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that is the only dynamic performance
requirement that applies to the CRSs.
Failure to comply with the requirement
is not inconsequential to safety.
NHTSA has taken enforcement action
for similar failures. In 2001, the agency
notified Britax Child Safety, Inc.,
(Britax) of a potential noncompliance
due to the detachment of a tether strap
during dynamic testing of one of its
child restraint models. Britax initiated a
recall campaign to provide owners of
the affected model with repair kits. In
2007, the agency notified Britax of a
potential noncompliance due to the
tether hook opening during dynamic
testing of one of its child restraint
models. Britax initiated a recall
campaign to provide owners of the
affected model with new tether hooks.
(C) The materials cited by the
petitioner have no bearing on the merits
of Recaro’s petition. As explained above
in NHTSA’s response to Recaro’s first
argument, FMVSS No. 213 requires that
the ProRIDE and Performance RIDE
child restraints meet the structural
integrity requirements when installed
with the top tether. NHTSA does not
know of any current material published
on use of child restraint top tethers that
supports not using the child restraint’s
top tether.
(D) Recaro’s statement that ‘‘the
environment in which [previous denials
of inconsequentiality petitions on tether
failures] were made has changed’’ is
incorrect. NHTSA does not know of any
current material published on use of
child restraint top tethers that supports
not using the child restraint’s top tether.
Moreover, granting the petition would
be contradictory to NHTSA’s mission to
promote greater use of the top tether.
(E) The shortcoming in Recaro’s
design to meet the applicable FMVSS
No. 213 dynamic test requirements
poses an unacceptable safety risk. The
risk exists and is unacceptable even if
there has been no incident of separation
in the tether anchorage area thus far.8
NHTSA does not agree that the tether
separation occurs in testing due to the
testing equipment 9 but rather as a
shortcoming in Recaro’s design to meet
the applicable FMVSS No. 213 dynamic
test requirements.
8 If in fact consumers are not using the tether with
children over 52 lb in accordance with Recaro’s
instructions, then it follows that there would not be
reports of tether failure. However, the children
would not be benefiting from use of the tether in
a crash. Recaro should have designed its restraints
such that they could meet the structural integrity
requirement when tethered, to afford the children
the benefits of a structurally sound CRS and the
benefits of the tether.
9 No data or information was submitted by the
petitioner to support this claim.
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NHTSA’S Decision: In consideration
of the foregoing, NHTSA has decided
that the ProRIDE and Performance
RIDE’s noncompliance poses a risk to
safety and is therefore not
inconsequential. Recaro has not met its
burden of persuasion that the FMVSS
No. 213 noncompliance identified in
Recaro’s noncompliance information
report is inconsequential to motor
vehicle safety. Accordingly, Recaro’s
petition is hereby denied and Recaro is
obligated to provide notification of, and
a remedy for, that noncompliance under
49 U.S.C. 30118 and 30120.
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The July 23, 2015 meeting
will be held in the Media Center of the
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC 20590.
ADDRESSES:
Frank S. Borris,
Acting Associate Administrator for
Enforcement.
If
you would like to attend the workshop,
please contact Pei Lee by the date
specified under DATES section above, at:
Telephone (202) 366–1836; email
address: pei.lee@dot.gov. Please provide
her with the following information:
Name, title, affiliation, address, email
address, and telephone number, and
indicate whether you require
accommodations such as a sign
language interpreter or translator. If you
are not a U.S. citizen, also provide your
country of citizenship, date of birth, title
or position, and passport or diplomatic
ID number, along with expiration date.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: (49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120:
delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and
501.8)
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2015—0069]
School Bus Occupant Protection:
Taking Safety to a New Level Meeting
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) is
announcing a meeting that will be held
in Washington, DC on July 23, 2015 to
address the challenges and barriers that
have prevented schools from taking
action to install three-point seat belt
systems in school buses. The workshop
will include presentations and
discussions on the topic. Information on
the date, time, location, and framework
for this public event is included in this
notice. Attendance requires prior
registration; there will be no registration
at the door. There are no fees to register
or to attend this event; however space
is limited on a first-come basis. The
meeting will also be webcast live at
www.nhtsa.gov.
DATES: The workshop will be held on
July 23, 2015, at the location indicated
in the ADDRESSES section below. The
workshop will start at 9:00 a.m. and is
scheduled to continue until 4:15 p.m.,
local time. If you would like to register
to attend the workshop, please contact
the person identified under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT no later than July
17, 2015.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
NHTSA is
hosting a meeting to address the
challenges and barriers that have
prevented schools from taking action to
install three-point seat belt systems in
school buses.
This meeting will update the current
state of knowledge regarding occupant
protection technology on school buses,
identify operational challenges, and
explore new approaches for funding
mechanisms. The meeting will explore
topics such as seating capacity loss,
which in the past has prevented many
States and school districts from
considering three-point belt systems as
an option, communication strategies to
reach parents and children, and new
training programs that may be needed
for bus drivers and students.
