Products Liability Law Daily Wrap Up, NHTSA NEWS—COMMENT CALENDAR—NHTSA actions open for public comment, (Dec 3, 2021)

By WK Editorial Staff

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration actions, with links to source documents, are open for public comment until the dates indicated.

As detailed in previous Products Liability Law Daily stories, the following National Highway Traffic Safety Administration actions are open for public comment until the dates indicated below. Comments may be submitted to the docket number identified in the heading of this document by any of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Mail: Docket Management Facility: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Fax: 202-493-2251.

January 6, 2022. Petitions for reconsideration of a final rule revising the regulatory text of part 572, subpart W to incorporate by reference a new drawing package, parts list, and “Procedures for Assembly, Disassembly, and Inspection” (PADI) for the “Q3s” test dummy must be received by this date. The technical corrections were issued in response to a petition for reconsideration concerning a November 2020 final rule which amended NHTSA’s regulation on anthropomorphic test devices to add design and performance specifications for a test dummy representing a 3-year-old child (NHTSA Final rule, response to petition for reconsideration, technical corrections, 86 FR 66214, November 22, 2021).

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