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Peter Simshauser

Category: Person
Description: Chief Counsel of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Article Index

DateArticleDetails
3 July 2025Recission of NHTSA's 1975 Procedures for Considering Environmental Impacts
This interim final rule rescinds the NHTSA's 1975 Procedures for Considering Environmental Impacts from the Code of Federal Regulations because they are outdated, because they were promulgated on the basis of authorities that have been rescinded, and because the Department of Transportation has promulgated updated Department-wide National Environmental Policy Act procedures that will guide NHTSA's NEPA process.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Peter Simshauser
30 July 2025Nix Coach Interiors, LLC--Receipt of Petition for Temporary Exemption From Shoulder Belt Requirements for Side-Facing Seats on Motorcoaches
The petitioner seeks an exemption to allow them to install Type 1 seat belts (lap belt only) at side-facing seating positions, instead of Type 2 seat belts (lap and shoulder belts) required by FMVSS No. 208.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Peter Simshauser
Topic: Nix Coach Interiors
19 September 2025Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, NHTSA is also seeking comment on revisions to an existing information collection.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Peter Simshauser
22 September 2025New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) Notice--Delay of Program Updates
This notice announces that implementation of the changes discussed in the November 2024 and December 2024 notices are postponed for one model year.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Peter Simshauser
4 March 2026Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for Comment; Incident Reporting for Automated Driving Systems (ADS) and Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)
The currently approved information collection request for which NHTSA intends to request an extension requires certain manufacturers of motor vehicles and equipment and operators of motor vehicles to submit incident reports for certain crashes involving ADS and Level 2 ADAS.
Federal Register Notice (text)
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Byline: Peter Simshauser


Documents

DateDocumentDetails
13 June 2025
letter date
Part 55 LetterLetter ( PDF) 196KB · 2 pages
From: Peter Simshauser, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration




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