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britab.htm, consists of the following 

tables: 

• Construction Materials for New and 

Replaced Bridges, a summary report 

which includes Federal-aid highways 

and non-Federal-aid highways built in 

2006 and 2005. 

• Construction Materials for 

Rehabilitated Bridges, a summary report 

which includes Federal-aid and nonFederal-aid highways rehabilitated in 

2006 and 2005. 

• Construction Materials for 

Combined New, Replaced and 

Rehabilitated Bridges, a summary report 

which combines the first two tables 

cited above. 

• Federal-aid Highways: Construction 

Materials for New and Replaced Bridges 

2006, a detailed state-by-state report 

with counts and areas for Federal-aid 

bridges built or replaced in 2006. 

• Federal-aid Highways: Construction 

Materials for New and Replaced Bridges 

2005, a detailed state-by-state report 

with counts and areas for Federal-aid 

bridges built or replaced in 2005. 

• Non-Federal-aid Highways: 

Construction Materials for New and 

Replaced Bridges 2006, a detailed stateby-state report with counts and areas for 

non-Federal-aid bridges built or 

replaced in 2006. 

• Non-Federal-aid Highways: 

Construction Materials for New and 

Replaced Bridges 2005, a detailed stateby-state report with counts and areas for 

non-Federal-aid bridges built or 

replaced in 2005. 

• Federal-aid Highways: Construction 

Materials for Rehabilitated Bridges 

2006, a detailed state-by-state report 

with counts and areas for Federal-aid 

bridges rehabilitated in 2006. 

• Federal-aid Highways: Construction 

Materials for Rehabilitated Bridges 

2005, a detailed state-by-state report 

with counts and areas for Federal-aid 

bridges rehabilitated in 2005. 

• Non-Federal-aid Highways: 

Construction Materials for Rehabilitated 

Bridges 2006, a detailed state-by-state 

report with counts and areas for non 

Federal-aid bridges rehabilitated in 

2006. 

• Non-Federal-aid Highways: 

Construction Materials for Rehabilitated 

Bridges 2005, a detailed state-by-state 

report with counts and areas for non 

Federal-aid bridges rehabilitated in 

2005. 

• Federal-aid Highways: Construction 

Materials for New, Replaced and 

Rehabilitated Bridges 2006, which 

combines the 2006 reports on new, 

replaced and rehabilitated Federal-aid 

bridges. 

• Federal-aid Highways: Construction 

Materials for New, Replaced and 

Rehabilitated Bridges 2005, which 

combines the 2005 reports on new, 

replaced and rehabilitated non-Federalaid bridges. 

• Non-Federal-aid Highways: 

Construction Materials for New, 

Replaced and Rehabilitated Bridges 

2006, which combines the 2006 reports 

on new, replaced and rehabilitated non 

Federal-aid bridges. 

• Non-Federal-aid Highways: 

Construction Materials for New 

Replaced and Rehabilitated Bridges 

2006, which combines the 2006 reports 

on new, replaced and rehabilitated nonFederal-aid bridges. 

The tables provide data for two years: 

2005 and 2006. The 2005 data is 

considered complete for new, replaced 

and rehabilitated bridges, with a 

minimal likelihood of upward changes 

in the totals. The 2006 data is 

considered partially complete for new 

bridges and complete for rehabilitated 

bridges, because many new bridges built 

in 2006 will not appear in the NBI until 

they are placed into service the 

following year. Therefore, next year’s 

report will include 2006’s data on new 

bridge construction, because the data 

will be complete. 

Each table displays simple counts of 

bridges and total bridge deck area. Total 

bridge deck area is measured in square 

meters, by multiplying the bridge length 

by the deck width out-to-out. Culverts 

under fill are included in the counts but 

not in the areas because a roadway 

width is not collected. The data is 

categorized by the following material 

types, which are identified in the NBI: 

steel, concrete, pre-stressed concrete 

and other. The category ‘‘Other’’

includes wood, timber, masonry, 

aluminum, wrought iron, cast iron and 

other. Material type is the predominate 

type for the main span(s). 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 144(r); Sec. 1114(f), 

Pub. L. 109–59, 119 Stat. 1144. 

