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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

72. Crashworthiness Ratings

 

73. Flammability of Interior Materials in School Buses

 

74. Fuel Economy Standards- Rights and Responsibilities of Manufacturers in the Context of Changes in Corporate Relationships

 

75. FMVSS: Head Restraints (Height and Distance Requirements)

 

76. Frontal Offset Protection

 

77. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems; Controls and Displays

 

78. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems

 

79. Operation of Motor Vehicles by Intoxicated Persons

 

80. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Tires

 

81. Light Truck Average Fuel Economy Standard, Model Year 2005-7

 

82. Event Data Recorders

 

83. Consumer Information Regulations; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Rollover Resistance

 

84. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems

 

 

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72. 

Crashworthiness Ratings

Green

Popular Title: Crashworthiness Ratings

RIN 2127-AA03

Stage: Withdrawal

Previous Stage: NPRM: Publication Date 1/22/81; End of Comment Period 4/22/81. Request for Comments: Publication Date 5/20/97; End of Comment Period 8/18/97.

Summary: This action would require manufacturers to disseminate crashworthiness performance information concerning their cars to the public. This information would provide consumers with comparative information on the crashworthiness performance of new car models. NHTSA is planning on withdrawing the proposal because it is being addressed through the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP).

Effects:

 

None

Prompting action: None

Legal Deadline: 

None

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 01/22/1981

Dates for Withdrawal :

Milestone

Originally
Scheduled
Date

New
Projected
Date

Actual
Date

To OST

02/15/2003 

 

 

Publication Approved

03/15/2003 

 

 

Publication Date

03/19/2003 

 

 

Explanation for any delay:

N/A

Federal Register Citation for Withdrawal : None



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73. 

Flammability of Interior Materials in School Buses

Green

Popular Title: Bus Flammability

RIN 2127-AA44

Stage: Withdrawal

Previous Stage: ANPRM: Publication Date 11/04/1988; End of Comment Period 1/3/89. Request for Comments: Publication Date 02/26/91; End of Comment Period 4/29/91.

Summary: This rulemaking considered upgrading Standard No. 302's flammability resistance requirements for school bus interiors. After reviewing the available information, NHTSA is considering withdrawing this rulemaking and evaluating whether (1) the risks presented by school bus fires pose a minimal safety problem, (2) the agency's upgrading of Standard No. 217's emergency exit requirements will allow faster evacuation from school buses and will reduce the already minimal safety problem due to fire, (3) significant costs would have resulted from upgrading Standard No. 302, and (4) further research would have been necessary before a test protocol and criteria regarding the conditions vital for survivability in a fire could have been proposed, utilizing scarce agency resources which could be put to more effective uses elsewhere.

Effects:

 

None

Prompting action: None

Legal Deadline: 

None

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 10/12/1988

Dates for Withdrawal :

Milestone

Originally
Scheduled
Date

New
Projected
Date

Actual
Date

To OST

05/05/2003 

01/17/2003 

01/17/2003 

Publication Approved

06/30/2003 

02/17/2003 

 

Publication Date

07/07/2003 

02/21/2003 

 

Explanation for any delay:

N/A

Federal Register Citation for Withdrawal : None



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74. 

Fuel Economy Standards- Rights and Responsibilities of Manufacturers in the Context of Changes in Corporate Relationships

Green

Popular Title: Fuel Economy Standards

RIN 2127-AG97

Stage: Final Rule

Previous Stage: NPRM: Publication Date 01/22/2001; End of Comment Period 3/22/01.

Summary: This rulemaking would define the rights and responsibilities of manufacturers under the agency's corporate average fuel economy program in the context of changes in corporate relationships. It addresses the rights and responsibilities of predecessors and successors, as well as the rights and responsibilities of manufacturers in other situations where there have been changes in corporate relationships, e.g., changes in control. Among other things, it would address how fuel economy credits are allocated in these types of situations.

Effects:

 

None

Prompting action: Statute

Legal Deadline: 

None

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 04/27/1998

Dates for Final Rule:

Milestone

Originally
Scheduled
Date

New
Projected
Date

Actual
Date

To OST

02/15/2003 

 

 

To OMB

03/17/2003 

 

 

OMB Clearance

06/17/2003 

 

 

Publication Date

07/01/2003 

 

 

Explanation for any delay:

N/A

Federal Register Citation for Final Rule: None



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75. 

FMVSS: Head Restraints (Height and Distance Requirements)

Red

Popular Title: Head Restraints (Height and Distance Req)

RIN 2127-AH09

Stage: Final Rule

Previous Stage: NPRM: Publication Date 01/04/2001; End of Comment Period 03/05/2001.

