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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 169 / Friday, August 29, 2008 / Notices
britab.htm, consists of the following
tables:
• Construction Materials for New and
Replaced Bridges, a summary report
which includes Federal-aid highways
and non-Federal-aid highways built in
2006 and 2005.
• Construction Materials for
Rehabilitated Bridges, a summary report
which includes Federal-aid and nonFederal-aid highways rehabilitated in
2006 and 2005.
• Construction Materials for
Combined New, Replaced and
Rehabilitated Bridges, a summary report
which combines the first two tables
cited above.
• Federal-aid Highways: Construction
Materials for New and Replaced Bridges
2006, a detailed state-by-state report
with counts and areas for Federal-aid
bridges built or replaced in 2006.
• Federal-aid Highways: Construction
Materials for New and Replaced Bridges
2005, a detailed state-by-state report
with counts and areas for Federal-aid
bridges built or replaced in 2005.
• Non-Federal-aid Highways:
Construction Materials for New and
Replaced Bridges 2006, a detailed stateby-state report with counts and areas for
non-Federal-aid bridges built or
replaced in 2006.
• Non-Federal-aid Highways:
Construction Materials for New and
Replaced Bridges 2005, a detailed stateby-state report with counts and areas for
non-Federal-aid bridges built or
replaced in 2005.
• Federal-aid Highways: Construction
Materials for Rehabilitated Bridges
2006, a detailed state-by-state report
with counts and areas for Federal-aid
bridges rehabilitated in 2006.
• Federal-aid Highways: Construction
Materials for Rehabilitated Bridges
2005, a detailed state-by-state report
with counts and areas for Federal-aid
bridges rehabilitated in 2005.
• Non-Federal-aid Highways:
Construction Materials for Rehabilitated
Bridges 2006, a detailed state-by-state
report with counts and areas for non
Federal-aid bridges rehabilitated in
2006.
• Non-Federal-aid Highways:
Construction Materials for Rehabilitated
Bridges 2005, a detailed state-by-state
report with counts and areas for non
Federal-aid bridges rehabilitated in
2005.
• Federal-aid Highways: Construction
Materials for New, Replaced and
Rehabilitated Bridges 2006, which
combines the 2006 reports on new,
replaced and rehabilitated Federal-aid
bridges.
• Federal-aid Highways: Construction
Materials for New, Replaced and
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Rehabilitated Bridges 2005, which
combines the 2005 reports on new,
replaced and rehabilitated non-Federalaid bridges.
• Non-Federal-aid Highways:
Construction Materials for New,
Replaced and Rehabilitated Bridges
2006, which combines the 2006 reports
on new, replaced and rehabilitated non
Federal-aid bridges.
• Non-Federal-aid Highways:
Construction Materials for New
Replaced and Rehabilitated Bridges
2006, which combines the 2006 reports
on new, replaced and rehabilitated nonFederal-aid bridges.
The tables provide data for two years:
2005 and 2006. The 2005 data is
considered complete for new, replaced
and rehabilitated bridges, with a
minimal likelihood of upward changes
in the totals. The 2006 data is
considered partially complete for new
bridges and complete for rehabilitated
bridges, because many new bridges built
in 2006 will not appear in the NBI until
they are placed into service the
following year. Therefore, next year’s
report will include 2006’s data on new
bridge construction, because the data
will be complete.
Each table displays simple counts of
bridges and total bridge deck area. Total
bridge deck area is measured in square
meters, by multiplying the bridge length
by the deck width out-to-out. Culverts
under fill are included in the counts but
not in the areas because a roadway
width is not collected. The data is
categorized by the following material
types, which are identified in the NBI:
steel, concrete, pre-stressed concrete
and other. The category ‘‘Other’’
includes wood, timber, masonry,
aluminum, wrought iron, cast iron and
other. Material type is the predominate
type for the main span(s).
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 144(r); Sec. 1114(f),
Pub. L. 109–59, 119 Stat. 1144.
Issued on: August 22, 2008.
Thomas J. Madison, Jr.,
Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257; Notice No. 48]
Railroad Safety Advisory Committee;
Notice of Meeting
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
AGENCY:
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Announcement of Railroad
Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC)
Meeting.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: FRA announces the 36th
meeting of the RSAC, a Federal advisory
committee that develops railroad safety
regulations through a consensus
process. The RSAC meeting topics will
include opening remarks from the FRA
Administrator, and status reports will be
provided by the Passenger Safety,
Locomotive Safety Standards, Railroad
Bridge, Medical Standards, Railroad
Operating Rules, and Track Safety
Standards Working Groups. There will
be a Committee vote on the acceptance
of the report from the Railroad Bridge
Working Group and a possible vote on
an expanded task statement for the
Track Standards Working Group.
