[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 13937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6415]


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AMTRAK REFORM COUNCIL


Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Amtrak Reform Council.

ACTION: Notice of Special Public Outreach Hearing for the Mountain 
States and a Public Business Meeting.

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SUMMARY: As provided in Section 203 of the Amtrak Reform and 
Accountability Act of 1997, the Amtrak Reform Council (ARC) gives 
notice of a special public outreach meeting of the Council with 
representatives from the Mountain States. At the Outreach Hearing, the 
Council has invited, among others, representatives from the states of 
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North 
Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming, and from Amtrak as well, to discuss all 
aspects of current and future intercity railroad passenger service. The 
Mountain States are served almost exclusively by the long-haul trains 
that Amtrak operates from the Midwest and Southeast Regions to the West 
Coast.

DATES: The Special Public Outreach Hearing will be held on Thursday, 
March 30, 2000 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and the Business Meeting 
will be held on Friday, March 31, 2000 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 
Both the Hearing and Business Meeting are opened to the general public.

ADDRESSES: Both the Outreach Hearing and Business Meeting will take 
place at the University of Denver, 2nd Floor-Ballroom, Driscoll Center, 
2300 S. York Street, Denver, Colorado 80208. (The Driscoll Center is 
located North of the campus.) Persons in need of special arrangements 
should contact the person listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deirdre O'Sullivan, Amtrak Reform 
Council, Room 7105, JM-ARC, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC 
20590, or by telephone at (202) 366-0591; FAX: 202-493-2061. You can 
also visit the ARC's website at www.amtrakreformcouncil.gov, for 
information regarding ARC's upcoming events, the agenda for upcoming 
events, the ARC's First Annual Report, information about the ARC Staff 
and the Council Members and much more.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ARC was created by the Amtrak Reform and 
Accountability Act of 1997 (ARAA), as an independent commission, to 
evaluate Amtrak's performance and to make recommendations to Amtrak for 
achieving further cost containment, productivity improvements, and 
financial reforms. In addition, the ARAA requires that the ARC monitor 
cost savings resulting from work rules established under new agreements 
between Amtrak and its labor unions; that the ARC provide an annual 
report to Congress that includes an assessment of Amtrak's progress on 
the resolution of productivity issues; and that, after two years, the 
ARC has the authority to determine whether Amtrak can meet certain 
financial goals specified under the ARAA and, if not, to notify the 
President and the Congress.
    The ARAA provides that the ARC consist of eleven members, including 
the Secretary of Transportation and ten others nominated by the 
President and Congressional leaders. Each member is to serve a five-
year term.

    Issued in Washington, DC, March 10, 2000.
Thomas A. Till,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 00-6415 Filed 3-14-00; 8:45 am]
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