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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 182 / Tuesday, September 20, 2016 / Notices 64575 Seventh Meeting of SC–217 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION The petition, supporting materials, Aeronautical Databases. The agenda will and all comments received before the include the following: National Highway Traffic Safety close of business on the closing date Administration indicated above will be filed in the Monday, November 28th [Docket No. NHTSA–2016–0098; Notice 1] docket and will be considered. Working Session Comments and supporting materials For those able to attend, a working General Motors LLC, Receipt of received after the closing date will also group session will be held to progress Petition To Amend Takata DIR be filed and will be considered to the on action items ahead of the plenary. Schedule extent possible. When the petition is granted or denied, notice of the decision Tuesday, November 29th (9:00 a.m.– AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 11:00 a.m.) will also be published in the Federal Safety Administration (NHTSA), Register pursuant to the authority Opening Plenary Session Department of Transportation. indicated at the end of this notice. ACTION: 1. Co-Chairmen’s remarks and Receipt of petition. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: introductions 2. Housekeeping SUMMARY: General Motors, LLC (GM) has I. Background petitioned the Agency to alter the Part 3. Approve minutes from 26th meeting On May 4, 2016, NHTSA issued, and 4. Review and approve meeting agenda 573 defect information report (DIR) Takata agreed to, an Amendment to the for 27th meeting filing schedule set forth in paragraph 14 5. Action item list review of the May 4, 2016 Amendment to November 3, 2015 Consent Order (the 6. Presentations (TBD) November 3, 2015 Consent Order ‘‘Amendment’’), under which Takata is a. Status of EASA PBN IR between NHTSA and TK Holdings Inc. bound to declare a defect in all driver and passenger inflators that contain an Tuesday, November 29th (11:00 a.m.) (‘‘Takata’’). More specifically, GM has requested that NHTSA modify the DIR ammonium nitrate-based propellant and through Thursday, December 1st (5:00 do not contain a moisture-absorbing p.m.) schedule with respect to certain GM- branded motor vehicles from December desiccant. Such defect declarations are Working Group Sessions 31, 2016 to December 31, 2017. to be made on a rolling basis. See Amendment at ¶ 14. Takata timely 1. Sub-team report-outs DATES: The closing date for comments • submitted the first scheduled DIR on Document structure on the petition is October 4, 2016. • Background/PBN principles May 16, 2016. The next DIR is due to ADDRESSES: • Data preparation rules Interested persons are be filed on December 31, 2016, and is • Data quality invited to submit written data, views, expected to include passenger inflators • Procedure encoding and arguments regarding this petition. installed as original equipment on • Aeronautical information basics Comments must refer to the docket and certain motor vehicles manufactured by 2. Draft of requirements tables based on notice number cited in the title of this GM (the ‘‘covered passenger inflators’’). data catalog notice and be submitted by one of the The Amendment sets forth the 3. Review of action item inputs following methods: following procedure under which the a. Working Papers • Internet: Go to http:// DIR schedule may be modified or b. Discussion Papers www.regulations.gov and follow the amended: c. Information Papers online instructions for submitting 4. New business comments. Based on the presentation of additional test • Mail: Docket Management Facility, data, analysis, or other relevant and Friday December 2nd (9:00 a.m.–12:00 appropriate evidence, by Takata, an p.m.) M–30, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey automobile manufacturer, or any other Closing Plenary session credible source, NHTSA may, after Avenue SE., West Building, Room W12– consultation with Takata, alter the schedule Meeting wrap-up: main conclusions and 140, Washington, DC 20590. way forward • set forth in Paragraph 14 to modify or amend Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. a DIR or to defer certain inflator types or Review of action items Department of Transportation, 1200 vehicles, or a portion thereof, to a later DIR Next meetings New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, filing date. Any such evidence must be Any other business Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590 submitted to NHTSA no later than one- Attendance is open to the interested between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, hundred-twenty (120) days before the public but limited to space availability. Monday through Friday, except Federal relevant DIR filing date. This paragraph With the approval of the chairman, holidays. applies only to the DIRs scheduled to be members of the public may present oral • Facsimile: (202) 493–2251. issued on or after December 31, 2016 under statements at the meeting. Persons You may call the Docket at (202) 366– the schedule established by Paragraph 14 of wishing to present statements or obtain 9324. this Amendment. information should contact the person Note that all comments