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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
49 CFR Parts 571 and 585
[Docket No. NHTSA–2016–0125]
RIN 2127–AK93
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards; Minimum Sound
Requirements for Hybrid and Electric
Vehicles
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective
date.
AGENCY:
This action temporarily
delays for 36 days the effective date of
the rule entitled ‘‘Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standards; Minimum Sound
Requirements for Hybrid and Electric
Vehicles,’’ published in the Federal
Register on December 14, 2016.
DATES: The effective date of the final
rule published at 81 FR 90416,
December 14, 2016, is delayed until
March 21, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
legal issues, contact Tom Healy, Office
of Chief Counsel, at (202) 366–2992. For
non-legal issues, contact Mike Pyne,
Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance, at
(202) 366–4171.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the memorandum of
January 20, 2017, from the Assistant to
the President and Chief of Staff, entitled
‘‘Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,’’ 1
this action temporarily delays for 36
days 2 the effective date of the rule
entitled ‘‘Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards; Minimum Sound
Requirements for Hybrid and Electric
Vehicles,’’ published in the Federal
Register on December 14, 2016, at 81 FR
SUMMARY:
1 Available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/thepress-office/2017/01/20/memorandum-headsexecutive-departments-and-agencies (last accessed
Jan. 24, 2017).
2 The delay is 36 days because a delay of 60 days
from the date of the ‘‘Freeze Memo’’ is March 21,
2016. The original effective date for the final rule
was February 13, 2017.
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90416. That rule satisfied the mandate
in the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement
Act (PSEA) of 2010 by establishing a
new Federal motor vehicle safety
standards (FMVSS) setting minimum
sound requirements for hybrid and
electric vehicles. This new standard
requires hybrid and electric passenger
cars, light trucks and vans, and low
speed vehicles to produce sounds
meeting the requirements of this
standard, and applies to electric
vehicles and those hybrid vehicles that
are capable of propulsion in any
forward or reverse gear without the
vehicle’s internal combustion engine
operating.
To the extent that 5 U.S.C. 553 is
applicable, this action is exempt from
notice and comment because it
constitutes a rule of procedure under 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(A). Alternatively,
NHTSA’s implementation of this action
without opportunity for public
comment, effective immediately upon
publication today in the Federal
Register, is justified based on the good
cause exceptions in 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(3)(B) and 553(d)(3). Seeking
public comment is impracticable,
unnecessary, and contrary to the public
interest. The temporary 36-day delay in
effective date is necessary to give
Department officials the opportunity for
further review and consideration of new
regulations, consistent with the
Assistant to the President’s
memorandum of January 20, 2017.
Given the imminence of the effective
date, seeking prior public comment on
this temporary delay would have been
impractical, as well as contrary to the
public interest in the orderly
promulgation and implementation of
regulations. The imminence of effective
date is also good cause for making this
action effective immediately upon
publication.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 30111, 30115,
30117, and 30166; delegation of authority at
49 CFR 1.95.
Issued on: February 1, 2017.
Jack Danielson,
Acting Deputy Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
49 CFR Parts 571 and 585
[Docket No. NHTSA-2016-0125]
RIN 2127-AK93
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Minimum Sound
Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.
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SUMMARY: This action temporarily delays for 36 days the effective date
of the rule entitled ``Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Minimum
Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles,'' published in the
Federal Register on December 14, 2016.
DATES: The effective date of the final rule published at 81 FR 90416,
December 14, 2016, is delayed until March 21, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For legal issues, contact Tom Healy,
Office of Chief Counsel, at (202) 366-2992. For non-legal issues,
contact Mike Pyne, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance, at (202) 366-
4171.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the memorandum of January
20, 2017, from the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff,
entitled ``Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,'' \1\ this action
temporarily delays for 36 days \2\ the effective date of the rule
entitled ``Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Minimum Sound
Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles,'' published in the
Federal Register on December 14, 2016, at 81 FR 90416. That rule
satisfied the mandate in the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act (PSEA)
of 2010 by establishing a new Federal motor vehicle safety standards
(FMVSS) setting minimum sound requirements for hybrid and electric
vehicles. This new standard requires hybrid and electric passenger
cars, light trucks and vans, and low speed vehicles to produce sounds
meeting the requirements of this standard, and applies to electric
vehicles and those hybrid vehicles that are capable of propulsion in
any forward or reverse gear without the vehicle's internal combustion
engine operating.
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\1\ Available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/20/memorandum-heads-executive-departments-and-agencies (last
accessed Jan. 24, 2017).
\2\ The delay is 36 days because a delay of 60 days from the
date of the ``Freeze Memo'' is March 21, 2016. The original
effective date for the final rule was February 13, 2017.
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To the extent that 5 U.S.C. 553 is applicable, this action is
exempt from notice and comment because it constitutes a rule of
procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(A). Alternatively, NHTSA's
implementation of this action without opportunity for public comment,
effective immediately upon publication today in the Federal Register,
is justified based on the good cause exceptions in 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(3)(B) and 553(d)(3). Seeking public comment is impracticable,
unnecessary, and contrary to the public interest. The temporary 36-day
delay in effective date is necessary to give Department officials the
opportunity for further review and consideration of new regulations,
consistent with the Assistant to the President's memorandum of January
20, 2017. Given the imminence of the effective date, seeking prior
public comment on this temporary delay would have been impractical, as
well as contrary to the public interest in the orderly promulgation and
implementation of regulations. The imminence of effective date is also
good cause for making this action effective immediately upon
publication.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 30111, 30115, 30117, and 30166;
delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95.
Issued on: February 1, 2017.
Jack Danielson,
Acting Deputy Administrator.
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