73 FR 244 pg. 77104 - Notice of Cancelation of Public Meeting; BMW Mini Cooper S Vehicles; Exhaust Pipe Tips
Type: NOTICEVolume: 73Number: 244Page: 77104
Docket number: [Docket No. NHTSA-2008-0189]
FR document: [FR Doc. E8-29957 Filed 12-12-08; 4:15 pm]
Agency: Transportation Department
Sub Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2008-0189]
Notice of Cancelation of Public Meeting; BMW Mini Cooper S Vehicles; Exhaust Pipe Tips
AGENCY:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION:
Notice of cancelation of public meeting.
SUMMARY:
This notice announces a cancelation of NHTSA's December 17, 2008, public meeting regarding its Initial Decision that model year (MY) 2007 and certain MY 2008 BMW Mini Cooper S vehicles (subject vehicles) contain a defect related to motor vehicle safety in the vehicle's exhaust pipe tips.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
AnnaLisa Nash, Office of Chief Counsel, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590; (202) 366-5263.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
NHTSA's public meeting regarding its Initial Decision that model year (MY) 2007 and certain MY 2008 BMW Mini Cooper S vehicles (subject vehicles) contain a defect related to motor vehicle safety in the vehicle's exhaust pipe tips, previously scheduled for Wednesday, December 17, 2008,1is now canceled. The matter is moot. On December 12, 2008, BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) submitted a Defect and Noncompliance Information Report to NHTSA under 49 CFR 573.6. BMW has thus initiated a safety recall on the subject vehicles within the meaning of the 49 U.S.C. 30118-30120 and 49 CFR Part 573.
Footnotes:
1 The agency published notice of the meeting on Friday, December 5, 2008 (Initial Decision That Certain BMW Mini Cooper S Vehicles Contain a Safety-Related Defect Regarding the Exhaust Pipe Tips; and Scheduling of a Public Meeting, 73 FR 235 (noticed Dec. 5, 2008)).
Authority:
49 U.S.C. 30118(a), (b); delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.50(a) and 49 CFR 501.8.
Issued on: December 12, 2008.
Daniel C. Smith,
Associate Administrator for Enforcement.
[FR Doc. E8-29957 Filed 12-12-08; 4:15 pm]
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