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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257, Notice No. 93]
Railroad Safety Advisory Committee;
Notice of Meeting
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
FRA announces the sixtyfourth meeting of the Railroad Safety
Advisory Committee (RSAC), a Federal
Advisory Committee that provides
advice and recommendations to FRA on
railroad safety matters through a
consensus process. This special meeting
of the RSAC will focus on the events
related to the February 3, 2023 freight
train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio,
and include a discussion of potential
related safety improvements and
possible RSAC tasks and actions.
DATES: The RSAC meeting is scheduled
for Monday, March 27, 2023. The
meeting will commence at 9:30 a.m. and
will adjourn by 4:30 p.m. (all times
Eastern Daylight Time). Requests to
submit written materials to be reviewed
during the meeting must be received by
March 17, 2023. Requests for
accommodations because of a disability
must be received by March 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: The RSAC meeting will be
held at the National Association of
Home Builders, located at 1201 15th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20005. A
final agenda will be posted on the RSAC
internet website at https://
rsac.fra.dot.gov/ at least one week in
advance of the meeting. Please see the
RSAC website for additional
information on the committee at https://
rsac.fra.dot.gov/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenton Kilgore, RSAC Designated
Federal Officer/RSAC Coordinator, FRA
Office of Railroad Safety, (202) 365–
3724 or kenton.kilgore@dot.gov. Any
committee-related request should be
sent to Mr. Kilgore.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
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Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463), FRA is giving notice of a meeting
of the RSAC. The RSAC is composed of
51 voting representatives from 26
member organizations, representing
various rail industry perspectives. The
diversity of the Committee ensures the
requisite range of views and expertise
necessary to discharge its
responsibilities.
Public Participation: The meeting is
open to the public. Attendance is on a
first-come, first served basis, and is
accessible to individuals with
disabilities. DOT and FRA are
committed to providing equal access to
this meeting for all participants. If you
need alternative formats or services
because of a disability, please contact
Mr. Kenton Kilgore as listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
and submit your request by March 17,
2023. Any member of the public may
submit a written statement to the
committee at any time. If a member of
the public wants the submit written
materials to be reviewed by the
committee during the meeting, it must
be received by March 17, 2023.
Agenda Summary: This special
meeting of the RSAC will focus on the
events leading up to, during, and
following the February 3, 2023 Norfolk
Southern Railway Co. freight train
derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, as
well as suggested safety improvements,
and possible RSAC tasks and actions. A
detailed agenda for the meeting will be
posted on the RSAC internet website at
least one week in advance of the
meeting. Copies of the minutes of past
meetings, along with general
information about the committee, are
also available on the RSAC internet
website at https://rsac.fra.dot.gov/.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Amitabha Bose,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Notice of Updated Civil Penalty
Schedules and Guidelines
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
FRA is issuing this notice to
advise all interested stakeholders that it
has issued, and made available on its
website, updated civil penalty
schedules and guidelines (Schedules) to
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account for inflation. This notice
explains FRA’s increase to its guideline
rail safety civil penalty amounts. This
notice also announces FRA’s intent to
adjust the civil penalty amounts line-byline on an annual basis for inflation,
after this adjustment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Veronica Chittim, Senior Attorney,
Office of the Chief Counsel, telephone:
202–480–3410, email: veronica.chittim@
dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
FRA is authorized as the delegate of
the Secretary of Transportation to
enforce the Federal railroad safety and
hazardous materials transportation
statutes, regulations, and orders,
including the civil penalty provisions
codified primarily at 49 U.S.C. chs. 51
and 213.1 FRA currently has safety
regulations in 36 parts of the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) that contain
provisions establishing the agency’s
authority to impose civil penalties if a
person 2 violates any requirement in the
pertinent portion of a statute, regulation,
or order. Out of those 36 CFR parts, 32
contain civil penalty Schedules
constituting a statement of agency
policy. These Schedules were
historically issued as an appendix to the
relevant part of the CFR. In 2019, FRA
relocated the existing Schedules from
the CFR to FRA’s website (https://
railroads.dot.gov/legislationregulations/civil-penalties-schedulesguidelines).3 Since 2019, FRA has
incorporated updates to the Schedules
to account for regulatory changes, to
reflect updated minimum and
maximum statutory civil monetary
penalty (CMP) amounts, and to add
Schedules for FRA regulations (i.e., 49
CFR parts 271 and 299).
