[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 87 (Friday, May 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 26604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6787]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257]


Notice No. 39; 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, a discussion panel on lessons learned during the ten 
years RSAC has existed, and the report on the Safety of Remote Control 
Locomotive Operations. Status reports will be given on the Passenger 
Safety, Roadway Worker, Continuous Welded Rail, and Locomotive 
Standards working groups. The Committee will be asked to vote to accept 
a task on railroad security.

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m., 
and conclude at 4 p.m., on Thursday, May 18, 2006.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC will be held at the Wyndham 
Washington, DC, 1400 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005, (202) 493-
1700. 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 Thursday, May 18, 2006. The meeting of the 
RSAC will be held at the Wyndham Washington, DC, 1400 M Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20005, (202) 493-1700. RSAC was established to provide 
advice and recommendations to the FRA on railroad safety matters. 
Currently, 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. The Committee's charter must be renewed by May 17, at which 
time it is anticipated that proposed changes to the membership will be 
approved. The changes include the addition of one voting seat for the 
Transportation Security Administration and five voting seats for 
hazardous materials shippers and manufacturers.
    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 May 1, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
 [FR Doc. E6-6787 Filed 5-4-06; 8:45 am]
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