[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 165 (Thursday, August 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51640-51641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21677]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. RSAC-96-1, Notice No. 22]


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.

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SUMMARY: FRA announces the next meeting of the RSAC, a Federal Advisory 
Committee that develops railroad safety regulations through a consensus 
process. The meeting will address a wide range of topics, including 
possible adoption of specific recommendations for regulatory action.

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. 
and conclude at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 14, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC will be held at the Association of 
American Railroads' Conference Center, 50 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 
20001, (202) 639-2565. 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: Trish Paolella, RSAC Coordinator, FRA, 
1120 Vermont Avenue, NW, Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493-6212 
or Grady Cothen, Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards 
and Program Development, FRA, 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW, Stop 25, 
Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493-6302.

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 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 3:30 p.m. on 
Thursday, September 14, 2000. The meeting of the RSAC will be held at 
the Association of American Railroads' Conference Center, 50 F Street, 
NW Washington, DC, (202) 639-2565. 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 29 organizations representing various 
rail industry perspectives, and 2 associate non-voting representatives 
from the agencies with railroad safety regulatory responsibility in 
Canada and Mexico. Staff of the National Transportation Safety Board 
and Federal Transit Administration also participate in an advisory 
capacity.
    The RSAC will be briefed on the current status of activities of 
RSAC working groups and task forces responsible for carrying out tasks 
the RSAC has accepted involving blue signal protection, event 
recorders, the definition of reportable ``train accident'', roadway 
maintenance equipment safety standards, and incorporation of a 
provision for gage restraint measurement within the Track Safety 
Standards.
    There will be discussion about the possible tasking of the Training 
and Qualification of Safety Critical personnel and a vote to approve 
the Draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Standards for 
Processor Based Signal and Train Control Systems. Also, if the draft 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Cab Working Conditions is approved by 
the Working Group, the full committee may be requested to consider 
recommendations for FRA action on that issue.

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    Informational status briefings concerning the Switching Operations 
Fatality Analysis task force efforts and the Grade Crossing Technical 
Working Group will be presented.
    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, DC on August 18, 2000.
George Gavalla,
Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 00-21677 Filed 8-23-00; 8:45 am]
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