Extension of Comment Period on Whether Nonconforming 2012 McLaren MP4[12C] Passenger Cars Are Eligible for Importation

Topics:  McLaren MP4-12C

Jeffrey Giuseppe
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
April 11, 2014

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 70 (Friday, April 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 20304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08094]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2014-0004; Notice 2]


Extension of Comment Period on Whether Nonconforming 2012 McLaren 
MP4[12C] Passenger Cars Are Eligible for Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the extension of the comment period on 
a petition for NHTSA to decide that 2012 McLaren MP4[12C] passenger 
cars that were not originally manufactured to comply with all 
applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards are eligible for 
importation into the United States.

DATES: The closing date for comments on the petition is April 16, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to the docket and notice numbers above 
and be submitted by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor, 
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: 202-493-2251
    Instructions: 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 your comments were 
received, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard with the 
comments. Note that all comments received will be posted without change 
to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading below.
    Privacy Act: 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 19477-78).
    How to Read Comments submitted to the Docket: You may read the 
comments received by Docket Management at the address and times given 
above. You may also view the documents from the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for accessing the 
dockets. The docket ID number and title of this notice are shown at the 
heading of this document notice. 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 search 
the Docket for new material.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Stevens, Office of Vehicle 
Safety Compliance, NHTSA (202 366 5308).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 3, 2014, NHTSA published a notice 
(at 79 FR 11869) that it had received a petition to decide that 
nonconforming 2012 McLaren MP4[12C] passenger cars are eligible for 
importation into the United States. The notice solicited public 
comments on the petition and stated that the closing date for comments 
is April 2, 2014.
    This is to notify the public that NHTSA is extending the comment 
period on this petition, and allowing it to run until April 16, 2014. 
This reopening is based on a request dated March 27, 2014, from McLaren 
Automotive, Inc. (``McLaren'') the vehicle's manufacturer. McLaren 
stated that the extension was needed because, in McLaren's view, the 
petitioner cannot satisfy the statutory criteria, since it would be 
very difficult, if not impossible, to bring nonconforming MP4[12C] 
vehicles into compliance with all applicable FMVSSs. However, because 
many of the compliance issues that are raised by the subject petition 
are complex, McLaren will not be able to complete the preparation of 
its comments in time to meet the current due date. McLaren believes 
that this short extension will allow the preparation of a response that 
will address the relevant issues, and that it will not cause any 
hardship to the petitioner or to any other interested person.
    NHTSA has granted McLaren's request. All comments received before 
the close of business on the closing date indicated above will be 
considered, and will be available for examination in the docket at the 
above address both before and after that date. To the extent possible, 
comments filed after the closing date will also be considered. Notice 
of final action on the petition will be published in the Federal 
Register pursuant to the authority indicated below.

    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.

Jeffrey Giuseppe,
Acting Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-08094 Filed 4-10-14; 8:45 am]
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