Accident/incident reporting is on the
agenda for discussion by the Committee
and there may be a vote on a contingent
task statement. This agenda is subject to
change.
DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is
scheduled to commence on Wednesday,
September 10, 2008, at 9:30 a.m. and
will adjourn at 4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The RSAC meeting will be
held at the National Housing Center,
1201 15th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20005. The meeting is open to the
public on a first-come, first-serve basis,
and is accessible to individuals with
disabilities. Sign and oral interpretation
can be made available if requested 10
calendar days before the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Larry Woolverton, RSAC Administrative
Officer/Coordinator, FRA, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Mailstop 25,
Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–6212;
or Grady Cothen, Deputy Associate
Administrator for Safety, FRA, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Mailstop 25,
Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–6302.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463), FRA is giving notice of a meeting
of the RSAC. The RSAC was established
to provide advice and recommendations
to FRA on railroad safety matters. The
RSAC is composed of 54 voting
representatives from 31 member
organizations, representing various rail
industry perspectives. In addition, there
are nonvoting advisory representatives
from the agencies with railroad safety
regulatory responsibility in Canada and
Mexico, the National Transportation
Safety Board, and the Federal Transit
Administration. The diversity of the
Committee ensures the requisite range
of views and expertise necessary to
discharge its responsibilities. See the
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RSAC Web site for details on pending
tasks at: https://rsac.fra.dot.gov/. Please
refer to the notice published in the
Federal Register on March 11, 1996 (61
FR 9740), for additional information
about the RSAC.
Issued in Washington, DC on August 20,
2008.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
[FR Doc. E8–20029 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257; Notice No. 49]
Railroad Safety Advisory Committee
(RSAC); Working Group Activity
Update
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Announcement of Railroad
Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC)
working group activities.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: FRA is updating its
announcement of RSAC’s working
group activities to reflect its current
status.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Larry Woolverton, RSAC Coordinator,
FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Mailstop 25, Washington, DC 20590,
(202) 493–6212; or Grady Cothen,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Safety, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Mailstop 25, Washington, DC
20590, (202) 493–6302.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice serves to update FRA’s last
announcement of working group
activities and status reports of May 22,
2008 (73 FR 29838). The 35th full RSAC
meeting was held June 11, 2008, and the
36th meeting is scheduled for
September 10, 2008, at the National
Housing Center in Washington, DC.
Since its first meeting in April of
1996, the RSAC has accepted 25 tasks.
The status for each of the open tasks is
provided below:
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Open Tasks
Task 96–4—Tourist and Historic
Railroads. Reviewing the
appropriateness of the agency’s current
policy regarding the applicability of
existing and proposed regulations to
tourist, excursion, scenic, and historic
railroads. This task was accepted on
April 2, 1996, and a working group was
established. The working group
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monitored the steam locomotive
regulation task. Planned future activities
involve the review of other regulations
for possible adaptation to the safety
needs of tourist and historic railroads.
Contact: Grady Cothen, Jr., (202) 493–
6302.
Task 03–01—Passenger Safety. This
task includes updating and enhancing
the regulations pertaining to passenger
safety, based on research and
experience. This task was accepted on
May 20, 2003, and a working group was
established. Prior to embarking on
substantive discussions of a specific
task, the working group set forth, in
writing, a specific description of the
task. The working group reports
planned activity to the full Committee at
each scheduled full RSAC meeting,
including milestones for completion of
projects and progress toward
completion. At the first meeting held
September 9–10, 2003, a consolidated
list of issues was completed. At the
second meeting held November 6–7,
2003, four task groups were established:
emergency preparedness; mechanical;
crashworthiness; and track/vehicle
interaction. The task groups met and
reported on activities for working group
consideration at the third meeting held
May 11–12, 2004, and a fourth meeting
was held October 26–27, 2004. The
Working Group met on March 21–22,
2006, and again on September 12–13,
2006, at which time the group agreed to
establish a task force on general
passenger safety. The full Passenger
Safety Working Group met on April 17–
18, 2007; December 11–12, 2007; and
June 18, 2008. The next meeting is
scheduled for November 13, 2008.
Contact: Charles Bielitz, (202) 493–
6314.
(Emergency Preparedness Task Force)
At the working group meeting on March
9–10, 2005, the working group received
and approved the consensus report of
the Emergency Preparedness Task Force
related to emergency communication,
emergency egress, and rescue access.
