[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 12 (Thursday, January 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2504-2505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1255]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257; Notice No. 27]


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 4 p.m. on Wednesday, February 13, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC will be held at the Almas Temple 
Club in the Grand Ballroom, 1315 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005, 
(202) 898-1688. 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

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can be made available if requested 10 calendar days before the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Trish Butera, or Lydia Leeds, RSAC 
Coordinators, FRA, 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW, Stop 25, Washington, DC 
20590, (202) 493-6212/6213 or Grady Cothen, Deputy Associate 
Administrator for Safety Standards and Program Development, FRA, 1120 
Vermont Avenue, NW, Mailstop 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 4 p.m. on 
Wednesday, February 13, 2002. The meeting of the RSAC will be held at 
the Almas Temple Club, 1315 K Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20005, (202) 
898-1688. 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 
voting representatives and five associate representatives drawn from 
among 32 organizations representing various rail industry perspectives, 
two associate representatives from the agencies with railroad safety 
regulatory responsibility in Canada and Mexico and other diverse 
groups. Staffs of the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal 
Transit Administration also participate in an advisory capacity.
    The RSAC will receive greetings and a charge from the new FRA 
Administrator. The morning session will be dedicated to a discussion of 
security of railroad passenger and freight operations. Status briefings 
will be held on Locomotive Cab Working Conditions (full RSAC ballot 
votes on the NPRM completed by December 10th, 2001), Accident/Incident 
Reporting, Crashworthiness, Event Recorders and other Working Group 
activities. The Committee may be requested to act upon recommendations 
of the Accident Reports Working Group regarding estimation of railroad 
property damages (RSAC Task 97-7) and recommendations of the Positive 
Train Control Working Group for resolution of comments on the proposed 
rule for Processor-Based Signal and Train Control Systems (RSAC Task 
97-6). The RSAC will also discuss implications of the use of 
prescription and over-the-counter medications by safety-sensitive 
employees, and a briefing on safety initiatives directed a highway-rail 
grade crossings will be held in the afternoon.
    See the RSAC Web site for details on pending tasks at: http: //
rsac.fra.dot.gov/. 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 January 11, 2002.
George A. Gavalla,
Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 02-1255 Filed 1-16-02; 8:45 am]
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