Rules and Regulations. Extension of comment period

Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation (DOT)
Action: Extension of comment period
Citation: FR Doc. 2024-29270 · Docket No. NHTSA-2024-0050

Summary

NHTSA is extending the comment period for the notice NHTSA published on October 29, 2024, seeking public comment on draft test procedure (TP) number TP-523-00, which is intended to assess vehicles for compliance with certain off-road capabilities requirements for vehicle classification within the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program. The comment period for the RFC notice was scheduled to end on November 30, 2024. NHTSA is extending the comment period for the notice to February 28, 2025, to allow for additional time to submit comments.

Dates

The comment period for the notice published on October 29, 2024, at 89 FR 86077, is extended to February 28, 2025.

Supplementary Information

On May 2, 2022, NHTSA published a final rule which stated the agency's intention to use a new test procedure to validate non-passenger automobile (“light truck”) classification data provided by manufacturers in their pre-model reports submitted under 49 CFR part 537. 1 NHTSA published a Federal Register notice on October 29, 2024, providing a draft version of TP-523-00 for comment. TP-523-00 is intended to improve NHTSA's ability to verify light truck compliance with 49 CFR 523.5(b)(2)(i.-v.) by providing guidelines for a uniform testing and information recording format for contracting laboratories who perform testing for NHTSA. 1 87 FR 26025. To provide further information to stakeholders regarding how TP-523-00 would work in practice, NHTSA will hold a demonstration that stakeholders may attend in person. The scope of this demonstration is strictly limited to issues surrounding the implementation of the OVSC Laboratory Test Procedure TP-523. In order to provide additional time for comments to be submitted, NHTSA is extending the comment period to February 28, 2025. Otto G. Matheke, III, Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. [FR Doc. 2024-29270 Filed 12-11-24; 8:45 am]