These recommendations were presented
to, and approved by, the full RSAC on
May 18, 2005. The working group met
on September 7–8, 2005, and additional,
supplementary recommendations were
presented to, and accepted by, the full
RSAC on October 11, 2005. The Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) was
published on August 24, 2006, and was
open for comment until October 23,
2006. The working group agreed upon
recommendations for the final rule,
including resolution of final comments
received, during its April 17–18, 2007,
meeting. The recommendations were
presented to, and approved by, the full
RSAC on June 26, 2007. The final rule
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regarding passenger train emergency
systems, focusing on emergency
communication, emergency egress, and
rescue access, was published on
February 1, 2008 (73 FR 6370). The task
force met on October 17–18, 2007, and
reached consensus on draft rule text for
a followup NPRM on passenger train
emergency systems, focusing on low
location emergency exit path marking,
emergency lighting, and emergence
signage. The task force presented the
draft rule text to the Passenger Safety
Working Group on December 11–12,
2007, and the consensus draft rule text
was presented to, and approved by, full
RSAC vote during the February 20, 2008
meeting. At its most recent meeting,
which was held May 13–14, 2008, the
task force recommended clarifying the
applicability of backup emergency
communication system requirements in
the February 1, 2008, final rule, and
FRA announced its intention to exercise
limited enforcement discretion for a
new provision amending instruction
requirements for emergency window
exit removal. The working group ratified
these recommendations on June 19,
2008. No additional task force meetings
are currently scheduled. Contact:
Brenda Moscoso, (202) 493–6282.
(Mechanical Task Force) (Completed)
Initial recommendations on mechanical
issues (revisions to Title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part 238)
were approved by the full Committee on
January 26, 2005. At the working group
meeting of September 7–8, 2005, the
task force presented additional
perfecting amendments and the full
RSAC approved them on October 11,
2005. An NPRM was published in the
Federal Register on December 8, 2005
(70 FR 73070). Public comments were
due by February 17, 2006. The final rule
was published in the Federal Register
on October 19, 2006 (71 FR 61835),
effective December 18, 2006.
(Crashworthiness Task Force) Among
its efforts, the Crashworthiness Task
Force provided consensus
recommendations on static-end strength
that were adopted by the working group
on September 7–8, 2005. The full
Committee accepted the
recommendations on October 11, 2005.
The Front-End Strength of Cab Cars and
Multiple-Unit Locomotives NPRM was
published in the Federal Register on
August 1, 2007 (72 FR 42016), with
comments due by October 1, 2007. A
number of comments were entered into
the docket, and FRA is considering each
of them in drafting a final rule. To
demonstrate means of determining
compliance with the crashworthiness
requirements of the rule, FRA scheduled
deformation tests as prescribed in the
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257; Notice No. 48]
Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Announcement of Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC)
Meeting.
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SUMMARY: FRA announces the 36th meeting of the RSAC, a Federal advisory
committee that develops railroad safety regulations through a consensus
process. The RSAC meeting topics will include opening remarks from the
FRA Administrator, and status reports will be provided by the Passenger
Safety, Locomotive Safety Standards, Railroad Bridge, Medical
Standards, Railroad Operating Rules, and Track Safety Standards Working
Groups. There will be a Committee vote on the acceptance of the report
from the Railroad Bridge Working Group and a possible vote on an
expanded task statement for the Track Standards Working Group.
Accident/incident reporting is on the agenda for discussion by the
Committee and there may be a vote on a contingent task statement. This
agenda is subject to change.
DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence on Wednesday,
September 10, 2008, at 9:30 a.m. and will adjourn at 4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The RSAC meeting will be held at the National Housing
Center, 1201 15th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. The meeting is
open to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis, and is
accessible to individuals with disabilities. Sign and oral
interpretation can be made available if requested 10 calendar days
before the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Woolverton, RSAC Administrative
Officer/Coordinator, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Mailstop 25,
Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493-6212; or Grady Cothen, Deputy Associate
Administrator for Safety, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Mailstop
25, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493-6302.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), FRA is giving notice of a
meeting of the RSAC. The RSAC was established to provide advice and
recommendations to FRA on railroad safety matters. The RSAC is composed
of 54 voting representatives from 31 member organizations, representing
various rail industry perspectives. In addition, there are nonvoting
advisory representatives from the agencies with railroad safety
regulatory responsibility in Canada and Mexico, the National
Transportation Safety Board, and the Federal Transit Administration.
The diversity of the Committee ensures the requisite range of views and
expertise necessary to discharge its responsibilities. See the
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RSAC Web site for details on pending tasks at: https://
rsac.fra.dot.gov/. Please refer to the notice published in the Federal
Register on March 11, 1996 (61 FR 9740), for additional information
about the RSAC.
Issued in Washington, DC on August 20, 2008.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. E8-20029 Filed 8-28-08; 8:45 am]
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