[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 209 (Friday, October 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67020-67021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27969]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257; Notice No. 67]


Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

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

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

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SUMMARY: FRA announces the forty-fifth 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 
Electronic Device Distraction, Critical Incident, Track Safety 
Standards, Dark Territory, Passenger Safety, and Medical Standards 
Working Groups. This agenda is subject to change, including the 
possible addition of further proposed tasks under the Rail Safety 
Improvement Act of 2008.

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. on 
Thursday, December 8, 2011, and will adjourn by 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The RSAC meeting will be held at the National Housing 
Center, 1201 15th 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: Mr. Larry Woolverton, RSAC Program 
Manager, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Mailstop 25, Washington, DC 
20590, (202) 493-6212; or Mr. Robert Lauby, Deputy Associate 
Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative Operations, FRA, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Mailstop 25, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493-6474.

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

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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 prior RSAC 
activities and 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 October 25, 2011.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-27969 Filed 10-27-11; 8:45 am]
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