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RIN: 2127-AD08

Publication ID: Fall 1998

Title: Seating Systems Performance
Abstract: Environmental Research and Safety Technologists of Flagstaff, AZ, petitioned the agency to reexamine the seatback performance requirements of the standard in rear impact crashes.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 571.207
Legal Authority: 49 USC 322 49 USC 30111 49 USC 30115 49 USC 30117 49 USC 30166

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM	10/04/1989	54 FR 40896
ANPRM Comment Period End	12/04/1989	54 FR 40896
Request for Comments	11/23/1992	57 FR 54958
Comment Period End	01/22/1993
Final Action	12/00/1998

Additional Information: etitions for rulemaking were granted 07/24/89. See a related rulemaking action involving these petitioners under RIN 2127-AC57. The first part of the research is complete. A computer model and a prototype seat were developed. Information on this research is available in the docket along with a report on crash data analysis. The agency is currently evaluating the research results and conducting vehicle seat testing.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Clarke zHarper Division Chief, Light Duty Vehicle Division Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590 Phone:202 366-2264 Fax:202 366-4329 Email: charper@nhtsa.dot.gov