[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 226 (Friday, November 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70695-70696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27672]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257; Notice No. 49]


Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

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ACTION: Announcement of Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) 
Meeting.

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SUMMARY: FRA announces the thirty-seventh meeting of the RSAC, a 
Federal advisory committee that develops railroad safety regulations 
through a consensus process. The RSAC meeting topics will include 
opening remarks from the FRA Administrator, and status reports will be 
provided by the Passenger Safety, Locomotive Safety Standards, Railroad 
Bridge Safety, Medical Standards, Railroad Operating Rules, and Track 
Safety Standards Working Groups. FRA may offer several tasks pertaining 
to the mandates contained in the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008. 
Subjects to be addressed by these tasks include hours of service 
recordkeeping and reporting, implementing regulations for Positive 
Train Control systems, hours of service limitations and fatigue 
management for employees of intercity and commuter passenger railroads, 
certification of conductors, and potentially other topics. This agenda 
is subject to change.

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. 
and will adjourn by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2008.

ADDRESSES: The RSAC meeting will be held at the Marriott Hotel at Metro 
Center, 775 12th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. The meeting is open 
to the public on a first-come, first-served 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: Larry Woolverton, RSAC Administrative 
Officer/Coordinator, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Mailstop 25, 
Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493-6212; or Grady Cothen, Deputy Associate 
Administrator for Safety, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 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 RSAC was established to provide advice and 
recommendations to 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 additional information about the RSAC.

    Issued in Washington, DC on November 14, 2008.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
 [FR Doc. E8-27672 Filed 11-20-08; 8:45 am]
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