[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10606-10607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5738]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. RSAC-96-1, Notice No. 4]


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: As required by Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), and 41 CFR 101-6.1015(b), the Federal 
Railroad Administration (FRA) gives notice of a meeting of the Railroad 
Safety Advisory Committee (``RSAC'). The meeting is designed to 
accomplish several things: (1) The RSAC's evaluation for consensus 
approval of the Railroad Communications working group's proposal for 
the revision of the railroad communications standards contained in 49 
CFR part 220; (2) the RSAC's receipt of status reports, containing 
progress information, from the Power Brake working group (to revise the 
power brake regulations contained in 49 CFR part 232), the Locomotive 
Engineer Certification working group (to revise the locomotive engineer 
certification regulations contained in 49 CFR part 240), and the 
Tourist and Historic Railroads working group's Steam Standards task 
force (to revise the steam locomotive inspection and testing standards 
contained in 49 CFR part 230); (3) the RSAC's receipt of status reports 
from the locomotive crew safety planning group (to evaluate the 
agency's report to Congress on locomotive crashworthiness and crew 
working conditions and to assess possible future action); (4) the 
RSAC's receipt of status reports on several issues which are not 
currently tasked to the RSAC, but which are in exploratory data 
gathering stages: (a) the dispatcher training task force; (b) the track 
motor vehicles and self-propelled roadway equipment task force; (c) AAR 
Event recorder data survivability progress; and (d) the address of 
several administrative matters before the RSAC.

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 8:30 a.m. 
and conclude at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, March 24.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC will be held at the Westin Hotel, 
formerly the Washington Vista Hotel, 1400 M. Street, N.W., Washington, 
D.C. The meeting is open to the public on a first-come, first-served 
basis and is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Sign language 
interpreters will be available for individuals with hearing 
impediments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vicky McCully, FRA, 400 7th Street, 
S.W. Washington, D.C. 20590, (202) 632-3330, Grady Cothen, Deputy 
Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program Development, 
FRA, 400 7th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590, (202) 632-3309, or 
Lisa Levine, Office of Chief Counsel, FRA, 400 7th Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20590, (202) 632-3189.

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 Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (``RSAC'). The 
meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 5:00 p.m. on 
Monday, March 24, 1997. The meeting will be held at the Westin Hotel, 
formerly the Washington Vista Hotel, 1400 M. Street, N.W., Washington, 
D.C. 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 
representatives, drawn from among 27 organizations representing various 
rail industry perspectives, and 2 associate non-voting representatives 
from the agencies with railroad safety regulatory responsibility in 
Canada and Mexico.
    During this meeting, the RSAC will be considering, for consensus 
approval, the Railroad Communications working group's proposal for the 
revision of the railroad communications standards contained in 49 CFR 
part 220. The Committee will also be receiving status reports, 
containing progress

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information, from the Power Brake working group (to revise the power 
brake regulations contained in 49 CFR part 232), the Locomotive 
Engineer Certification working group (to revise the locomotive engineer 
certification regulations contained in 49 CFR Part 240), and the 
Tourist and Historic Railroads working group's Steam Standards task 
force (to revise the steam locomotive inspection and testing standards 
contained in 49 CFR part 230). The RSAC will also be receiving a report 
from the locomotive crew safety planning group (evaluating the agency's 
report to Congress on locomotive crashworthiness and crew working 
conditions and to assess possible future action).
    Finally, the agency will engage in exploratory discussion with the 
RSAC regarding the following issues, which may be tasked to the RSAC in 
the future: (1) The dispatcher training task force; (2) the track motor 
vehicles and self-propelled roadway equipment task force; and (3) AAR 
Event recorder data survivability progress; and (4) the address of 
several administrative matters before the RSAC.
    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, D.C. on March 4, 1997.
Bruce Fine,
Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 97-5738 Filed 3-6-97; 8:45 am]
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