FRA last published comprehensive,
line-by-line revisions to the Schedules
of its safety regulations in 1988.4 The
revisions reflected the higher maximum
penalty amounts the Rail Safety
Improvement Act of 1988 (RSIA of
1988) established.5 With the exception
of the penalties relating to the hours of
service laws (49 U.S.C. ch. 211),6 RSIA
1 49 U.S.C. 103 and 49 CFR 1.89; 49 U.S.C. chs.
51, 201–213.
2 49 CFR 209.3.
3 84 FR 23730 (May 23, 2019).
4 53 FR 52918 (Dec. 29, 1988).
5 Pub. L. 100–342.
6 The Rail Safety Enforcement and Review Act
(RSERA) (Pub. L. 102–365, Sept. 3, 1992), increased
the maximum penalty for a violation of the hours
of service laws, from $1,000 to $10,000, and in
some cases to $20,000, making these penalty
amounts consistent with those of FRA’s other
regulatory provisions. RSERA also increased the
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257, Notice No. 93]
Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: FRA announces the sixty-fourth meeting of the Railroad Safety
Advisory Committee (RSAC), a Federal Advisory Committee that provides
advice and recommendations to FRA on railroad safety matters through a
consensus process. This special meeting of the RSAC will focus on the
events related to the February 3, 2023 freight train derailment in East
Palestine, Ohio, and include a discussion of potential related safety
improvements and possible RSAC tasks and actions.
DATES: The RSAC meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 27, 2023. The
meeting will commence at 9:30 a.m. and will adjourn by 4:30 p.m. (all
times Eastern Daylight Time). Requests to submit written materials to
be reviewed during the meeting must be received by March 17, 2023.
Requests for accommodations because of a disability must be received by
March 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: The RSAC meeting will be held at the National Association of
Home Builders, located at 1201 15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005. A
final agenda will be posted on the RSAC internet website at https://rsac.fra.dot.gov/ at least one week in advance of the meeting. Please
see the RSAC website for additional information on the committee at
https://rsac.fra.dot.gov/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenton Kilgore, RSAC Designated
Federal Officer/RSAC Coordinator, FRA Office of Railroad Safety, (202)
365-3724 or [email protected]. Any committee-related request
should be sent to Mr. Kilgore.
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 is composed of 51 voting representatives
from 26 member organizations, representing various rail industry
perspectives. The diversity of the Committee ensures the requisite
range of views and expertise necessary to discharge its
responsibilities.
Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. Attendance
is on a first-come, first served basis, and is accessible to
individuals with disabilities. DOT and FRA are committed to providing
equal access to this meeting for all participants. If you need
alternative formats or services because of a disability, please contact
Mr. Kenton Kilgore as listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section and submit your request by March 17, 2023. Any member of the
public may submit a written statement to the committee at any time. If
a member of the public wants the submit written materials to be
reviewed by the committee during the meeting, it must be received by
March 17, 2023.
Agenda Summary: This special meeting of the RSAC will focus on the
events leading up to, during, and following the February 3, 2023
Norfolk Southern Railway Co. freight train derailment in East
Palestine, Ohio, as well as suggested safety improvements, and possible
RSAC tasks and actions. A detailed agenda for the meeting will be
posted on the RSAC internet website at least one week in advance of the
meeting. Copies of the minutes of past meetings, along with general
information about the committee, are also available on the RSAC
internet website at https://rsac.fra.dot.gov/.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Amitabha Bose,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2023-04914 Filed 3-9-23; 8:45 am]
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