Transportation Department, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
In response to a request from the Alliance for Automotive Innovation (Auto Innovators), NHTSA is announcing a 30-day extension of the public comment period for the Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) published on September 22, 2026. The SNPRM supplements NHTSA's September 2023 notice of proposed rulemaking to amend NHTSA's regulations to include an advanced crash test dummy (the Test Device for Human Occupant Restraint (THOR) 50th percentile adult male) by requesting comment on specifying an additional spine configuration and an alternative to the face foam, and announcing the availability of additional documents. The comment period for the SNPRM was originally scheduled to end on October 22, 2026. It will now end on November 21, 2026.
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 Part 572 [Docket No. NHTSA-2023-0031] RIN 2127-AM20 AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Extension of comment period. SUMMARY: In response to a request from the Alliance for Automotive Innovation (Auto Innovators), NHTSA is announcing a 30-day extension of the public comment period for the Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) published on September 22, 2026. The SNPRM supplements NHTSA's September 2023 notice of proposed rulemaking to amend NHTSA's regulations to include an advanced crash test dummy (the Test Device for Human Occupant Restraint (THOR) 50th percentile adult male) by requesting comment on specifying an additional spine configuration and an alternative to the face foam, and announcing the availability of additional documents. The comment period for the SNPRM was originally scheduled to end on October 22, 2026. It will now end on November 21, 2026. DATES: The comment period for the SNPRM published on September 22, 2026 at 91 FR 60068 is extended to November 21, 2026. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments to the docket number identified in the heading of this document by one of the following methods: Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov . Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue S…
Other Federal Register documents from the same docket.
Part 572; Anthropomorphic Test Devices; Test Device for Human Occupant Restraint 50th Percentile Adult Male Dummy (THOR-50M)
Anthropomorphic Test Devices; THOR 50th Percentile Adult Male Test Dummy; Incorporation by Reference
Anthropomorphic Test Devices; THOR 50th Percentile Adult Male Test Dummy; Incorporation by Reference
Citation: 91 FR 66827
