[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 10606-10607] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-5738] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration [Docket No. RSAC-96-1, Notice No. 4] Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice of Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (``RSAC'') meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 notice of a meeting of the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (``RSAC'). The meeting is designed to accomplish several things: (1) The RSAC's evaluation for consensus approval of the Railroad Communications working group's proposal for the revision of the railroad communications standards contained in 49 CFR part 220; (2) the RSAC's receipt of status reports, containing progress information, from the Power Brake working group (to revise the power brake regulations contained in 49 CFR part 232), the Locomotive Engineer Certification working group (to revise the locomotive engineer certification regulations contained in 49 CFR part 240), and the Tourist and Historic Railroads working group's Steam Standards task force (to revise the steam locomotive inspection and testing standards contained in 49 CFR part 230); (3) the RSAC's receipt of status reports from the locomotive crew safety planning group (to evaluate the agency's report to Congress on locomotive crashworthiness and crew working conditions and to assess possible future action); (4) the RSAC's receipt of status reports on several issues which are not currently tasked to the RSAC, but which are in exploratory data gathering stages: (a) the dispatcher training task force; (b) the track motor vehicles and self-propelled roadway equipment task force; (c) AAR Event recorder data survivability progress; and (d) the address of several administrative matters before the RSAC. DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, March 24. ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC will be held at the Westin Hotel, formerly the Washington Vista Hotel, 1400 M. Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vicky McCully, FRA, 400 7th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20590, (202) 632-3330, Grady Cothen, Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program Development, FRA, 400 7th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590, (202) 632-3309, or Lisa Levine, Office of Chief Counsel, FRA, 400 7th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590, (202) 632-3189. 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 Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (``RSAC'). The meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, March 24, 1997. The meeting will be held at the Westin Hotel, formerly the Washington Vista Hotel, 1400 M. Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. All times noted are Eastern Standard 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 meeting, the RSAC will be considering, for consensus approval, the Railroad Communications working group's proposal for the revision of the railroad communications standards contained in 49 CFR part 220. The Committee will also be receiving status reports, containing progress [[Page 10607]] information, from the Power Brake working group (to revise the power brake regulations contained in 49 CFR part 232), the Locomotive Engineer Certification working group (to revise the locomotive engineer certification regulations contained in 49 CFR Part 240), and the Tourist and Historic Railroads working group's Steam Standards task force (to revise the steam locomotive inspection and testing standards contained in 49 CFR part 230). The RSAC will also be receiving a report from the locomotive crew safety planning group (evaluating the agency's report to Congress on locomotive crashworthiness and crew working conditions and to assess possible future action). Finally, the agency will engage in exploratory discussion with the RSAC regarding the following issues, which may be tasked to the RSAC in the future: (1) The dispatcher training task force; (2) the track motor vehicles and self-propelled roadway equipment task force; and (3) AAR Event recorder data survivability progress; and (4) the address of several administrative matters before the RSAC. 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 4, 1997. Bruce Fine, Associate Administrator for Safety. [FR Doc. 97-5738 Filed 3-6-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-06-P