Meetings: Research and development programs,

[Federal Register: March 18, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 52)]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Research and Development Programs Meeting Agenda

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice provides the agenda for a public meeting at which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will describe and discuss specific research and development projects.

DATES AND TIMES: As previously announced, NHTSA will hold a public meeting devoted primarily to presentations of specific research and development projects on March 18, 1999, beginning at 1:30 p.m. and ending at approximately 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Clarion Inn, Detroit Metro Airport, 9191 Wickham Road, Romulus, Michigan.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice provides the agenda for the twenty-third in a series of public meetings to provide detailed information about NHTSA's research and development programs. This meeting will be held on March 18, 1999. The meeting was announced on February 22, 1999 (64 FR 8636). For additional information about the meeting, consult that announcement.

Starting at 1:30 p.m. and concluding by 5:00 p.m., NHTSA's Office of Research and Development will discuss the following topics:

(1) Research and Development Overview, (2) Industry Presentation on Analysis of Side Impact Test ``Tipover,'' (3) Industry Presentation on Side Impact Dummy (WorldSID) Development, (4) National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS), (5) Intelligent Vehicle Initiative, (6) Industry Presentation on Status of Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, and (7) discussion on format for future meetings.

NHTSA has based its decisions about the agenda, in part, on the suggestions it received in response to the announcement published February 22, 1999.

As announced on February 22, 1999, in the time remaining at the conclusion of the presentations, NHTSA will provide answers to questions on its research and development programs, where those questions have been submitted in writing to Raymond P. Owings, Ph.D., Associate Administrator for Research and Development, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NRD-01, Washington, DC 20590. Fax number: 202-366-5930.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita I. Gibbons, Staff Assistant, Office of Research and Development, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-4862. Fax number: 202-366-5930.

Issued: March 12, 1999. Raymond P. Owings, Associate Administrator for Research and Development.

[FR Doc. 99-6598Filed3-17-99; 8:45 am]

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