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committee consensus on a draft for 

Final Review and Comment (FRAC). 

The committee will also consider plans 

for coordination and implementation of 

its recommendation on T-PED spurious 

emissions. Working group sessions are 

on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. 

Plenary Sessions are Wednesday and 

Thursday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is 

hereby given for a Special Committee 

202 Portable Electronic Devices 

meeting. The agenda will include: 

• April 17: 

• Chairmen’s Strategy Session—

MacIntosh-NBAA & Hilton-ATA Rooms 

• Progress and Status Update, Overall 

Review of Plan and Schedule for 

Document Completion, 

recommendations coordination and 

implementation 

• Working Group 5 Kickoff and 

Coordination—MacIntosh-NBAA & 

Hilton-ATA Rooms 

• Working Groups Sessions 

• Working Group 5 Overall DO-YYY 

Document—MacIntosh-NBAA & HiltonATA Rooms 

• Working Group 6: PED Spurious 

Emissions Recommendations—ARINC 

Conference Room 

• Sub Group on PED Statistical 

Analysis and Characterization—Small 

Conference Room 

• Sub Group on IPL Test—Colson 

Board Room 

• Sub Group on Certification 

Aspects—Garmin Room 

• Chairmen’s Strategy Session 

• Coordinate Recommendations to 

Plenary: Plan and Schedule for 

Remaining Committee Work. 

• April 18 and 19: 

• Opening Plenary Session (Welcome 

and Introductory Remarks, Review 

Agenda, Review/Approve previous 

Summary) 

• Results of RTCA PMC Meeting 

March 22, 2007 on revisions to SC–202 

TOR 

• Update from Regulatory Agencies 

(FAA, UK–CAA, Canadian TSB, FCC, or 

others present) 

• Update on EUROCAE Working 

Group WG58 Status 

• Update on CEA activities, including 

the CEA Bulletin-Recommended 

Practice for T–PEDs 

• Overview of Work on DO–YYY 

‘‘Aircraft Design and Certification for 

Portable Electronic Device (PED) 

Tolerance’’

• Update on Aircraft IPL Test 

Methods by WG5 Sub Group 

• Update on Target IPL Values for 

aircraft design by WG5 IPL Sub Group 

• Summary of PED Emissions 

Statistical Characterization by WG5–T–

PED Characterization Sub Group 

• Summary of Certification Aspects 

WG5 Certification Sub Group 

• Working Group 5: Airplane Design 

and Certification Guidance 

• Plan to complete remaining work, 

schedule and process for completion of 

open issues, recommendation to publish 

FRAC draft, identify any risks to 

completing final document at the July 

Plenary and proposed action to mitigate 

that risk 

• Working Group 6: PED Spurious 

Emissions Recommendations 

Coordination 

• Implementation Assessment (joint 

working group with CEA) 

• Schedule and plan for dialog with 

CE manufactures 

• Committee Discussion on Final 

Phase 2 Work Plan and Schedule for 

DO–YYY Document 

• Committee Discussion on Final 

Phase 2 Work Plan and Schedule for 

DO–YYY Document 

• Break-out Session for WG’s 

Required 

• WG5 Overall Document and 

Process—MacIntosh—NBAA & HiltonATA-Rooms 

• WG6 PED Spurious Emissions 

Recommendation—ARINC Conference 

Room 

• Sub Group on PED Statistical 

Analysis and Characterization—Small 

Conference Room 

• Sub Groups on IPL Test—Colson 

Board Room 

• Sub Group on Certification 

Aspect—Garmin Room 

• April 19 

• Chairman’s Day 2 Opening Remarks 

and Process Check 

• Final Overall Working Group 

Report 

• Identification and Plan for Closure 

of Open Issues 

• Remaining work plan and Schedule 

for Completion of DO–YYY 

• Recommendation on publication of 

FRAC draft 

• Working Group 5 Airplane Design 

and Certification Guidance 

recommendation for FRAC 

• Working Group 6 PED Spurious 

Emissions Recommendations (reporting 

on plan for completion of 

recommendations coordination and 

implementation) 

• Plenary Consensus on Plans to: 

• DO–YYY Recommended Guidance 

for Airplane Design and Certification 

ready for FRAC 

• WG6 plan to coordinate and 

implement PED Spurious Emissions 

Recommendations 

• Closing Session (Other Business, 

Date and Place of Upcoming Meetings 

(Nineteenth Plenary at RTCA, July 23–

27, 2007,) 

• Complete Disposition of FRAC 

comments on draft Airplane Design & 

Guidance Recommendation draft 

• Committee consensus to 

recommend publication of DO–YYY 

• CEA/SC–202 Consenses 

Recommendation for implementation of 

SC–202 recommendation 

• Plenary Session Tuesday & 

Thursday, WG Monday, Wednesday, 

Friday 

• Adjourn to Break-out sessions for 

Working Groups if required and time 

permits 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairmen, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 13, 

2007. 

Francisco Estrada C., 

RTCA Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 07–1343 Filed 3–20–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2005–23281, Notice No. 

4] 

Safety of Private Highway-Rail Grade 

Crossings; Notice of Safety Inquiry 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of safety inquiry. 

