[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 179 (Friday, September 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 54803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18486]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257; Notice No. 37]


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 include a briefing on the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 
for Users; the National Rail Safety Action Plan; the new precess for 
rail safety oversight; Congressional reports; and the railroad 
industry's response to natural disasters. Status reports will be given 
on the Passenger Safety, Railroad Operating Rules, Roadway Worker, and 
other active working groups. The Committee will be asked to vote on the 
Passenger Safety Working Group (1) Emergency Preparedness 
recommendations for a proposed rescue window access time line, (2) 
Mechanical recommendations and (3) Crashworthiness recommendations for 
the notice of proposed rulemaking.

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m., 
and conclude at 4 p.m., on Tuesday, October 11, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC will be held at the Almas Temple 
Sphinx Grand Ballroom, 1315 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005, (202) 
898-1688. 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: Patricia 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 Tuessday, October 11, 2005. The meeting of 
the RSAC will be held at the Almas Temple Sphinx Grand Ballroom, 1315 K 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005, (202) 898-1688.
    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 the 
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 September 12, 2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 05-18486 Filed 9-15-05; 8:45 am]
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