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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257; Notice No. 55]
Railroad Safety Advisory Committee;
Notice of Meeting
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Announcement of Railroad
Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC)
Meeting.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: FRA announces the fortieth
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 discussion of the
FRA High-Speed Rail Safety Strategy.
Status reports will be provided by the
Locomotive Standards, Passenger
Safety, Track Safety Standards, and
Medical Standards Working Groups.
Status updates will be provided on the
following tasks arising out of the Rail
Safety Improvement Act (RSIA):
Positive Train Control, Passenger Hours
of Service, Railroad Bridge Safety
Management, and Conductor
Certification. The Committee may also
be asked to accept a task regarding
another RSIA-mandated rulemaking
addressing Critical Incident Programs.
This agenda is subject to change,
including the possible addition of
further proposed tasks under the RSIA.
DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is
scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. on
Thursday, September 10, 2009, and will
adjourn by 4:30 p.m.
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The RSAC meeting will be
held at the Washington Marriott Hotel,
located at 1221 22nd Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20037. The meeting is
open to the public on a first-come, firstserved 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 RSAC. RSAC was established to
provide advice and recommendations to
the 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 non-voting 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
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.
ADDRESSES:
Issued in Washington, DC on August 5,
2009.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
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Issued on: August 4, 2009.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy and
Program Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257; Notice No. 55]
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 fortieth 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 discussion of the FRA High-Speed Rail
Safety Strategy. Status reports will be provided by the Locomotive
Standards, Passenger Safety, Track Safety Standards, and Medical
Standards Working Groups. Status updates will be provided on the
following tasks arising out of the Rail Safety Improvement Act (RSIA):
Positive Train Control, Passenger Hours of Service, Railroad Bridge
Safety Management, and Conductor Certification. The Committee may also
be asked to accept a task regarding another RSIA-mandated rulemaking
addressing Critical Incident Programs. This agenda is subject to
change, including the possible addition of further proposed tasks under
the RSIA.
DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. on
Thursday, September 10, 2009, and will adjourn by 4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The RSAC meeting will be held at the Washington Marriott
Hotel, located at 1221 22nd Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037. The
meeting is open to the public on a first-come, first-served 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 RSAC. RSAC was established to provide advice and
recommendations to the 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
non-voting 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 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 5, 2009.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. E9-19084 Filed 8-7-09; 8:45 am]
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