[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 167 (Monday, August 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 52957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19740]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257; Notice No. 34]


Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of the 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 RSAC meeting topics will include cross border issues with 
Mexico and Canada, general discussion of roadway worker protection, 
ninety-two day locomotive inspections, cell phone use on trains, update 
on the Collision Analysis Working Group, railroad security, and recent 
safety advisories. Status reports will be given on the Passenger Safety 
Working Group and other active working groups.

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m., 
and conclude at 4 p.m., on Wednesday, September 22, 2004.

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-serve 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, 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., 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 RSAC. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m., 
and conclude at 4 p.m., on Wednesday, September 22, 2004. 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 
Daylight Savings 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 30 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.
    See the RSAC Web site for details on pending tasks at: http://rsac.fra.dot.gov/ 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 August 24, 2004.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 04-19740 Filed 8-27-04; 8:45 am]
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