[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 46431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22244]


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AMTRAK REFORM COUNCIL


Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Amtrak Reform Council.

ACTION: Notice of special public business meeting in Los Angeles, CA.

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SUMMARY: As provided in Section 203 of the Amtrak Reform and 
Accountability Act of 1997 (Reform Act), the Amtrak Reform Council 
(Council) gives notice of a special public meeting of the Council. On 
Thursday, September 20, 2001, the Council will hold a Business Meeting 
8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) during which time the 
Council members will discuss general Council business. Immediately 
following the business meeting, also on September 20, 2001 and at the 
same location, the Council will hold a formal Hearing inviting the 
Mountain and West Coast states to testify before the Council regarding 
the issues raised in the Council's Second Annual Report published in 
March 2001. The Hearing will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. PDT.

DATES: The Business Meeting will be held on Thursday, September 20, 
2001, from 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. PDT. The Hearing will also be held on 
Thursday, September 20, 2001, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. PDT. Both 
events are open to the public.

ADDRESSES: Both the Business Meeting and the Hearing will take place in 
the Garden West Room in the Wilshire Grand Hotel, 930 Wilshire 
Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90017. 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, SW, Washington, DC 
20590, or by telephone at (202) 366-0591; FAX: 202-493-2061. For 
information regarding ARC's upcoming events, the agenda for meetings, 
the ARC's Second Annual Report, information about ARC Council Members 
and staff, and much more, you can also visit the Council's website at 
www.amtrakreformcouncil.gov.
    The Council meeting following the Los Angeles meeting will be held 
on Friday, October 12, 2001, in the Atlanta B Room of the Atlanta 
Renaissance Hotel at 590 West Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta, GA 30308. 
The ARC Business Meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. 
(EDT). Following the business meeting, the Council will hold a hearing 
inviting the Southern and East Coast states to testify on issues raised 
in the Council's Second Annual Report published in March 2001. The 
hearing will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (EDT).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ARC was created by the Amtrak Reform and 
Accountability Act of 1997 (Reform Act), 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 Reform Act provides: that the 
Council is to monitor cost savings from work rules established under 
new agreements between Amtrak and its labor unions; that the Council 
submit an annual report to Congress that includes an assessment of 
Amtrak's progress on the resolution of productivity issues; and that, 
after a specified period, the Council has the authority to determine 
whether Amtrak can meet certain financial goals specified under the 
Reform Act and, if it finds that Amtrak cannot, to notify the President 
and the Congress.
    The Reform Act prescribes that the Council is to consist of eleven 
members, including the Secretary of Transportation and ten others 
nominated by the President and the leadership of the Congress. Members 
serve a five-year term.

    Issued in Washington, DC, August 30, 2001.
Thomas A. Till,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 01-22244 Filed 9-4-01; 8:45 am]
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