
[Federal Register: March 17, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 50)]
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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.

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SUMMARY: FRA announces the thirty-eighth 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, 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 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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