83_FR_59579 83 FR 59353 - Pilot Program for Collaborative Research on Motor Vehicles With High or Full Driving Automation; Extension of Comment Period

83 FR 59353 - Pilot Program for Collaborative Research on Motor Vehicles With High or Full Driving Automation; Extension of Comment Period

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 226 (November 23, 2018)

Page Range59353-59353
FR Document2018-25532

In response to a request from the public, NHTSA is announcing a two-week extension of the comment period on the ANPRM on a Pilot Program for Collaborative Research on Motor Vehicles with High or Full Driving Automation. The comment period for the ANPRM was originally scheduled to end on November 26, 2018. It will now end on December 10, 2018.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 226 (Friday, November 23, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2018)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

49 CFR Parts 555, 571, and 591

[Docket No. NHTSA-2018-0092]
RIN 2127-AL99


Pilot Program for Collaborative Research on Motor Vehicles With 
High or Full Driving Automation; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM); extension of 
comment period.

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SUMMARY: In response to a request from the public, NHTSA is announcing 
a two-week extension of the comment period on the ANPRM on a Pilot 
Program for Collaborative Research on Motor Vehicles with High or Full 
Driving Automation. The comment period for the ANPRM was originally 
scheduled to end on November 26, 2018. It will now end on December 10, 
2018.

DATES: The comment period for the ANPRM published on October 10, 2018 
at 83 FR 50872 is extended. Written comments on the ANPRM must be 
received on or before December 10, 2018 in order to be considered 
timely.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility, M-30, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern 
time, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
    Regardless of how you submit your comments, they must include the 
docket number identified in the heading of this notice.
    Note that all comments received, including any personal information 
provided, will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov. 
Please see the ``Privacy Act'' heading below.
    You may call the Docket Management Facility at 202-366-9324.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or the street 
address listed above. We will continue to file relevant information in 
the docket as it becomes available.
    Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits 
comments from the public to better inform its decision-making process. 
DOT posts these comments, without edit, including any personal 
information the commenter provides, to http://www.regulations.gov, as 
described in the system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can 
be reviewed at https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. Anyone can 
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.).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For research and pilot program issues: 
Dee Williams, Office of Vehicle Safety Research, 202-366-8537, 
[email protected], National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    For legal issues: Stephen Wood, Assistant Chief Counsel, Vehicle 
Rulemaking and Harmonization, Office of Chief Counsel, 202-366-2992, 
[email protected], at the same address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 10, 2018, NHTSA published an 
ANPRM to obtain public comments on the factors and structure that are 
appropriate for the Agency to consider in designing a national pilot 
program that will enable the Agency to facilitate, monitor and learn 
from the testing and development of the emerging advanced vehicle 
safety technologies and to assure the safety of those activities. The 
ANPRM stated that the closing date for comments is November 26, 2018.
    On November 16, 2018, NHTSA received a request from the Uber 
Technologies, Inc. for a two-week extension of the comment period. The 
request can be found in the docket for the ANPRM listed above under 
ADDRESSES. NHTSA has considered this request and believes that a 14-day 
extension beyond the original due date is desirable to provide 
additional time for the public to comment on the complex and novel 
questions in the ANPRM. This is to notify the public that NHTSA is 
extending the comment period on the ANPRM, and allowing it to remain 
open until December 10, 2018.

    Issued in Washington, DC, pursuant to authority delegated in 49 
CFR 1.81 and 1.95.
Heidi Renate King,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2018-25532 Filed 11-19-18; 4:15 pm]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 226 / Friday, November 23, 2018 / Proposed Rules 59353 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Dee.Williams@dot.gov, National Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Highway Traffic Safety • Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Administration Department of Transportation, West Washington, DC 20590–0001. Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– For legal issues: Stephen Wood, 49 CFR Parts 555, 571, and 591 140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Assistant Chief Counsel, Vehicle Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 [Docket No. NHTSA–2018–0092] Rulemaking and Harmonization, Office p.m. Eastern time, Monday through of Chief Counsel, 202–366–2992, RIN 2127–AL99 Friday, except Federal holidays. • Fax: 202–493–2251. Steve.Wood@dot.gov, at the same Pilot Program for Collaborative Regardless of how you submit your address. Research on Motor Vehicles With High comments, they must include the docket SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On or Full Driving Automation; Extension number identified in the heading of this October 10, 2018, NHTSA published an of Comment Period notice. ANPRM to obtain public comments on Note that all comments received, AGENCY: National Highway Traffic the factors and structure that are including any personal information Safety Administration (NHTSA), appropriate for the Agency to consider provided, will be posted without change Department of Transportation (DOT). in designing a national pilot program to http://www.regulations.gov. Please ACTION: Advance notice of proposed that will enable the Agency to facilitate, see the ‘‘Privacy Act’’ heading below. rulemaking (ANPRM); extension of You may call the Docket Management monitor and learn from the testing and comment period. Facility at 202–366–9324. development of the emerging advanced Docket: For access to the docket to vehicle safety technologies and to assure SUMMARY: In response to a request from read background documents or the safety of those activities. The the public, NHTSA is announcing a comments received, go to http:// ANPRM stated that the closing date for two-week extension of the comment www.regulations.gov or the street comments is November 26, 2018. period on the ANPRM on a Pilot address listed above. We will continue On November 16, 2018, NHTSA Program for Collaborative Research on to file relevant information in the docket received a request from the Uber Motor Vehicles with High or Full as it becomes available. Technologies, Inc. for a two-week Driving Automation. The comment Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 extension of the comment period. The period for the ANPRM was originally U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments request can be found in the docket for scheduled to end on November 26, from the public to better inform its the ANPRM listed above under 2018. It will now end on December 10, decision-making process. DOT posts ADDRESSES. NHTSA has considered this 2018. these comments, without edit, including request and believes that a 14-day DATES: The comment period for the any personal information the extension beyond the original due date ANPRM published on October 10, 2018 commenter provides, to http:// is desirable to provide additional time at 83 FR 50872 is extended. Written www.regulations.gov, as described in for the public to comment on the comments on the ANPRM must be the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– complex and novel questions in the received on or before December 10, 2018 14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at ANPRM. This is to notify the public that in order to be considered timely. https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. NHTSA is extending the comment ADDRESSES: Comments must be Anyone can search the electronic form period on the ANPRM, and allowing it submitted by one of the following of all comments received into any of our to remain open until December 10, methods: dockets by the name of the individual 2018. • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to submitting the comment (or signing the Issued in Washington, DC, pursuant to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the comment, if submitted on behalf of an authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.95. online instructions for submitting association, business, labor union, etc.). Heidi Renate King, comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For • Mail: Docket Management Facility, research and pilot program issues: Dee Deputy Administrator. M–30, U.S. Department of Williams, Office of Vehicle Safety [FR Doc. 2018–25532 Filed 11–19–18; 4:15 pm] Transportation, West Building, Ground Research, 202–366–8537, BILLING CODE 4910–59–P amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with PROPOSALS1 VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:25 Nov 21, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\23NOP1.SGM 23NOP1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionAdvance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM); extension of comment period.
DatesThe comment period for the ANPRM published on October 10, 2018 at 83 FR 50872 is extended. Written comments on the ANPRM must be received on or before December 10, 2018 in order to be considered timely.
ContactFor research and pilot program issues: Dee Williams, Office of Vehicle Safety Research, 202-366-8537, [email protected], National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
FR Citation83 FR 59353 
RIN Number2127-AL99
CFR Citation49 CFR 555
49 CFR 571
49 CFR 591
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