Summary: This rulemaking would upgrade the standard for head restraints for passenger cars and for light multipurpose vehicles, trucks and buses. The rule would establish higher minimum height requirements for head restraints and add a requirment limiting backset, i.e., the distance between a person's head and his or her head restraint. It would also extend the requirement for head restraints to rear outboard designated seating positions; establish new strength requirements for head restraints; and place limits on the size of gaps and openings in head restraints. In addition, it would modify the dynamic compliance test and amend test procedures. The rulemaking would harmonize the standard with some aspects of the counterpart regulation of the Economic Commission for Europe.

Effects:

 

Economically Significant
Major
Unfunded Mandate

Prompting action: None

Legal Deadline: 

None

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 03/01/2001

Dates for Final Rule:

Milestone

Originally
Scheduled
Date

New
Projected
Date

Actual
Date

To OST

02/01/2003 

08/01/2003 

 

To OMB

03/03/2003 

02/01/2004 

 

OMB Clearance

06/03/2003 

05/01/2004 

 

Publication Date

06/08/2003 

05/06/2004 

 

Explanation for any delay:

Unanticipated issues requiring further analysis

Federal Register Citation for Final Rule: None



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76. 

Frontal Offset Protection

Green

Popular Title: Frontal Offset

RIN 2127-AH73

Stage: NPRM

Previous Stage:None

Summary: This rulemaking would establish a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard for high speed frontal offset crash testing. The frontal offset test is a crash test for automobiles and light trucks in which the subject vehicles are run into a deformable honeycomb barrier. The barrier contacts only 40 percent of the front of the vehicle stimulating an off-center frontal collision. The agency is considering adding the offset test to the frontal occupant protection standard to measure vehicle structural integrity and reduce the number and severity of lower-body injuries.

Effects:

 

None

Prompting action: None

Legal Deadline: 

None

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 11/22/1999

Dates for NPRM:

Milestone

Originally
Scheduled
Date

New
Projected
Date

Actual
Date

To OST

04/01/2003 

09/01/2003 

 

To OMB

05/01/2003 

03/01/2004 

 

OMB Clearance

08/01/2003 

06/04/2004 

 

Publication Date

08/08/2003 

06/09/2004 

 

End of Comment Period

10/08/2003 

08/09/2004 

 

Explanation for any delay:

N/A

Federal Register Citation for NPRM: None



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77. 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems; Controls and Displays

Green

Popular Title: Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS)

RIN 2127-AI33

Stage: Final Rule/2

Previous Stage: NPRM: Publication date 7/26/01; End of Comment Period 9/6/01. Final Rule/1: Publication Date 05/29/2002.

Summary: In response to TREAD, NHTSA has added a new requirement that tire pressure monitoring systems be installed in passenger cars, and in light trucks, multipurpose passenger vehicles, and buses. The rule is in two parts. During the period between November 1, 2003, and October 31, 2006, manufacturers may choose between two methods of compliance. The second part of this final rule will be issued by March 1, 2005, and will establish performance requirements for the period beginning on November 1, 2006. In the meantime, NHTSA will leave the rulemaking docket open for the submission of new data and analyses concerning the performance of TPMSs. NHTSA also will conduct a study comparing the tire pressures of vehicles without any TPMS to the pressures of vehicles with TPMSs.

Effects:

 

None

Prompting action: Statute

Legal Deadline: 

Issue final rule : 11/30/2001

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 11/01/2000

Dates for Final Rule/2:

Milestone

Originally
Scheduled
Date

New
Projected
Date

Actual
Date

To OST

 

 

 

To OMB

 

 

 

OMB Clearance

 

 

 

Publication Date

03/01/2005 

 

 

Explanation for any delay:

N/A

Federal Register Citation for Final Rule/2: None



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78. 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems

Red

Popular Title: Child Restraint Systems

RIN 2127-AI34

Stage: Final Rule

Previous Stage: NPRM: Publication Date 07/02/2002; End of Comment Period 9/2/2002.

Summary: This rulemaking would make a number of revisions to the Federal safety standard for child restraint systems, including new dynamic side impact protection requirements, updated test dummy specifications and test procedures used to test child restraints, and extension of the standard so that it would apply to child restraints recommended for use by children up to 65 pounds. This action is intended to make child restraints even more effective in protecting children from the risk of death or serious injury in motor vehicle crashes. This rulemaking responds to the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation Act of 2000, which directed NHTSA to initiate a rulemaking proceeding by November 1, 2001, for the purpose of improving the safety of child restraints.

