4904 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 19 / Friday, January 29, 2010 / Notices 

Authority: Pub. L. 91–575, 84 Stat. 1509 et 

seq., 18 CFR parts 806, 807, and 808. 

Dated: January 19, 2010. 

Stephanie L. Richardson, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1782 Filed 1–28–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7040–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2009–61] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

Correction 

In notice document 2010–808 

beginning on page 2925 in the issue of 

Tuesday, January 19, 2010, make the 

following correction: 

On page 2925, in the third column, 

under the DATE: heading, ‘‘August 10, 

2010’’ is corrected to read ‘‘February 8, 

2010’’. 

[FR Doc. C1–2010–808 Filed 1–28–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Notice No. 59; Docket No. FRA–2000–7257] 

Railroad Safety Advisory Committee 

(RSAC); Working Group Activity 

Update 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Announcement of Railroad 

Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) 

Working Group Activities. 

SUMMARY: The FRA is updating its 

announcement of RSAC’s Working 

Group activities to reflect its current 

status. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Woolverton, RSAC Designated 

Federal Officer/Administrative Officer, 

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: This 

notice serves to update FRA’s last 

announcement of working group 

activities and status reports of August 

14, 2009 (74 FR 41181). The 40th full 

RSAC Committee meeting was held 

September 10, 2009, and the 41st 

meeting is scheduled for February 11, 

2010, at the Marriott Washington 

Wardman Park Hotel located at 2660 

Woodley Road, NW., Washington, DC. 

Since its first meeting in April of 

1996, the RSAC has accepted 32 tasks. 

The status for each of the open tasks 

(neither completed nor terminated) is 

provided below: 

Open Tasks 

Task 96–4—Tourist and Historic 

Railroads. Reviewing the 

appropriateness of the agency’s current 

policy regarding the applicability of 

existing and proposed regulations to 

tourist, excursion, scenic, and historic 

railroads. This task was accepted on 

April 2, 1996, and a Working Group was 

established. The Working Group 

monitored the steam locomotive 

regulation task. Planned future activities 

involve the review of other regulations 

for possible adaptation to the safety 

needs of tourist and historic railroads. 

Contact: Grady Cothen, (202) 493–6302. 

Task 03–01—Passenger Safety. This 

task includes updating and enhancing 

the regulations pertaining to passenger 

safety, based on research and 

experience. This task was accepted on 

May 20, 2003, and a Working Group was 

established. Prior to embarking on 

substantive discussions of a specific 

task, the Working Group set forth, in 

writing, a specific description of the 

task. The Working Group reports 

planned activity to the full Committee at 

each scheduled full RSAC meeting, 

including milestones for completion of 

projects and progress toward 

completion. At the first meeting held 

September 9–10, 2003, a consolidated 

list of issues was completed. At the 

second meeting held November 6–7, 

2003, four task groups were established: 

Emergency Preparedness; Mechanical; 

Crashworthiness; and Track/Vehicle 

Interaction. The task forces met and 

reported on activities for Working 

Group consideration at the third 

meeting held May 11–12, 2004, and a 

fourth meeting was held October 26–27, 

2004. The Working Group met on March 

21–22, 2006, and again on September 

12–13, 2006, at which time the group 

agreed to establish a task force on 

General Passenger Safety. The full 

Passenger Safety Working Group met on 

April 17–18, 2007; December 11–12, 

2007; November 13, 2008; and June 8, 

2009. On August 5, 2009, the Working 

Group was requested to establish an 

Engineering Task Force to consider 

technical criteria and procedures for 

qualifying alternative passenger 

equipment designs as equivalent in 

safety to equipment meeting the design 

standards in the Passenger Equipment 

Safety Standards. The next meeting of 

the Working Group is scheduled for the 

February–March 2010 timeframe. 

Contact: Charles Bielitz, (202) 493–6314. 

(Engineering Task Force) The 

Passenger Safety Working Group 

approved a request from the FRA to 

establish an Engineering Task Force 

under the Passenger Safety Working 

Group in August 2009. The mission of 

the Task Force is to produce a set of 

technical evaluation criteria and 

procedures for passenger rail equipment 

built to alternative designs. The 

technical evaluation criteria and 

procedures would provide a means of 

establishing whether an alternative 

design would result in performance at 

least equal to the structural design 

standards set forth in the Passenger 

Equipment Safety Standards (Title 49 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 

238). The initial focus of this effort will 

be on Tier I standards. When completed, 

the criteria and procedures would form 

a technical basis for making 

determinations concerning equivalent 

safety pursuant to 49 CFR Section 

238.201 and provide a technical 

framework for presenting evidence to 

FRA in support of any request for 

waiver of the compressive (buff) 

strength requirement set forth in 49 CFR 

Section 238.203. See, generally, 49 CFR 

Part 211 (Rules of Practice). The criteria 

and procedures could be incorporated 

into Part 238 at a later date after notice 

and opportunity for public comment. 

The Engineering Task Force was formed 

and a kickoff meeting was held on 

September 23–24, 2009. The group met 

again on November 3–4, 2009, and 

January 7–8, 2010. A follow-on meeting 

is scheduled for March 9–10, 2010. 

(Emergency Preparedness Task Force) 

At the Working Group meeting of March 

9–10, 2005, the Working Group received 

and approved the consensus report of 

the Emergency Preparedness Task Force 

related to emergency communication, 

emergency egress, and rescue access. 

These recommendations were presented 

to and approved by the full RSAC 

Committee on May 18, 2005. The 

Working Group met on September 7–8, 

2005, and additional, supplementary 

recommendations were presented to and 

accepted by the full RSAC on October 

11, 2005. The Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM) was published on 

August 24, 2006 (71 FR 50275) and was 

open for comment until October 23, 

2006. The Working Group agreed upon 

recommendations for the final rule, 

including resolution of final comments 

received, during the April 17–18, 2007, 

meeting. The recommendations were 

presented to and approved by the full 

RSAC on June 26, 2007. The Passenger 


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