Additionally, the National
Transportation Safety Board has been
invited to present on their findings and
recommendations from investigations of
school bus crashes.
Workshop Procedures. NHTSA will
conduct the meeting informally. Thus,
technical rules of evidence will not
apply. The workshop will include brief
presentations and breakout group
discussions with representatives from
NHTSA and school transportation
officials. There will be opportunities for
attendees to ask NHTSA and the
speakers questions.
To attend this workshop, please
register with NHTSA by the date
specified under the DATES section above
by sending the required information to
the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section.
Registration is necessary for security
and space limitation reasons. After
registration, NHTSA will send attendees
follow-up information regarding
workshop day logistics (i.e., directions
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to the building, parking
accommodations, etc.).
For security purposes, photo
identification is required to enter the
Department of Transportation building.
To allow sufficient time to clear security
and enter the building, NHTSA
recommends that workshop participants
arrive 30 to 60 minutes prior to the start
of the event.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30182.
Issued on: July 1, 2015.
Mark R. Rosekind,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Indexing the Annual Operating
Revenues of Railroads
(not toll free numbers).
Year
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Index
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Deflator
522.41
567.34
588.30
656.78
619.73
652.29
708.80
740.61
764.19
778.41
78.29
72.09
69.52
62.28
66.00
62.71
57.71
55.23
53.53
52.55
1 Ex Parte No. 492, Montana Rail Link, Inc.,
and Wisconsin Central Ltd., Joint Petition For
Rulemaking With Respect To 49 CFR 1201, 8
I.C.C. 2d 625 (1992), raised the revenue classification level for Class I railroads from $50
million (1978 dollars) to $250 million (1991
dollars), effective for the reporting year beginning January 1, 1992. The Class II threshold
was also raised from $10 million (1978 dollars)
to $20 million (1991 dollars).
Effective Date: January 1, 2014.
The Surface Transportation Board
(STB) is publishing the annual inflationadjusted index factors for 2014. These
factors are used by the railroads to
adjust their gross annual operating
revenues for classification purposes.
This indexing methodology ensures that
railroads are classified based on real
business expansion and not from the
effects of inflation. Classification is
important because it determines the
extent to which individual railroads
must comply with STB reporting
requirements.
The STB’s annual inflation-adjusted
factors are based on the annual average
Railroad’s Freight Price Index which is
developed by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS). The STB’s deflator
factor is used to deflate revenues for
comparison with established revenue
thresholds.
The base year for railroads is 1991.
The inflation index factors are presented
as follows:
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STB RAILROAD INFLATION-ADJUSTED Counsel (Foreign Assets Control), tel.:
INDEX AND DEFLATOR FACTOR 202/622–2410, Office of the General
Counsel, Department of the Treasury
TABLE—Continued
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pedro Ramirez 202–245–0333. [Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the
hearing impaired: 1–800–877–8339]
By the Board, William F. Huneke, Director,
Office of Economics.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2015–16907 Filed 7–9–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Sanctions Actions Pursuant to
Executive Order 13664
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Treasury Department’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
is publishing the names of two
STB RAILROAD INFLATION-ADJUSTED individuals and supplemental
INDEX AND DEFLATOR FACTOR TABLE information for one individual whose
property and interests in property are
Year
Index
Deflator
blocked pursuant to Executive Order
(E.O.) 13664 and whose names have
1100.00
1991 ..................
409.50
been added to OFAC’s list of Specially
1992 ..................
411.80
99.45 Designated Nationals and Blocked
1993 ..................
415.50
98.55
1994 ..................
418.80
97.70 Persons (SDN List).
1995 ..................
418.17
97.85 DATES: OFAC’s actions described in this
1996 ..................
417.46
98.02 notice were effective July 2, 2015.
1997 ..................
419.67
97.50 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
1998 ..................
424.54
96.38 Associate Director for Global Targeting,
1999 ..................
423.01
96.72
tel.: 202/622–2420, Assistant Director
2000 ..................
428.64
95.45
2001 ..................
436.48
93.73 for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation,
2002 ..................
445.03
91.92 tel.: 202/622–2490, Assistant Director
2003 ..................
454.33
90.03 for Licensing, tel.: 202/622–2480, Office
2004 ..................
473.41
86.40 of Foreign Assets Control, or Chief
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
The SDN List and additional
information concerning OFAC sanctions
programs are available from OFAC’s
Web site (www.treasury.gov/ofac).
Certain general information pertaining
to OFAC’s sanctions programs is also
available via facsimile through a 24hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202/
622–0077.
Notice of OFAC Actions
On July 2, 2014, OFAC blocked the
property and interests in property of the
following two persons pursuant to E.O.
