[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 250 (Thursday, December 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 78521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28560]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257; Notice No. 35]


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 remote control 
locomotives, the Foster-Miller, Inc., study on medical standards for 
safety-critical railroad employees, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe 
Railway's positive train control project (Electronic Train Management 
System), the status of the proposed rule on Performance Standards for 
Processor-Based Signal and Train Control Systems, issues concerning the 
maintenance of the highway-rail grade crossing inventory, the report on 
review of the Railroad Safety Board process, and a railroad security 
update. Status reports will be given on the Event Recorder Working 
Group, and other active working groups. The Committee will be asked to 
vote on the Passenger Safety Working Group's mechanical recommendations 
for amendments to existing regulations, and the Committee may be asked 
to accept a new task relating to review of the Roadway Worker 
Protection regulations.

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m., 
and conclude at 4 p.m., on Wednesday, January 26, 2005.

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, Acting Associate Administrator for Safety, 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, January 26, 2005. 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 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/. 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 December 23, 2004.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 04-28560 Filed 12-29-04; 8:45 am]
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