Effects:

 

None

Prompting action: Statute

Legal Deadline: 

Rulemaking to be initiated by : 11/01/2001
Final rule : 11/01/2002

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 11/01/2000

Dates for Final Rule:

Milestone

Originally
Scheduled
Date

New
Projected
Date

Actual
Date

To OST

11/01/2002 

05/20/2003 

 

To OMB

12/01/2002 

11/20/2003 

 

OMB Clearance

03/01/2003 

02/20/2004 

 

Publication Date

03/05/2003 

02/25/2004 

 

Explanation for any delay:

Awaiting development of additional data

Federal Register Citation for Final Rule: None



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79. 

Operation of Motor Vehicles by Intoxicated Persons

Yellow

Popular Title: Intoxicated Persons

RIN 2127-AI44

Stage: NPRM

Previous Stage:None

Summary: The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) established a grant program under which states could qualify for incentive funds if they enacted and enforced a law that provides that any person with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 percent or greater while operating a motor vehicle in the state is deemed to have committed a per se offense of driving while intoxicated or an equivalent per se offense. NHTSA published a final rule implementing that incentive grant program. Section 351 of the Department of Transportation (DOT) Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 (PL 106-346) contains a new provision requiring the withholding of certain Federal aid highway funds from a state, beginning in fiscal year 2004, if the state has not enacted and is not enforcing such a law. The rulemaking would amend the regulation implementing the incentive grant program established in TEA-21 to reflect the new sanctions provisions established in the DOT appropriations act for FY 2001.

Effects:

 

None

Prompting action: Statute

Legal Deadline: 

None

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 12/09/2001

Dates for NPRM:

Milestone

Originally
Scheduled
Date

New
Projected
Date

Actual
Date

To OST

09/10/2002 

 

09/10/2002 

To OMB

10/10/2002 

 

10/25/2002 

OMB Clearance

01/10/2003 

01/25/2003 

01/22/2003 

Publication Date

01/15/2003 

02/03/2003 

 

End of Comment Period

03/15/2003 

04/04/2003 

 

Explanation for any delay:

N/A

Federal Register Citation for NPRM: None



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80. 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Tires

Red

Popular Title: FMVSS; Tires

RIN 2127-AI54

Stage: Final Rule

Previous Stage: NPRM: Publication Date 03/05/2002; End of Comment Period 06/05/2002.

Summary: The Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation Act of 2000 mandates a rulemaking proceeding to revise and update NHTSA's safety performance requirements for tires. This rulemaking would establish a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard that would require all new tires for use on vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less to meet new and more stringent performance requirements. The issues considered in the rulemaking include the standard's applicability and test procedures; modifications to related existing standards; lead time provided for manufacturers to achieve compliance; possible future specification of shearography analysis, a technique which evaluates the condition of a tire using laser technology; and NHTSAís research plans.

Effects:

 

None

Prompting action: Statute

Legal Deadline: 

None

Rulemaking Project Initiated: None

Dates for Final Rule:

Milestone

Originally
Scheduled
Date

New
Projected
Date

Actual
Date

To OST

09/30/2002 

 

12/09/2002 

Returned to Mode

 

 

12/20/2002 

Resubmitted to OST

 

 

01/10/2003 

To OMB

10/16/2002 

02/10/2003 

 

OMB Clearance

01/16/2002 

05/10/2003 

 

Publication Date

02/17/2002 

05/15/2003 

 

Explanation for any delay:

N/A

Federal Register Citation for Final Rule: None



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81. 

Light Truck Average Fuel Economy Standard, Model Year 2005-7

Green

Popular Title: Light Truck Avg Fuel Economy Std 2005-7

RIN 2127-AI70

Stage: Final Rule

Previous Stage: Request for Comments: Publication Date 02/07/2002; End of Comment Period 4/8/2002. NPRM: Publication Date 12/14/2002; End of Comment Period 02/14/2003.

Summary: This rulemaking sets the fuel economy standards for Light Trucks for Model Years 2005-2007. NHTSA had requested comment on standards for Model Years 2008-2010 but will handle that in a subsequent rulemaking.

Effects:

 

Economically Significant
Major

Prompting action: Statute

Legal Deadline: 

Must issue standard 18 months before model year begins : 04/01/2003

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 12/06/2001

Dates for Final Rule:

Milestone

Originally
Scheduled
Date

New
Projected
Date

Actual
Date

To OST

03/07/2003 

 

 

To OMB

03/14/2003 

 

 

OMB Clearance

03/28/2003 

 

 

Publication Date

04/01/2003 

 

 

Explanation for any delay:

N/A

Federal Register Citation for Final Rule: None



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82. 

