[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 17150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8522]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257; Notice No. 30]


Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (``ARSAC'') 
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 Tuesday, May 20, 2003.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC will be held at the Washington 
Plaza, 10 Thomas Circle, NW., Washington, DC 20005, (202) 842-1300. 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 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 (``ARSAC''). The 
meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 4 p.m. on 
Tuesday, May 20, 2003. The meeting of the RSAC will be held at the 
Washington Plaza, 10 Thomas Circle, NW., Washington, DC 20005, (202) 
842-1300. 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 meeting topics will include a final briefing on a draft 
Cab Noise NPRM, if available as a consensus recommendation from the Cab 
Working Conditions Working Group, in anticipation of a forthcoming mail 
ballot. The committee will be asked to accept a task for revision and 
supplementation of Safety Standards for Rail Passenger Service. 
Finally, FRA will introduce to the Committee a requirement concerning a 
new Congressionally-mandated study of the cost and benefits of Positive 
Train Control (PTC) that appears to fall within existing task 
statements (Nos. 97-4 and 97-5); and the Committee will be asked to 
authorize consideration of this issue by the PTC Working Group.
    In addition to these items of business, the Committee will receive 
briefings on the following topics: Security update; hazardous materials 
transportation next steps; development of a new Highway-Rail Crossing/
Action Plan; Transport Canada's programs for highway-rail crossing 
safety and access control; and the Safety Assurance and Compliance 
Program.
    See the RSAC Web site for details on pending tasks at: http://rsac.fra.dot.&fnlgov/. 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 April 3, 2003.
George A. Gavalla,
Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 03-8522 Filed 4-7-03; 8:45 am]
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