the internet at 
https://www.regulations.gov by following the online instructions for 
accessing the dockets. The docket ID number for this petition is shown 
in the heading of this notice.
    DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement is available for review in a 
Federal Register notice published on April 11, 2000, (65 FR 19477-78).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Mazurowski, Office of Vehicle 
Safety Compliance, NHTSA (202-366-1012).

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 sale in the United 
States, certified under 49 U.S.C. 30115, and of the same MY as the 
model of the motor vehicle to be compared, and is capable of being 
readily altered to conform to all applicable FMVSS.
    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 
of each petition that it receives in the Federal Register, and

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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.
    America's Import & Export Authority Inc., (Registered Importer R-
17-423), of Fort Myers, Florida has petitioned NHTSA to decide whether 
nonconforming MY 2018-2019 Swift Sprite Alpine 4 single axle camper 
trailers are eligible for importation into the United States. The 
vehicles which America's Import & Export Authority Inc. believes are 
capable of being readily altered to conform to all applicable FMVSS.
    America's Import & Export Authority Inc. submitted information with 
its petition intended to demonstrate that non-U.S. certified MY 2018-
2019 Swift Sprite Alpine 4 single axle camper trailers, as originally 
manufactured, conform to many applicable FMVSS, or are capable of being 
readily altered to conform to those standards. Specifically, the 
petitioner claims that the non-U.S. certified MY 2018-2019 Swift Sprite 
Alpine 4 single axle camper trailers, as originally manufactured, are 
only subject to: FMVSS Nos. 108, Lamps, Reflective Devices and 
Associated Equipment, 109, New pneumatic and certain specialty tires, 
110, Tire Selection and Rims and Motor Home/Recreation Vehicle Trailer 
Load Carrying Capacity Information for Motor Vehicles with a GVWR of 
4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) or Less. The petitioner also contends 
that the subject non-U.S. certified vehicles are capable of being 
readily altered to meet the following FMVSS, in the manner indicated:
    FMVSS No. 108, Lamps, Reflective Devices and Associated Equipment: 
Installation of rear reflectors, side markers, side reflectors, 
clearance lamps, identification lamps and upper lights, front side 
marker lamps and reflectors, intermediate side marker lamps and 
reflectors, and license plate lamp.
    FMVSS No. 109, New pneumatic and certain specialty tires: 
Installation of tire placard with certification label.
    FMVSS No. 110, Tire Selection and Rims and Motor Home/Recreation 
Vehicle Trailer Load Carrying Capacity Information for Motor Vehicles 
with a GVWR of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) or Less: The petitioner 
claims the tires rims are within conformity of this standard.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), and (b)(1); 49 
CFR 593.7; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 501.8.

Otto G. Matheke III,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2019-28138 Filed 12-27-19; 8:45 am]
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