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

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

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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

Otto G. Matheke III
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
30 December 2019

[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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