Issued on: August 22, 2008. 

Thomas J. Madison, Jr., 

Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–20160 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257; Notice No. 48] 

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 36th 

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 

Administrator, and status reports will be 

provided by the Passenger Safety, 

Locomotive Safety Standards, Railroad 

Bridge, Medical Standards, Railroad 

Operating Rules, and Track Safety 

Standards Working Groups. There will 

be a Committee vote on the acceptance 

of the report from the Railroad Bridge 

Working Group and a possible vote on 

an expanded task statement for the 

Track Standards Working Group. 

Accident/incident reporting is on the 

agenda for discussion by the Committee 

and there may be a vote on a contingent 

task statement. This agenda is subject to 

change. 

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is 

scheduled to commence on Wednesday, 

September 10, 2008, at 9:30 a.m. and 

will adjourn at 4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The RSAC meeting will be 

held at the National Housing Center, 

1201 15th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20005. The meeting is open to the 

public on a first-come, first-serve 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 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 nonvoting 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 

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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 August 20, 

2008. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–20029 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257; Notice No. 49] 

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: 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., 

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 May 22, 

2008 (73 FR 29838). The 35th full RSAC 

meeting was held June 11, 2008, and the 

36th meeting is scheduled for 

September 10, 2008, at the National 

Housing Center in Washington, DC. 

Since its first meeting in April of 

1996, the RSAC has accepted 25 tasks. 

The status for each of the open tasks 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, Jr., (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 groups 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; and 

June 18, 2008. The next meeting is 

scheduled for November 13, 2008. 

Contact: Charles Bielitz, (202) 493–

6314. 

(Emergency Preparedness Task Force) 

At the working group meeting on 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 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, 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 its April 17–18, 2007, 

meeting. The recommendations were 

presented to, and approved by, the full 

RSAC on June 26, 2007. The final rule 

regarding passenger train emergency 

systems, focusing on emergency 

communication, emergency egress, and 

rescue access, was published on 

February 1, 2008 (73 FR 6370). The task 

force met on October 17–18, 2007, and 

reached consensus on draft rule text for 

a followup NPRM on passenger train 

emergency systems, focusing on low 

location emergency exit path marking, 

emergency lighting, and emergence 

signage. The task force presented the 

draft rule text to the Passenger Safety 

Working Group on December 11–12, 

2007, and the consensus draft rule text 

was presented to, and approved by, full 

RSAC vote during the February 20, 2008 

meeting. At its most recent meeting, 

which was held May 13–14, 2008, the 

task force recommended clarifying the 

applicability of backup emergency 

communication system requirements in 

the February 1, 2008, final rule, and 

FRA announced its intention to exercise 

limited enforcement discretion for a 

new provision amending instruction 

requirements for emergency window 

exit removal. The working group ratified 

these recommendations on June 19, 

2008. No additional task force meetings 

are currently scheduled. Contact: 

Brenda Moscoso, (202) 493–6282. 

(Mechanical Task Force) (Completed) 

Initial recommendations on mechanical 

issues (revisions to Title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) part 238) 

were approved by the full Committee on 

January 26, 2005. At the working group 

meeting of September 7–8, 2005, the 

task force presented additional 

perfecting amendments and the full 

RSAC approved them on October 11, 

2005. An NPRM was published in the 

Federal Register on December 8, 2005 

(70 FR 73070). Public comments were 

due by February 17, 2006. The final rule 

was published in the Federal Register 

on October 19, 2006 (71 FR 61835), 

effective December 18, 2006. 

(Crashworthiness Task Force) Among 

its efforts, the Crashworthiness Task 

Force provided consensus 

recommendations on static-end strength 

that were adopted by the working group 

on September 7–8, 2005. The full 

Committee accepted the 

recommendations on October 11, 2005. 

The Front-End Strength of Cab Cars and 

Multiple-Unit Locomotives NPRM was 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 1, 2007 (72 FR 42016), with 

comments due by October 1, 2007. A 

number of comments were entered into 

the docket, and FRA is considering each 

of them in drafting a final rule. To 

demonstrate means of determining 

compliance with the crashworthiness 

requirements of the rule, FRA scheduled 

deformation tests as prescribed in the 

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