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DOT/NHTSA

RIN: 2127-AK32

Publication ID: Fall 2009

Title: Registered Importers of Vehicles Not Originally Manufactured To Conform to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend NHTSA's regulations that pertain to the importation by registered importers (RIs) of motor vehicles that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety, bumper, and theft prevention standards. The amendments, which are intended to address specific problems that NHTSA has encountered in its administration of the RI program, would, among other things: require applicants for RI status to disclose to the agency whether they have been convicted of a crime involving the importation or sale of a motor vehicle and would permit the agency to automatically suspend the registration of any RI that has been convicted of such a crime; require an RI to destroy or export from the United States nonconforming motor vehicle equipment removed from an imported vehicle that has undergone conformance modifications and to certify to NHTSA that those items have been exported or destroyed; and reflect new requirements for the importation of a motor vehicle by an RI for the purpose of petitioning the agency to decide that the vehicle is eligible for importation. The agency would also adopt a more workable definition of the term "model year" for the purpose of making import eligibility decisions, and require that the petition include the type classification of the vehicle at issue. Several technical amendments to the RI regulations would also be made.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 591 to 593
Legal Authority: 49 USC 30117 49 USC 30141 to 31047 49 USC 322

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	04/00/2010

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov	Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Coleman R. Sachs Chief, Import and Certification Division, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20590 Phone:202 366-3151 Fax:202 366-1024 Email: coleman.sachs@dot.gov