Vehicles Built in Two or More Stages

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 49 CFR Parts 555, 567, 568, and 571 Docket No. NHTSA-2006-24664 RIN 2127-AJ91 AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT. ACTION: Final rule; response to petition for reconsideration. SUMMARY: This document responds to a petition for reconsideration of the February 14, 2005 final rule under 49 U.S.C. Chapter 301 and its implementing regulations pertaining to vehicles built in two or more stages and, to a lesser degree, to altered vehicles. This document clarifies the recognition in that rule that under NHTSA's regulations, multistage vehicles may be treated as a separate type of vehicle, including, as appropriate, vehicles built on chassis-cab incomplete vehicles. This document also amends a provision of the temporary exemption procedures to allow, as appropriate, for exemption of multistage vehicles from standards based on dynamic testing. This document denies the remainder of the petition for reconsideration, which involved certification of multistage vehicles and responsibility for recalls of multistage vehicles. DATES: The amendments made in this final rule are effective on September 1, 2006. This final rule amends the final rule published on February 14, 2005 ( 70 FR 7414 ), which is also effective on September 1, 2006. Petitions: Petitions for reconsideration must be received by June 26, 2006 and should refer to this docket and be submitted to: Administrator, Room 5220, …