Document ID: FRA-2011-0027-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Northeast Corridor Safety Committee
Posted Date: 2012-01-23T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 14 (Monday, January 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3326-3327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1257]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2011-0027; Notice No. 3]

Northeast Corridor Safety Committee; Notice of Meeting

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

ACTION: Announcement of Northeast Corridor Safety Committee Meeting.

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SUMMARY: FRA announced the first meeting of the Northeast Corridor 
Safety Committee, a Federal Advisory Committee mandated by Section 212 
of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA), 
on June 6, 2011 (See 76 FR 32391). This initial meeting was postponed 
until further notice (See 76 FR 34139) and is now rescheduled. The 
Committee is made up of stakeholders operating on the Northeast 
Corridor, and the purpose of the Committee is to provide annual 
recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation.

DATES: The meeting of the Northeast Corridor Safety Committee is 
scheduled to commence at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, and 
will adjourn by 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Northeast Corridor Safety Committee 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-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: Mr. Larry Woolverton, Northeast 
Corridor Safety Committee Administrative Officer/Coordinator, FRA, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE., Mailstop 25, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493-
6212; or Jo Strang, Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety/Chief 
Safety Officer, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Mailstop 25, 
Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493-6300.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Northeast Corridor Safety Committee is 
mandated by a statutory provision in Section 212 of the PRIIA (codified 
at 49 U.S.C. 24905(f)). This Committee is chartered by the Secretary of 
Transportation and is an official Federal Advisory Committee 
established in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. Title 5-Appendix.

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    Issued in Washington, DC on January 18, 2012.
Robert C. Lauby,
Acting Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety/Chief Safety 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-1257 Filed 1-20-12; 8:45 am]
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