[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 57 (Friday, March 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11936-11937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6992]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. RSAC-96-2]


Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of First Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of first meeting of the Railroad Safety Advisory 
Committee (``RSAC'').

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SUMMARY: As required by Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), and 41 CFR 101-6.1015(b), the Federal 
Railroad Administration (FRA) gives emergency notice of the first 
meeting of the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (``RSAC''). The 
purpose of the meeting

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is to address prerequisite organizational issues necessary for full 
operational activity to commence. The RSAC will be briefed on FRA's 
current regulatory agenda, will discuss possible tasks to be assigned, 
and will estimate a timetable for the completion of any tasks accepted.

DATES: The first meeting of the RSAC is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on both 
Monday, April 1, 1996 and Tuesday, April 2, 1996. Decisions with 
respect to future meetings will be made at the first meeting and from 
time to time thereafter. Notice of future meetings will be published in 
the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: The first meeting of the RSAC will be held in Room 2230 of 
the Nassiff Building, U.S. DOT, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20590. The meeting is open to the public on a first-come, first-
served basis and is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Sign 
language interpreters will be available for individuals with hearing 
impediments. Subsequent meetings will be held at locations to be 
announced.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grady Cothen, Deputy Associate 
Administrator for Safety Standards Program Development, FRA, 400 7th 
Street, SW., Washington, D.C. 20590, (202)-366-0897, Lisa Levine, 
Office of Chief Counsel, FRA, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, D.C. 
20590, (202)-366-0621, or Vicky McCulley, FRA, 400 7th Street, SW., 
Washington, D.C. 20590, (202)-366-6569.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), FRA is giving emergency notice 
of the first meeting of the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee 
(``RSAC''). This notice is being published less than fifteen days prior 
to the date of the announced meetings due to recent railroad safety 
exigencies. The meeting is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on both Monday April 
1, 1996 and Tuesday, April 2, 1996 and will be held in Room 2230 of the 
Nassiff Building, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh 
Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590. All times noted are Eastern Time.
    RSAC was established to provide advice and recommendations to the 
FRA on railroad safety matters. The Committee consists of 48 individual 
representatives, drawn from among 27 organizations representing various 
rail industry perspectives, and 2 associate non-voting representatives 
from the agencies with railroad safety regulatory responsibility in 
Canada and Mexico.
    During this first meeting, the RSAC will primarily be concerned 
with the prerequisite organizational issues necessary for full 
operational activity to commence. The RSAC will be briefed on FRA's 
current regulatory agenda, will discuss possible tasks to be assigned, 
and will estimate a timetable for the completion of any tasks accepted. 
Please refer to the notice published in the Federal Register on March 
11, 1996 (61 FR 9740) for more information about the RSAC.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on March 18, 1996.
Jolene M. Molitoris,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-6992 Filed 3-21-96; 8:45 am]
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