2127-AL58 201504 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2127 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA 2100 Department of Transportation DOT Upgrade of Rear Impact Guard Requirements for Trailers and Semitrailers (RRR)

This rulemaking would consider upgrades to FMVSS No. 223, rear impact guards, and FMVSS No. 224, rear impact protection, for improving rear underride crash protection on trailers and semitrailers. This rulemaking would respond to a petition for rulemaking from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) requesting a number of modifications to FMVSS Nos. 223 and 224 to improve rear underride protection for trailers and semitrailers. It would also respond, in part, to a petition for rulemaking from Marianne Karth and the Truck Safety Coalition requesting improving rear impact guards on trailers and semitrailers as outlined in the July 10, 2014 grant of the petition. The costs associated with this rulemaking are not expected to be significant. This rulemaking action is in accordance with the Department´s plan, Retrospective Review and Analysis of Existing Rules, for the implementation of section 6 of the Executive Order 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011) that urges agencies to conduct periodic retrospective evaluation of regulations and modify, streamline, expand, or repeal them in accordance with what has been learned from the evaluation.

 

 

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 49 CFR 571.223 49 CFR 571.224 49 U.S.C. 30111 49 U.S.C. 30115 49 U.S.C. 30117 49 U.S.C. 30166 49 U.S.C. 322 delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 No NPRM 06/00/2015 No Businesses None No No www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov No No Robert Mazurowski Safety Standards Engineer 2127 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA 202 366-1012 robert.mazurowski@dot.gov 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington DC 20590