Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting, 68751 [2014-27252]
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12, 2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director of Technical Oversight.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257, Notice No. 78]
Railroad Safety Advisory Committee;
Notice of Meeting
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Announcement of Railroad
Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC)
Meeting.
AGENCY:
FRA announces the fiftysecond 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 Tourist
and Historic, Recording Devices, and
Rail Integrity Working Groups. A status
report will also be provided by the
Engineering Task Force. FRA will
propose a new task for committee
consideration regarding remotely
controlled locomotives. This agenda is
subject to change, including the possible
addition of further proposed tasks.
DATES: The RSAC meeting is scheduled
to commence at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday,
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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-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:
Kenton Kilgore, Acting RSAC
Administrative Officer/Coordinator,
FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Mailstop 25, Washington, DC 20590,
(202) 493–6286; or Jamie Rennert,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Regulatory and Legislative Operations,
Office of Railroad Safety, FRA, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Mailstop 25,
Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–6474.
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 62 voting
representatives from 36 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 prior
RSAC activities and 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 November
12, 2014.
Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety/
Chief Safety Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–1999–6253]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Part 211 of Title
49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
this document provides the public
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notice that the Utah Transit Authority
(UTA) has petitioned the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) for a
waiver of compliance from certain
provisions of the Federal railroad safety
regulations. FRA assigned the petition
Docket Number FRA–1999–6253.
UTA, operator of the TRAX light rail
system in Salt Lake City, UT, seeks an
extension/partial modification of the
current terms and conditions of its
current Shared Use waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of
Title 49. The TRAX system is operated
with temporal separation on track
owned by UTA and shared partially
with Utah Railway Company and
Savage Bingham & Garfield Railroad
Company freight trains dispatched by
UTA. Safety oversight of UTA is the
responsibility of the Federal Transit
Administration via the Utah Department
of Transportation as prescribed in 49
CFR Part 659. UTA was granted the
original Shared Use waiver by the FRA
Railroad Safety Board on August 19,
1999, for the North-South Line; the
waiver was modified on March 25,
2011, to include a portion of the MidJordan extension with its additional
new Siemens S70 rolling stock. With
this request, UTA is modifying the
limits of Shared Use of the North-South
Line to reflect the cessation of freight
service south of 6100 South as part of
the new transit-exclusive Draper
Extension to the North-South Line.
Noting these various operational and
infrastructure changes occurring on the
TRAX system over the last several years,
and the associated modifications to the
regulatory relief granted by FRA, UTA is
requesting that FRA extend the
regulatory relief granted to date related
to the TRAX system (inclusive of NorthSouth and Bingham Extension portions
that feature nightly freight service and
thus a connection with the general
railroad system) and coordinate that
relief so that all such waivers will
expire at the same time—5 years from
the date of FRA’s decision letter. UTA
submits that the extension and
modifications of the waiver sought are
in the public interest and consistent
with railroad safety because UTA will
adopt specific policies and procedures
that will provide a level of safety
equivalent to that provided by full
compliance with FRA regulations. UTA
submits that this request is consistent
with the waiver process for Shared Use.
See Statement of Agency Policy
Concerning Jurisdiction Over the Safety
of Railroad Passenger Operations and
Waivers Related to Shared Use of the
Tracks of the General Railroad System
by Light Rail and Conventional
Equipment, 65 FR 42529 (July 10, 2000);
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257, Notice No. 78]
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 fifty-second 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
Tourist and Historic, Recording Devices, and Rail Integrity Working
Groups. A status report will also be provided by the Engineering Task
Force. FRA will propose a new task for committee consideration
regarding remotely controlled locomotives. This agenda is subject to
change, including the possible addition of further proposed tasks.
DATES: The RSAC meeting is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. on
Thursday, December 4, 2014, and will adjourn by 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-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: Kenton Kilgore, Acting RSAC
Administrative Officer/Coordinator, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Mailstop 25, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493-6286; or Jamie Rennert,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative
Operations, Office of Railroad Safety, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Mailstop 25, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493-6474.
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 62 voting representatives from 36 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 prior RSAC activities and 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 November 12, 2014.
Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety/Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-27252 Filed 11-17-14; 8:45 am]
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