{"abstract":"This document announces a decision by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that certain 1997 Land Rover Defender 90 multi-purpose passenger vehicles (MPVs) that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) are eligible for importation into the United States because they are substantially similar to vehicles originally manufactured for importation into and sale in the United States and that were certified by their manufacturer as complying with the safety standards (the U.S. certified version of the 1997 Land Rover Defender 90 MPV), and they are capable of being readily altered to conform to the standards.","action":"Notice of decision by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that nonconforming 1997 Land Rover Defender 90 multi- purpose passenger vehicles are eligible for importation.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2005/08/05/05-15480.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"70 FR 45487","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This decision was effective March 18, 2004.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. NHTSA-2004-17022","Notice 2"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"05-15480","effective_on":"2004-03-18","end_page":45488,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2005/08/05/05-15480.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/08/05/05-15480/decision-that-nonconforming-1997-land-rover-defender-90-multi-purpose-passenger-vehicles-are","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/05-15480?publication_date=2005-08-05","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2005-08-05/05-15480/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":1115,"last_updated":"2026-09-22 06:15:08 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2005-08-05/pdf/05-15480.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2005-08-05","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2005/08/05/05-15480.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-11-12T17:00:38Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":45487,"subtype":null,"title":"Decision That Nonconforming 1997 Land Rover Defender 90 Multi-Purpose Passenger Vehicles Are Eligible for Importation","toc_doc":"Importation eligibility; determinations","toc_subject":"Motor vehicle safety standards:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":70}