[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 223 (Friday, November 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 69603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29421]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. RSAC-96-1, Notice No. 23]


Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of 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 meeting will address a wide range of topics, including 
possible adoption of specific recommendations for regulatory action.

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. 
and conclude at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 7, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC will be held at the Wyndham 
Washington, DC Hotel in the Vista Ballroom, 1400 M Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20005, (202) 429-1700. 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: Trish Paolella, or Lydia Leeds, RSAC 
Coordinators, FRA, 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW, Stop 25, Washington, DC 
20590, (202) 493-6212/6213 or Grady Cothen, Deputy Associate 
Administrator for Safety Standards and Program Development, FRA, 1120 
Vermont Avenue, NW, Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493-6302.

SUPPLEMENTAL 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 Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (``RSAC''). The 
meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 3:30 p.m. on 
Thursday, December 7, 2000. The meeting of the RSAC will be held at the 
Wyndham Hotel in the Vista Ballroom, 1400 M Street, NW, Washington, DC, 
20005 (202) 429-1700. All times noted are Eastern Standard Time.
    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 Federal 
Transit Administration also participate in an advisory capacity.
    The RSAC will be briefed on the current status of activities of 
RSAC working groups and task forces responsible for carrying out tasks 
the RSAC has accepted involving blue signal protection, cab working 
conditions, and the definition of reportable ``train accident.''
    There will be discussion about the possible tasking of the Training 
and Qualification of Safety Critical personnel and a briefing on the 
status of the North American Joint Positive Train Control Project. 
Also, if the draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Cab Working 
Conditions is approved by the Working Group, the full committee may be 
requested to consider recommendations for FRA action on that issue. The 
committee may also be asked to consent to mail balloting with respect 
to future recommendations of the Locomotive Crashworthiness Working 
Group, following an update on the group's activities.
    Informational status briefings concerning the Switching Operations 
Fatality Analysis task force efforts, the Grade Crossing Technical 
Working Group, the American Public Transportation Association's 
Passenger Rail Equipment Safety Standards and the Harriman Awards will 
be presented.
    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 November 13, 2000.
George Gavalla,
Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 00-29421 Filed 11-16-00; 8:45 am]
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