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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257; Notice No. 60]

 
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 forty-first meeting of the RSAC, a Federal 
Advisory Committee that develops railroad safety regulations through a 
consensus process. This meeting has been rescheduled from the weather-
postponed February 11, 2010, meeting (75 FR 3959). The RSAC meeting 
topics will include opening remarks from the FRA Associate 
Administrator for Railroad Safety, and status reports will be provided 
by representatives from the following Working Groups: Conductor 
Certification, Passenger Safety, Track Safety Standards, and Medical 
Standards Working Groups. Status updates will be provided on the 
following tasks arising out of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 
(RSIA): Positive Train Control, Passenger Hours of Service, and 
Railroad Bridge Safety Management. A new task regarding minimum 
training standards may be offered to the Committee for consideration. 
FRA may request the Committee's agreement to consider one or more items 
of business by mail ballot, including proposed requirements for 
passenger system safety programs. This agenda is subject to change, 
including the possible addition of further proposed tasks under the 
RSIA.

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. on 
Thursday, March 18, 2010, and will adjourn by 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The RSAC meeting will be held at the Marriott Washington, 
Wardman Park Hotel, located at 2660 Woodley Road, NW., Washington, DC. 
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: 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 non-voting 
advisory representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board, 
the Federal Transit Administration, and from the agencies with railroad 
safety regulatory responsibility in Canada and Mexico. 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 February 22, 2010.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 2010-3863 Filed 2-24-10; 8:45 am]
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