General Motors Pickup Truck Defect Investigation Publication: Federal Register Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Howard M. Smolkin Date: 5 December 1994 Subject: American Government Topic: General Motors

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. EA92-041; Notice 3]

 

General Motors Pickup Truck Defect Investigation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

ACTION: Change of location and time of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: On October 27, 1994, NHTSA published a notice that it will 
hold a public meeting on December 6, 1994 regarding the initial 
decision by the Secretary of Transportation that certain pickup trucks 
manufactured by General Motors Corporation (GM) with fuel tanks mounted 
outside the frame rails contain a defect that relates to motor vehicle 
safety. In view of the intense interest in this meeting, NHTSA has 
changed the location and starting time for the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Berlin, Director, Office of Public and Consumer Affairs, National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20590; (202) 366-9550.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 17, 1994, Secretary of 
Transportation Federico Pena announced his initial decision that model 
year 1973-1991 full-sized GM pickup trucks and cab-chassis equipped 
with fuel tanks mounted outboard of the frame rails contain a defect 
related to motor vehicle safety. 59 Fed. Reg. 54025 (October 27, 1994).
    That notice also announced that, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. Sec. 30118 
and 49 CFR 554.10, a public meeting will be held on December 6, 1994, 
in order to afford GM and other interested persons an opportunity to 
present information, views, and arguments on the issue of whether the 
vehicles covered by this initial decision contain a defect related to 
motor vehicle safety.
    The public meeting was originally scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. 
in the Department of Transportation headquarters building. However, in 
view of the number of people who have advised the agency that they wish 
to appear and the public interest in this proceeding, NHTSA has decided 
to move the meeting to the Federal Aviation Administration Auditorium, 
Third Floor, 800 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. In 
addition, in order to attempt to complete the meeting within three 
days, it will begin at 9:00 a.m. each day.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. Sec. 30118; delegation of authority at 49 
CFR 1.50(a).

    Issued on: November 30, 1994.
Howard M. Smolkin,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 94-29885 Filed 11-30-94; 4:54 pm]
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