

[Federal Register: October 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 194)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257]

 
Notice No. 43; Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of 
Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announces the next 
meeting of the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC), a Federal 
Advisory Committee that develops railroad safety regulations through a 
consensus process. The RSAC meeting topics include opening remarks from 
the FRA Administrator, a presentation on the Risk Reduction Program, 
electronically controlled pneumatic brakes, and sight distances at 
highway-rail grade crossings. Status reports will be given on the 
locomotive safety standards, medical standards, passenger safety, 
railroad operating rules, and continuous welded rail-track standards 
working groups. The committee will be asked to vote on recommendations 
on passenger safety, adding and changing Title 49 Code of Federal 
Regulations 225 Cause Codes. This agenda is subject to change.

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. 
and conclude at 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 25, 2007.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC will be held at the Holiday Inn 
Capitol, 550 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20024. 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: Inga Toye, RSAC Coordinator, at: FRA; 
1120 Vermont Avenue, NW., Mailstop 25; Washington, DC 20590, telephone 
(202) 493-6305; or Grady C. Cothen Jr., FRA Deputy Associate 
Administrator for Safety Standards and Program Development, at: FRA; 
1120 Vermont Avenue, NW., Mailstop 25; Washington, DC 20590, telephone 
(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 meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. and 
conclude at 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 25, 2007. The meeting of the 
RSAC will be held

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at the Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20024.
    The RSAC was established to provide advice and recommendations to 
FRA on railroad safety matters. The RSAC is comprised 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 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 more information about the 
RSAC.

    Issued in Washington, DC on October 2, 2007.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
 [FR Doc. E7-19741 Filed 10-5-07; 8:45 am]

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