Products Liability Law Daily Wrap Up, NHTSA NEWS—COMMENT CALENDAR—NHTSA actions open for public comment, (Jul 23, 2024)

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.

August 8, 2024. NHTSA has announced the availability of documents supplementing its September 2023 notice of proposed rulemaking to amend its regulations on anthropomorphic test devices to include an advanced crash test dummy, the Test Device for Human Occupant Restraint 50th percentile adult male (THOR–50M). The documents include additional research reports and a memorandum of understanding with Humanetics, a global industrial technology group that develops and manufactures crash test dummies and components (NHTSA Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking, 89 Fed. Reg. 56251 (July 9, 2024)).

September 16, 2024. NHTSA has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to update the seatback safety standards in FMVSS No. 207, Seating systems, and potentially FMVSS No. 202a, Head restraints (NHTSA Advance notice of proposed rulemaking, 89 Fed. Reg. 57998 (July 16, 2024)).

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