Rulemaking, Research and Enforcement Programs Meetings

Barry Felrice
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Federal Register
November 10, 1994

[Federal Register: November 10, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

 
Rulemaking, Research and Enforcement Programs Meetings

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of NHTSA Industry Meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting at which NHTSA will 
answer questions from the public and the automobile industry regarding 
the agency's rulemaking, enforcement and other programs. In addition, 
NHTSA will hold a separate public meeting to describe and discuss 
specific research and development projects.

DATES: The Agency's regular, quarterly public meeting relating to the 
agency's rulemaking, enforcement and other programs will be held on 
December 21, 1994, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and ending at approximately 
12:30 p.m. Questions relating to the agency's rulemaking, enforcement 
and other programs must be submitted in writing by December 12, 1994, 
to the address shown below. If sufficient time is available, questions 
received after the December 12th date may be answered at the meeting. 
The individual, group or company submitting a question(s) does not have 
to be present for the question(s) to be answered. A consolidated list 
of the questions submitted by December 12th 1994, and the issues to be 
discussed will be mailed to interested persons by December 16, 1994, 
and will be available at the meeting.
    Also, the agency will hold a second public meeting on December 20, 
devoted exclusively to a presentation of research and development 
programs. The meeting will being at 1:00 p.m. and end at approximately 
4:30 p.m. This meeting is described more fully in a separate 
announcement.

ADDRESSES: Questions for the December 21, NHTSA Technical Industry 
Meeting, to be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., relating to the 
agency's rulemaking and enforcement programs should be submitted to 
Barry Felrice, Associate Administrator for Rulemaking, NRM-01, National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Room 5401, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20590. Questions for the Research and Development 
Program Meeting to be held on December 20, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 
should be submitted to George L. Parker, Associate Administrator for 
Research and Development, NRD-01, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, Room 6206, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20590. Both meetings will be held at the Department of Transportation, 
400 7th Street SW, Washington, DC in Room 4436-40.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA will hold its regular, quarterly 
meeting from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., to answer questions from the 
public and the regulated industries regarding the agency's rulemaking, 
enforcement and other programs, on December 21, 1994. Since the agency 
is holding a separate meeting on its research and development programs, 
any questions on those issues will only be answered at the afternoon 
meeting to be held on December 20, 1994 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 
should be submitted to the Research and Development Office. However, 
questions on aspects of the agency's research and development 
activities that relate to ongoing rulemaking procedures should be 
submitted, as in the past, to the agency's Rulemaking Office. The 
December 20th and the December 21st meeting will be held at the 
Department of Transportation (DOT), 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 
in Room 2230. The purpose of the meetings is to focus on those phases 
of NHTSA activities which are technical, interpretative or procedural 
in nature. Transcripts of the meetings will be available for public 
inspection in the NHTSA Technical Reference Section in Washington, DC, 
within four weeks after the meeting. Copies of the transcript will then 
be available at ten cents a page, (length has varied from 100 to 150 
pages) upon request to NHTSA Technical Reference Section, Room 5108, 
400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington DC 20590. The Technical Reference 
Section is open to the public from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    NHTSA will provide auxiliary aids to participants as necessary, 
during the NHTSA Technical Industry Meeting and the NHTSA Industry 
Research and Development Meeting. Thus, any person desiring assistance 
of ``auxiliary aids'' (e.g., sign-language interpreter, 
telecommunications devices for deaf person (TDDs), readers, taped 
texts, Brailled materials, or large print materials and/or a magnifying 
device), please contact Barbara Carnes on (202) 366-1810, by COB 
December 12, 1994, for the 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. portion of the 
meeting or Barbara Coleman (202) 366-1537 by COB December 12, 1994 for 
the 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. portion.
Barry Felrice,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 94-27817 Filed 11-9-94; 8:45 am]
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