Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 50 / Tuesday, March 17, 2009 / Notices 11401 

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Printing Office’s database at: http:// 

www.access.gpo.gov/nara. 

Background 

The FHWA’s Buy America policy in 

23 CFR 635.410 requires a domestic 

manufacturing process for any steel or 

iron products (including protective 

coatings) that are permanently 

incorporated in a Federal-aid 

construction project. The regulation also 

provides for a waiver of the Buy 

America requirements when the 

application would be inconsistent with 

the public interest or when satisfactory 

quality domestic steel and iron products 

are not sufficiently available. This 

notice provides information regarding 

the FHWA’s findings that a Buy 

America waiver is appropriate for a 

span lock linear electric actuator in the 

State of New York. 

In accordance with section 130 of 

Division K of the ‘‘Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2008’’ (Pub. L. 110– 

161), the FHWA published on its Web 

site a notice of intent to issue a Buy 

America waiver for the span lock linear 

electric actuator in New York http:// 

www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/ 

contracts/waivers.cfm?id=28 on 

February 4. The FHWA received one 

comment in response to the span lock 

linear electric actuator. The comment 

was ‘‘Buy America needs to be 

maintained in every instance possible.’’ 

During the 15-day comment period, the 

FHWA conducted an additional 

nationwide review to locate potential 

domestic manufacturers for the product. 

Based on all the information available to 

the agency, including the response 

received to the notice as well as the 

Agency’s nationwide review, the FHWA 

concludes that there are no domestic 

manufacturers for the span lock linear 

electric actuator. 

In accordance with the provisions of 

section 117 of the ‘‘SAFETEA–LU 

Technical Corrections Act of 2008’’ 

(Pub. L. 110–244, 122 Stat. 1572), the 

FHWA is providing this notice as its 

finding that a waiver of the Buy 

America requirements is appropriate 

pursuant to 23 CFR 635.410(c)(1). The 

FHWA invites public comment on this 

finding for an additional 15 days 

following the effective date of the 

finding. Comments may be submitted to 

the FHWA’s Web site via the link 

provided to the New York waiver page 

noted above. 

(Authority: 23 U.S.C. 313; Pub. L. 110– 

161, 23 CFR 635.410.) 

Issued on: March 9, 2009. 

Jeffrey F. Paniati, 

Acting Deputy Administrator, Federal 

Highway Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–5752 Filed 3–16–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257; Notice No. 51] 

Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; 

Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Announcement of Railroad 

Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) 

Meeting. 

SUMMARY: FRA announces the thirtyeighth meeting of the RSAC, a Federal 

Advisory Committee that develops 

railroad safety regulations through a 

consensus process. The RSAC meeting 

topics will include opening remarks 

from the FRA Acting Deputy 

Administrator, and status reports will be 

provided by the following Working 

Groups: Positive Train Control, Hours of 

Service, Passenger Safety, Locomotive 

Safety Standards, Railroad Bridge 

Safety, Medical Standards, Railroad 

Operating Rules, and Track Safety 

Standards. The Committee may be asked 

to approve recommendations 

concerning a final rule on revision of 

recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements for hours of service of 

safety-critical railroad employees. The 

Committee may be asked to approve a 

proposed rule on Railroad Bridge Safety 

and to consent to a mail ballot on 

recommendations for a proposed rule on 

Positive Train Control. The Committee 

may also be asked to accept a Task 

concerning hours of service for train, 

engine and yard employees of intercity 

and commuter passenger railroads. This 

agenda is subject to change, including 

the possible addition of further 

proposed tasks under the Rail Safety 

and Improvement Act of 2008. 

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is 

scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. and 

will adjourn by 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 

April 2, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The RSAC meeting will be 

held at the Washington Marriott Hotel, 

located at 1221 22nd Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20005. The meeting is 

open to the public on a first-come, firstserve 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: 

Larry Woolverton, RSAC Administrative 

Officer/Coordinator, 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: 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 RSAC was established 

to provide advice and recommendations 

to the FRA on railroad safety matters. 

The RSAC is composed of 54 voting 

representatives from 31 member 

organizations, representing various rail 

industry perspectives. In addition, there 

are non-voting advisory representatives 

from the agencies with railroad safety 

regulatory responsibility in Canada and 

Mexico, the National Transportation 

Safety Board, and the Federal Transit 

Administration. The diversity of the 

Committee ensures the requisite range 

of views and expertise necessary to 

discharge its responsibilities. 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 additional information 

about the RSAC. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 11, 

2009. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–5675 Filed 3–16–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257; Notice No. 52] 

Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; 

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 Coordinator, 

FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 


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