received will See Amendment at ¶ 17. On July 22, listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION be posted without change to http:// 2016, NHTSA issued Enforcement CONTACT section. Members of the public www.regulations.gov, including any Guidance Bulletin 2016–03 to inform may present a written statement to the personal information provided. Thus, the public of the process and procedure committee at any time. submitting such information makes it the Agency had established in Issued in Washington, DC on September public. You may wish to read the connection with Paragraph 17 of the 15, 2016. Privacy Act notice, which can be Amendment, as well as the standards Mohannad Dawoud, viewed by clicking on the ‘‘Privacy and and criteria that would guide Agency Management & Program Analyst, Partnership Security Notice’’ link in the footer of decision-making. See 81 FR 47854. Contracts Branch, ANG–A17, NextGen, http://www.regulations.gov. DOT’s On September 2, 2016, GM filed a Procurement Services Division, Federal complete Privacy Act Statement is petition pursuant to Paragraph 17 of the Aviation Administration. available for review in the Federal Amendment and Enforcement Guidance [FR Doc. 2016–22556 Filed 9–19–16; 8:45 am] Register published on April 11, 2000 Bulletin 2016–03. Therein, GM has BILLING CODE 4910–13–P (65 FR 19477–78). requested that NHTSA modify the DIR VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:13 Sep 19, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00148 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\20SEN1.SGM 20SEN1 sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES 64576 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 182 / Tuesday, September 20, 2016 / Notices schedule to delay the inclusion of conducted an analysis of the ballistic DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY covered GM passenger-side inflators performance of the covered passenger from December 31, 2016 to December inflators. Based upon this analysis, GM Office of Foreign Assets Control 31, 2017. This notice of receipt of GM’s states that the covered passenger Sanctions Actions Pursuant to petition is published in accordance with inflators are not currently at risk of Executive Order 13224 Enforcement Guidance Bulletin 2016–03 rupture. According to the petition, GM’s and does not represent any Agency position is based upon the following: AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets decision or other exercise of judgment An estimated 44,000 Takata passenger Control, Treasury. concerning the merits of the petition. inflator deployments in GMT900 ACTION: Notice. II. Class of Motor Vehicles Involved vehicles without a rupture; ballistic tests of 1055 covered passenger inflators SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s GM’s petition involves certain Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) GMT900 vehicles that contain the without a rupture or sign of abnormal deployment; deployment of 12 inflators is publishing the names of 2 individuals covered passenger inflators (designated whose property and interests in as inflator types ‘‘SPI YP’’ and ‘‘PSPI– artificially exposed to additional humidity and temperature cycling property are blocked pursuant to L YD’’). GMT900 is a GM-specific Executive Order 13224 of September 23, without a rupture or sign of abnormal vehicle platform that forms the 2001, ‘‘Blocking Property and deployment; and analysis, through structural foundation for a variety of GM Prohibiting Transactions With Persons trucks and sport utility vehicles, stress-strength interference, indicating Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or including: Chevrolet Silverado 1500, that the propellant in older covered Support Terrorism.’’ GMC Sierra 1500, Chevrolet Silverado passenger inflators has not degraded to DATES: OFAC’s actions described in this 2500/3500, GMC Sierra 2500/3500, a sufficient degree to create rupture risk. Chevrolet Tahoe, Chevrolet Suburban, notice were effective on September 15, GM further states that the covered 2016. Chevrolet Avalanche, GMC Yukon, passenger inflators are not used by any GMC Yukon XL, Cadillac Escalade, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: other original equipment manufacturer Cadillac Escalade ESV, and Cadillac Associate Director for Global Targeting, and have a number of unique design Escalade EXT. tel.: 202/622–2420, Assistant Director The next Takata DIR, which is due to features that influence burn rates and for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, be filed on December 31, 2016, is internal ballistic dynamics, including tel.: 202/622–2490, Assistant Director expected to include the following greater vent-area-to-propellant-mass for Licensing, tel.: 202/622–2480, Office GMT900 vehicles: ratios, steel end caps, and thinner of Foreign Assets Control, or Chief • In Zone A, model year 2012 propellant wafers. In addition, GM Counsel (Foreign Assets Control), tel.: GMT900 vehicles. Zone A comprises the states that the physical environment of 202/622–2410, Office of the General following states and U.S. territories: the GMT900 vehicles better protects the Counsel, Department of the Treasury Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, covered passenger inflators from the (not toll free numbers).