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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 165 / Monday, August 30, 2021 / Notices environmental concerns that affect the proposed action or its impacts.
Michael L. Culotta, Deputy Regional Administrator, Federal Transit AdministrationRegion II.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Docket No. NHTSA20210063

Polaris Industries Inc. and Goupil Industrie SA; Receipt of Petition for Temporary Exemption National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, Department of Transportation DOT.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition for temporary exemption; request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with statutory and regulatory requirements, Polaris Industries Inc. and Goupil Industrie SA
collectively, petitioners, have petitioned NHTSA for an exemption of the Picnic-G6, an all-electric truck that the petitioners state will be used as part of a grocery delivery service. The petitioners seek exemption from nine Federal motor vehicle safety standards FMVSS on the basis that an exemption would make the development or field evaluation of a low-emission vehicle easier and would not unreasonably lower the safety or impact protection level of that vehicle. NHTSA is publishing this document in accordance with statutory and administrative provisions, and requests comments on the petition. NHTSA has made no judgment at this time on the merits of the petition.
DATES: Comments on this petition must be submitted by October 29, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Koblenz, NHTSA Office of Chief Counsel, telephone: 2023665823, facsimile: 2023663820, address:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your comment, identified by the docket number in the heading of this document, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, M30, U.S. Department of
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Statutory and Regulatory Requirements The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act Safety Act, codified at 49 U.S.C. 30113, authorizes the Secretary of Transportation NHTSA by delegation, to exempt motor vehicles from an FMVSS or bumper standard on a temporary basis, under specified circumstances and on terms the agency deems appropriate. The Secretary has delegated the authority for implementing this section to NHTSA.1

The Safety Act authorizes NHTSA by delegation to grant, in whole or in part, a temporary exemption to a vehicle manufacturer if certain specified findings are made. The agency must find that the exemption is consistent with the public interest and with the objectives of the Safety Act.2 In addition, exemptions under 30113
must meet one of the following bases:
i Compliance with the standards from which exemption is sought would cause substantial economic hardship to a manufacturer that has tried to comply with the standards in good faith;
ii the exemption would make easier the development or field evaluation of a new motor vehicle safety feature providing a safety level at least equal to the safety level of the standard;
iii the exemption would make the development or field evaluation of a low-emission motor vehicle easier and would not unreasonably lower the safety level of that vehicle; or iv compliance with the standard would prevent the manufacturer from selling a motor vehicle with an overall safety level at least equal to the overall safety level of nonexempt vehicles.3
The petitioners have submitted a petition under the third of these bases.
The petitioners request that NHTSA
grant their petition based on a finding that the exemption is consistent with the public interest and the Safety Act, and that the exemption would facilitate the development or field evaluation of a low-emission motor vehicle and would not unreasonably reduce the safety level of that vehicle.4 Under the Safety Act, entities applying for exemptions under this subsection must include, among other things, a record of the research, development, and testing establishing that the motor vehicle is a low-emission motor vehicle and that the safety level of the vehicle is not lowered unreasonably by exemption from the standard.
NHTSA established 49 CFR part 555, Temporary Exemption from Motor Vehicle Safety and Bumper Standards, to implement the statutory provisions concerning 30113 temporary exemptions. The requirements in 49
CFR 555.5 state that the petitioner must set forth the basis of the petition by providing the information required under 49 CFR 555.6, and the reasons why the exemption would be in the public interest and consistent with the objectives of the Safety Act.
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