SUMMARY: On July 27, 2006, FRA 

published a notice announcing its intent 

to conduct a series of open meetings 

throughout the United States, in 

cooperation with appropriate State 

agencies, to consider issues related to 

the safety of private highway-rail grade 

crossings. To date, FRA has conducted 

four meetings and on January 5, 2007, 

FRA published a notice announcing the 

scheduling of an additional meeting to 

be held February 15, 2007, in Syracuse, 

New York. Due to inclement weather, it 

was necessary to reschedule the 

February 15 meeting for April 26, 2007. 

At the meeting, FRA intends to solicit 

oral statements from private crossing 

owners, railroads and other interested 

parties on issues related to the safety of 

private highway-rail grade crossings, 


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which will include, but not be limited 

to, current practices concerning 

responsibility for safety at private grade 

crossings, the adequacy of warning 

devices at private crossings, and the 

relative merits of a more uniform 

approach to improving safety at private 

crossings. FRA has also opened a public 

docket on these issues so that interested 

parties may submit written comments 

for public review and consideration. 

DATES: The fifth public meeting will be 

held in Syracuse, New York on April 26, 

2007, at the Renaissance Syracuse Hotel, 

701 East Genesee Street, Syracuse, New 

York 13210, beginning at 9:30 a.m. 

Persons wishing to participate are 

requested to provide their names, 

organizational affiliation and contact 

information to Michelle Silva, FRA 

Docket Clerk, 1120 Vermont Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 

202–493–6030). Persons needing sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodation for disability 

are also encouraged to contact Ms. Silva 

at the above-referenced telephone 

number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron 

Ries, FRA Office of Safety, 1120 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20590 (telephone: 202–493–6299); 

Miriam Kloeppel, FRA Office of Safety, 

1120 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 202–

493–6299); or Kathryn Shelton, FRA 

Office of Chief Counsel, 1120 Vermont 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20590 

(telephone: 202–493–6038). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

additional information, please see the 

initial notice published July 27, 2006 in 

the Federal Register (71 FR 42713) and 

available at http:// 

a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/ 

01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/ 

2006/pdf/06–6501.pdf. 

Request for Comments 

While FRA solicits discussion and 

comments on all areas of safety at 

private highway-rail grade crossings, we 

particularly encourage comments on the 

following topics: 

• At-grade highway-rail crossings 

present inherent risks to users, 

including the railroad and its employees 

and other persons in the vicinity, 

should a train derail into an occupied 

area or release hazardous materials. 

When passenger trains are involved, the 

risks are heightened. From the 

standpoint of public policy, how do we 

determine whether the creation or 

continuation of a private crossing is 

justified? 

• Is the current assignment of 

responsibility for safety at private 

crossings effective? To what extent do 

risk management practices associated 

with insurance arrangements result in 

‘‘regulation’’ of safety at private 

crossings? 

• How should improvement and/or 

maintenance costs associated with 

private crossings be allocated? 

• Is there a need for alternative 

dispute resolution mechanisms to 

handle disputes that may arise between 

private crossing owners and the 

railroads? 

• Should the State or Federal 

government assume greater 

responsibility for safety at private 

crossings? 

• Should there be nationwide 

standards for warning devices at private 

crossings or for intersection designs of 

new private grade crossings? 

• How do we determine when a 

private crossing has a ‘‘public purpose’’

and is subject to public use? 

• Should some crossings be 

categorized as ‘‘commercial crossings’’

rather than as ‘‘private crossings?’’

• Are there innovative traffic control 

treatments that could improve safety at 

private crossings on major rail corridors, 

including those on which passenger 

service is provided? 

• Should the Department of 

Transportation request the enactment of 

legislation to address private crossings? 

If so, what should it include? 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 15, 

2007. 

Jo Strang, 

Associate Administrator for Safety. 

[FR Doc. E7–5143 Filed 3–20–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[DOT Docket No. NHTSA–06–26554] 

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping 

Requirements 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

proposed collection of information. 

SUMMARY: This notice solicits public 

comment on continuation of the 

requirements for the collection of 

information on safety standards. Before 

a Federal agency can collect certain 

information from the public, it must 

receive approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). Under 

procedures established by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

before seeking approval, Federal 

agencies must solicit public comment 

on proposed collections of information, 

including extensions and reinstatement 

of previously approved collections. 

This document describes a collection 

of information associated with 49 CFR 

Part 574, Tire Identification and 

Recordkeeping. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 20, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the 

docket notice number cited at the 

beginning of this notice and be 

submitted to the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, Att’n: Desk 

Officer for NHTSA, 725 17th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20503. Please 

identify the proposed collection of 

information for which a comment is 

provided, by referencing its OMB 

clearance number. It is requested, but 

not required, that 2 copies of the 

comment be provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Complete copies of each request for 

collection may be obtained from Mr. 

George Soodoo, NVS–122, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 

20590. Mr. Soodoo’s telephone number 

is (202) 366–5274. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

before a proposed collection of 

information is submitted to OMB for 

approval, Federal agencies must first 

publish a document in the Federal 

Register providing a 60-day comment 

period and otherwise consult with 

members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning each proposed 

collection of information. The OMB has 

promulgated regulations describing 

what must be included in such a 

document. Under OMB’s regulation (at 

5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask 

for public comment on the following: 

(i) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(ii) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(iii) How to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(iv) How to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 


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