[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 4196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-859]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257; Notice No. 38]


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 opening remarks from the FRA 
Administrator, an update on the National Rail Safety Action Plan, a 
discussion of track issues, hazardous material non-accident releases, a 
rail security update, and the Collision Analysis Study (concluding work 
previously undertaken by the Collision Analysis Working Group). Status 
reports will be given on the Passenger Safety, Railroad Operating 
Rules, and Roadway Worker Safety working groups. The report of the 
Railroad Operating Rules Working Group is expected to be its final 
report on preparation of a notice of proposed rulemaking to address 
three principal causes of human factor train accidents, and the 
Committee may be asked to vote on the recommendations contained in that 
report if available sufficiently in advance of the meeting. The 
Committee will be asked to vote to accept a task to review and revise 
the Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards, and FRA may offer a task 
regarding improvement of the Track Safety Standards (including 
resolution of issues raised in comments under the interim final rule on 
joint integrity in continuous welded rail).

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m., 
and conclude at 4 p.m., on Wednesday, February 22, 2006.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC will be held at the Washington 
Plaza, 10 Thomas Circle, NW., Washington, DC 20005, (at Massachusetts 
Avenue and 14th Street), (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: 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 Wednesday, February 22, 2006. The meeting of 
the RSAC will be held at the Washington Plaza, 10 Thomas Circle, NW., 
Washington, DC 20005, (at Massachusetts Avenue and 14th Street), (202) 
842-1300. 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 January 17, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E6-859 Filed 1-24-06; 8:45 am]
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