[Federal Register: September 16, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 179)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257; Notice No. 37]


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 a briefing on the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy
for Users; the National Rail Safety Action Plan; the new precess for
rail safety oversight; Congressional reports; and the railroad
industry's response to natural disasters. Status reports will be given
on the Passenger Safety, Railroad Operating Rules, Roadway Worker, and
other active working groups. The Committee will be asked to vote on the
Passenger Safety Working Group (1) Emergency Preparedness
recommendations for a proposed rescue window access time line, (2)
Mechanical recommendations and (3) Crashworthiness recommendations for
the notice of proposed rulemaking.

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m.,
and conclude at 4 p.m., on Tuesday, October 11, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC will be held at the Almas Temple
Sphinx Grand Ballroom, 1315 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005, (202)
898-1688. 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 Tuessday, October 11, 2005. The meeting of
the RSAC will be held at the Almas Temple Sphinx Grand Ballroom, 1315 K
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005, (202) 898-1688.
    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 September 12, 2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. 05-18486 Filed 9-15-05; 8:45 am]

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