|
|---|
|
NHTSA Safety Research Portfolio Public Meeting: Fall 2024 Publication: Federal Register Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Cem Hatipoglu Date: 23 August 2024 Subjects: American Government  , Safety
|
[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68238-68239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18994]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2024-0040]
NHTSA Safety Research Portfolio Public Meeting: Fall 2024
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
will hold a public meeting from October 28 to October 30, 2024, as a
joint effort between the Agency's Vehicle Safety Research and
Behavioral Safety Research offices to share information on activities
within the Agency's research programs. The meeting will be held in a
virtual format with representatives from across the two research
offices presenting the information in panels.
Questions from the audience will be addressed following
presentations. Each presentation will include visual slides that will
be available in a public docket after the public meeting. A recording
of the panels will also be available on the NHTSA website.
DATES: NHTSA will hold the public meeting on October 28 to October 30,
2024, with times to be established as the agenda is further refined.
The meeting will be held virtually, via Zoom. Registration to attend
the meeting must be received no later than October 23, 2024. There is
no cost to register. Registration can be completed at https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/nhtsa-safety-research-portfolio-public-meeting-fall-2024. The public docket will remain open for 90 days following the
public meeting.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. The virtual
meeting's online access link(s) will be available upon registration.
Details regarding the agenda and speakers will be added to the Public
Meeting website, https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/nhtsa-safety-research-portfolio-public-meeting-fall-2024, regularly prior to the event. The
meeting will also be recorded and made available after the event for
offline viewing at https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/nhtsa-safety-research-portfolio-public-meeting-fall-2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about the public
meeting, please contact Jennifer Oxenham at 202-366-2827 or by email at
jennifer.oxenham@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For reference, NHTSA's previous Safety
Research Portfolio public meeting, held in Fall 2022, is available for
viewing at https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/research-public-meeting-2022.
Registration is recommended for all attendees. Attendees should
register at https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/nhtsa-safety-research-portfolio-public-meeting-fall-2024 by October 23, 2024. Follow the
designated registration instructions at the registration site and
please indicate whether special accommodation is needed.
NHTSA is committed to providing equal access to this event for all
participants. People with disabilities can submit an accommodation
request, and people with limited English proficiency can submit a
language access request. Please submit any request to Jennifer Oxenham
at 202-366-2827 or via email at jennifer.oxenham@dot.gov with your
request as soon as possible. A sign language interpreter will be
provided, and closed captioning services will be available.
Should it be necessary to cancel or reschedule the meeting due to
an unforeseen circumstance, NHTSA will take all available measures to
notify registered participants as soon as possible. NHTSA will conduct
the public meeting informally, and
[[Page 68239]]
technical rules of evidence will not apply. The meeting will be
recorded, and a recording will be made available after the event.
Comments: Comments may be submitted electronically or in hard copy
during the 90-day comment period. Please submit all comments no later
than January 31, 2025, by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking 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: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001, between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
To be sure someone is there to help you, please call 202-366-9826
before coming.
Fax: 202-366-1767.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number. 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 discussion below.
Docket: For access to the docket go to http://www.regulations.gov
at any time or to 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
Telephone: 202-366-9826.
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), or you may visit http://www.regulations.gov/privacy.html.
Confidential Business Information: If you wish to submit any
information under a claim of confidentiality, you should submit three
copies of your complete submission, including the information you claim
to be confidential business information, to the Chief Counsel, NHTSA,
at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. In addition, you
should submit two copies, from which you have deleted the claimed
confidential business information, to Docket Management at the address
given above. When you send a comment containing information claimed to
be confidential business information, you should submit a cover letter
setting forth the information specified in our confidential business
information regulation (49 CFR part 512).
Background: Each year, NHTSA executes a broad array of research
programs in support of Administration, DOT, and agency priorities. The
Agency's research portfolio covers a diverse range of program areas
pertaining to vehicle safety, including the safety consequences of
novel automotive technologies that aim to improve the crash avoidance
and/or occupant protection characteristics of motor vehicles; and
behavioral safety, which includes safety countermeasures that pertain
to the behavior and actions of drivers, occupants, and other road
users, including vulnerable populations.
This public meeting is intended to provide public and stakeholder
outreach regarding research activities at NHTSA for both vehicle and
behavioral safety, including expected near-term deliverables. NHTSA
technical research staff will discuss projects recently concluded or
underway and may also introduce early-stage projects. As time allows,
there will be an opportunity for session attendees to submit questions
via the chat feature in the broadcast medium.
Presentations will be displayed during the panel sessions and will
be posted to the docket (regulations.gov) after the meeting. Updates on
this event will be available at https://www.nhtsa.gov/events/nhtsa-safety-research-portfolio-public-meeting-fall-2024 and NHTSA recommends
checking back periodically for updates or potential schedule changes.
Discussion of research projects will occur in the form of technical
panel presentations. Participants will be able to register for any or
all of the days and be able to join the Zoom webinar in parts or for
full sessions throughout each day.
The Agency invites comments on the information presented as well as
on the Agency's research priorities, research goals, and additional
research gaps/needs the public may believe NHTSA should be addressing.
Select project work may be posted to the docket for which comments are
also welcome. Slides presented at the public meeting will be posted to
the docket subsequently for public access and a recording of the
meeting will be made available after the event for offline viewing.
Cem Hatipoglu,
Associate Administrator, Vehicle Safety Research.
[FR Doc. 2024-18994 Filed 8-22-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-59-P