[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30371-30372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14380]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket Nos. 97-017; Notice 2, 97-018; Notice 2, 97-019; Notice 2]
Decision That Certain Nonconforming Motor Vehicles Are Eligible
for Importation
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of decision by NHTSA that certain nonconforming motor
vehicles are eligible for importation.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces decisions by NHTSA that certain motor
vehicles not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable
Federal motor vehicle safety standards are eligible for importation
into the United States because they are substantially similar to
vehicles originally manufactured for importation into and/or sale in
the United States and certified by their manufacturers as complying
with the safety standards, and they are capable of being readily
altered to conform to the standards.
DATES: These decisions are effective as of June 3, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Entwistle, Office of Vehicle
Safety Compliance, NHTSA (202-366-5306).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 30141(a)(1)(A), a motor vehicle that was not
originally manufactured to conform to all applicable Federal motor
vehicle safety standards 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. Sec. 30115,
and of the same model year as the model of the motor vehicle to be
compared, and is capable of being readily altered to conform to all
applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards.
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
in the Federal Register of each petition that it receives, and 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
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received, whether the vehicle is eligible for importation. The agency
then publishes this decision in the Federal Register.
Champagne Imports, Inc. of Lansdale, Pennsylvania (Registered
Importer 90-009) petitioned NHTSA to decide whether the vehicles listed
in Annex A to this notice are eligible for importation into the United
States. To afford an opportunity for public comment, NHTSA published
notice of these petitions as specified in Annex A. The reader is
referred to those notices for a thorough description of the petitions.
No comments were received in response to these notices. Based on its
review of the information submitted by the petitioners, NHTSA has
decided to grant the petitions.
Vehicle Eligibility Number for Subject Vehicles
The importer of a vehicle admissible under any final decision must
indicate on the form HS-7 accompanying entry the appropriate vehicle
eligibility number indicating that the vehicle is eligible for entry.
Vehicle eligibility numbers assigned to vehicles admissible under this
decision are specified in Annex A.
Final Decision
Accordingly, on the basis of the foregoing, NHTSA hereby decides
that each motor vehicle listed in Annex A to this notice, which was not
originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor
vehicle safety standards, is substantially similar to a motor vehicle
manufactured for importation into and/or sale in the United States, and
certified under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 30115, as specified in Annex A, and is
capable of being readily altered to conform to all applicable Federal
motor vehicle safety standards.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A) and (b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8;
delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.
Issued on: May 28, 1997.
Marilynne Jacobs,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
Annex A
Nonconforming Motor Vehicles Decided To Be Eligible for Importation
1. Docket No. 97-017
Nonconforming Vehicle: 1990 Porsche 928 S4
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicle: 1990 928 S4
Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 14499 (March 26, 1997)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-210
2. Docket No. 97-018
Nonconforming Vehicles: 1991 Jeep Cherokee (European market)
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1991 Jeep
Cherokee
Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 16640 (April 7, 1997)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-211
3. Docket No. 97-019
Nonconforming Vehicle: 1990 Mercedes-Benz 420 SEC
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicle: 1990 Mercedes-Benz
560 SEC
Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 16888 (April 8, 1997)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-209
[FR Doc. 97-14380 Filed 6-2-97; 8:45 am]
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