13664, ‘‘Blocking Property of Certain
Persons With Respect to South Sudan’’:
1. DUAL, Simon Gatwech (a.k.a. DUAL,
Simon Gatwec; a.k.a. DUAL, Simon Gatwich;
a.k.a. DUAL, Simon Getwech; a.k.a.
GARWICH, Simon; a.k.a. GATWEACH,
Simon; a.k.a. GATWECH, Simon; a.k.a.
GATWICK, Simon; a.k.a. ‘‘Dhual’’; a.k.a.
‘‘General Gaduel’’), Jonglei State, South
Sudan; DOB 1953; POB Akobo, Jonglei State,
South Sudan; alt. POB Akobo, Jonglei State,
Sudan; alt. POB Uror County, Jonglei State,
South Sudan; alt. POB Uror County, Jonglei
State, Sudan; SPLA in Opposition Chief of
General Staff; Major General (individual)
[SOUTH SUDAN].
2. JOK RIAK, Gabriel (a.k.a. JOK, Gabriel;
a.k.a. RIAK, Jock; a.k.a. RIAK, Jok), Wau,
Western Bahr El Ghazal State, South Sudan;
Unity State, South Sudan; DOB 1966; POB
Bor, South Sudan; alt. POB Bor, Sudan;
nationality South Sudan; Lieutenant General;
Sector One Commander (individual) [SOUTH
SUDAN].
OFAC supplemented the identification
information for one individual whose
property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to Executive Order
13664. The supplemental identification
information for the individual is as
follows:
WOL, Santino Deng (a.k.a. KUOL, Santino
Deng; a.k.a. WUOL, Santino Deng); DOB 09
Nov 1962; POB Aweil, South Sudan; alt. POB
Aweil, Sudan; Major General; Sudan People’s
Liberation Army Third Division Commander
(individual) [SOUTH SUDAN].
Dated: July 2, 2015.
John E. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets
Control.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2015--0069]
School Bus Occupant Protection: Taking Safety to a New Level
Meeting
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is
announcing a meeting that will be held in Washington, DC on July 23,
2015 to address the challenges and barriers that have prevented schools
from taking action to install three-point seat belt systems in school
buses. The workshop will include presentations and discussions on the
topic. Information on the date, time, location, and framework for this
public event is included in this notice. Attendance requires prior
registration; there will be no registration at the door. There are no
fees to register or to attend this event; however space is limited on a
first-come basis. The meeting will also be webcast live at
www.nhtsa.gov.
DATES: The workshop will be held on July 23, 2015, at the location
indicated in the ADDRESSES section below. The workshop will start at
9:00 a.m. and is scheduled to continue until 4:15 p.m., local time. If
you would like to register to attend the workshop, please contact the
person identified under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT no later than
July 17, 2015.
ADDRESSES: The July 23, 2015 meeting will be held in the Media Center
of the U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like to attend the
workshop, please contact Pei Lee by the date specified under DATES
section above, at: Telephone (202) 366-1836; email address:
pei.lee@dot.gov. Please provide her with the following information:
Name, title, affiliation, address, email address, and telephone number,
and indicate whether you require accommodations such as a sign language
interpreter or translator. If you are not a U.S. citizen, also provide
your country of citizenship, date of birth, title or position, and
passport or diplomatic ID number, along with expiration date.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA is hosting a meeting to address the
challenges and barriers that have prevented schools from taking action
to install three-point seat belt systems in school buses.
This meeting will update the current state of knowledge regarding
occupant protection technology on school buses, identify operational
challenges, and explore new approaches for funding mechanisms. The
meeting will explore topics such as seating capacity loss, which in the
past has prevented many States and school districts from considering
three-point belt systems as an option, communication strategies to
reach parents and children, and new training programs that may be
needed for bus drivers and students. Additionally, the National
Transportation Safety Board has been invited to present on their
findings and recommendations from investigations of school bus crashes.
Workshop Procedures. NHTSA will conduct the meeting informally.
Thus, technical rules of evidence will not apply. The workshop will
include brief presentations and breakout group discussions with
representatives from NHTSA and school transportation officials. There
will be opportunities for attendees to ask NHTSA and the speakers
questions.
To attend this workshop, please register with NHTSA by the date
specified under the DATES section above by sending the required
information to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section. Registration is necessary for security and space limitation
reasons. After registration, NHTSA will send attendees follow-up
information regarding workshop day logistics (i.e., directions
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to the building, parking accommodations, etc.).
For security purposes, photo identification is required to enter
the Department of Transportation building. To allow sufficient time to
clear security and enter the building, NHTSA recommends that workshop
participants arrive 30 to 60 minutes prior to the start of the event.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30182.
Issued on: July 1, 2015.
Mark R. Rosekind,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2015-16892 Filed 7-9-15; 8:45 am]
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