[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 183 (Monday, September 22, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 49554] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-25112] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration [Docket No. RSAC-96-1, Notice No. 6] Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice of Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (``RSAC'') meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: FRA announces the next meeting of the RSAC, a Federal Advisory Committee that develops railroad safety regulations through a consensus process. The meeting will address a wide range of topics, including possible adoption of specific recommendations for regulatory action and consideration of new tasks to be proposed by FRA. DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30, 1997. ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC will be held at the BWI Airport Marriott, 1743 West Nursery Road, Baltimore, Maryland. The meeting is open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis and is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Sign language interpreters will be available for individuals with hearing impediments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vicky McCully, FRA, 400 7th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20590, (202) 632-3330, Grady Cothen, Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program Development, FRA, 400 7th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590, (202) 632-3309, or Lisa Levine, Office of Chief Counsel, FRA, 400 7th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590, (202) 632-3189. 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 Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (``RSAC''). The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30, 1997. The meeting will be held at the BWI Airport Marriott, 1743 West Nursery Road, Baltimore, Maryland. All times noted are Eastern Standard Time. RSAC was established to provide advice and recommendations to the FRA on railroad safety matters. The Committee consists of 48 individual representatives, drawn from among 27 organizations representing various rail industry perspectives, and 2 associate non-voting representatives from the agencies with railroad safety regulatory responsibility in Canada and Mexico. Staff of the National Transportation Safety Board also participates in an advisory capacity. During this meeting, the RSAC will receive status reports, containing progress information, regarding the proposed revision of the Track Safety Standards (including recently published NPRM on revisions to the track safety standards contained in 49 CFR part 213 and related issues) and the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Railroad Communications (including revisions to 49 CFR part 220). The Committee will be briefed on, and may be asked to consider for approval, the Tourist and Historic Railroad working group's proposal for the revision of the steam locomotive inspection and testing standards contained in 49 CFR part 230. The RSAC will also be receiving status reports, containing progress information, concerning three recently constituted elements of the Committee: the Locomotive Crashworthiness Working Group, the Locomotive Cab Working Conditions Working Group, and the Event Recorder Working Group (established to develop locomotive event recorder accident survivability standards and other amendments). Finally, the agency will present four new tasks to the Committee for its acceptance: (1) review of the definition of events required to be reported as ``train accident'' under the Accident/Incident Reporting regulations; (2) development of performance standards for communications- and processor-based signal and train control systems; (3) evaluation of requirements for Positive Train Control (PTC), including costs and benefits of PTC systems; and (4) revisions to the regulations addressing freight cars safety standards, specifically with respect to applicability to freight cars used for maintenance of way purposes. Please refer to the notice published in the Federal Register on March 11, 1996 (61 F.R. 9740) for more information about the RSAC. Donald M. Itzkoff, Deputy Administrator. [FR Doc. 97-25112 Filed 9-17-97; 3:15 pm] BILLING CODE 4910-06-P