Event Data Recorders

Green

Popular Title: Event Data Recorders

RIN 2127-AI72

Stage: Request for Comments

Previous Stage:None

Summary: Over the past several years, NHTSA has been actively involved with Event Data Recorders (EDRs) in motor vehicles. EDRs collect vehicle and occcupant-based crash information. The agency's involvement has included sponsoring two working groups, using data from EDRs in crash investigations, and conducting research and development. Particularly since one working group has completed its work and the other is nearing completion of its work, NHTSA is requesting comments on what future role the agency should take related to the continued development and installation of EDRs in motor vehicles.

Effects:

 

None

Prompting action: None

Legal Deadline: 

None

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 07/12/2002

Dates for Request for Comments:

Milestone

Originally
Scheduled
Date

New
Projected
Date

Actual
Date

To OST

 

 

07/12/2002 

To OMB

 

 

08/23/2002 

OMB Clearance

09/06/2002 

 

10/04/2002 

Publication Date

09/13/2002 

 

10/11/2002 

End of Comment Period

11/13/2002 

 

01/09/2003 

Explanation for any delay:

N/A

Federal Register Citation for Request for Comments: 67 FR 63493



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83. 

Consumer Information Regulations; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Rollover Resistance

Red

Popular Title: Rollover Resistance

RIN 2127-AI81

Stage: NPRM

Previous Stage: Request for Comments: Publication Date 07/03/2001; End of Comment Period 08/17/2001.

Summary: The Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation Act of 2000 requires NHTSA to develop a dynamic test on rollovers by motor vehicles for the purposes of a consumer information program, to carry out a program of conducting such tests, and, as these tests are being developed, to conduct a rulemaking to determine how best to disseminate test results to the public. In response, this rulemaking is using the results of NHTSA's evaluation of numerous driving maneuver tests for the dynamic rollover consumer information program that Congress mandated for the American public beginning in the 2003 model year. NHTSA also is considering several alternative methods for using the dynamic rollover test results in its consumer information for vehicle rollover resistance

Effects:

 

None

Prompting action: Statute

Legal Deadline: 

None

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 11/01/2002

Dates for NPRM:

Milestone

Originally
Scheduled
Date

New
Projected
Date

Actual
Date

To OST

 

 

07/12/2002 

To OMB

 

 

08/27/2002 

OMB Clearance

 

 

09/26/2002 

Publication Date

10/02/2002 

 

10/07/2002 

End of Comment Period

11/18/2002 

 

11/21/2002 

Explanation for any delay:

N/A

Federal Register Citation for NPRM: 67 FR 62528



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84. 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems

Red

Popular Title: Child Restraint Systems Side Impact

RIN 2127-AI83

Stage: Final Rule

Previous Stage: ANPRM: Publication Date 05/01/2002; End of Comment Period 07/01/2002.

Summary: The Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation Act of 2000 directed NHTSA to initiate a rulemaking for the purpose of improving the safety of child restraints and specified various elements that must be considered in the rulemaking. NHTSA has two rulemaking proceedings that together address all but side and rear impact protection requirements for children in child restraint systems. NHTSA is addressing side impact protection in this rulemaking, starting with an ANPRM because there are uncertainities in too many areas to issue an NPRM. These areas include: (a) the determination of child injury mechanisms in side impacts, and crash characteristics associated with serious and fatal injuries to children in child restraints; (b) development of test procedures, a suitable test dummy and appropriate injury criteria; and (c) identification of cost-beneficial countermeasures. Uncertainties in these areas, together with the statutory schedule for this rulemaking, make it difficult for the agency to assess and make judgments concerning the benefits and costs of a rulemaking on side impact protection. Though the ANPRM, the agency expects to obtain additional information that will help it decide whether it is possible and appropriate to issue an NPRM in the near future and/or identify additional work that needs to be done. Also in response to the Act, the ANPRM requests comments on the appropriateness of proposing to incorporate a rear impact test procedure into Standard No. 213, for rear-facing child restraints systems. Note: This rulemaking used to be part of RIN 2127-AI34.

Effects:

 

None

Prompting action: Statute

Legal Deadline: 

Issue final decision on whether to include in final rule : 11/01/2002

Rulemaking Project Initiated: 11/01/2000

Dates for Final Rule:

Milestone

Originally
Scheduled
Date

New
Projected
Date

Actual
Date

To OST

11/01/2002 

02/20/2003 

 

To OMB

12/01/2002 

03/20/2003 

 

OMB Clearance

03/01/2003 

06/20/2003 

 

Publication Date

03/06/2003 

06/27/2003 

 

Explanation for any delay:

Unanticipated issues requiring further analysis

Federal Register Citation for Final Rule: None