[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 21 (Thursday, February 1, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4766-4767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1608]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257]


Notice No. 41; 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, presentations on National Transportation Safety Board 
recommendations, Transportation Security Administration rulemakings and 
advisories, hazardous materials rulemakings, hazardous materials 
safety/security routing, tank car issues, and the private crossing 
safety inquiry. Status reports will be given on the Medical Standards, 
Passenger Safety, Roadway Worker Safety, Continuous Welded Rail, and 
Locomotive Safety Standards working groups. The Committee may possibly 
be asked to vote on recommendations on railroad operating rules and to 
amend the Continuous Welded Rail task to permit consideration of 
additional issues related to amendment of the Track Safety Standards. 
This agenda is subject to change.

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m., 
and conclude at 4 p.m., on Thursday, February 22, 2007.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC will be held at the National Housing 
Center, 1177 15th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. 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-

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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, February 22, 2007. The meeting of 
the RSAC will be held at the National Housing Center, 1177 15th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20005.
    RSAC was established to provide advice and recommendations to the 
FRA on railroad safety matters. The RSAC is composed of 54 voting 
representatives from 31 member organizations, representing various rail 
industry perspectives. In addition, there are non-voting advisory 
representatives from the agencies with railroad safety regulatory 
responsibility in Canada and Mexico, the National Transportation Safety 
Board, and the Federal Transit Administration. The diversity of the 
Committee ensures the requisite range of views and expertise necessary 
to discharge its responsibilities.
    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 26, 2007.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. E7-1608 Filed 1-31-07; 8:45 am]
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