81 FR 94015 - Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Postponement

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 246 (December 22, 2016)

FRA announces the postponement of the fifty-seventh meeting of the RSAC, a Federal Advisory Committee that develops railroad safety regulations through a consensus process.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 246 (Thursday, December 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 94015-94016]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30813]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257, Notice No. 84]


Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting 
Postponement

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: FRA announces the postponement of the fifty-seventh meeting of 
the RSAC, a Federal Advisory Committee that develops railroad safety 
regulations through a consensus process.

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DATES: The RSAC meeting scheduled to be held on Thursday, January 26, 
2017 is postponed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenton Kilgore, RSAC Administrative 
Officer/Coordinator, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Mailstop 25, 
Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493-6286; or Robert Lauby, Associate 
Administrator for Railroad Safety and Chief Safety Officer, FRA, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE., Mailstop 25, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493-
6474.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463), FRA is giving notice of a 
postponed meeting of the RSAC. The RSAC meeting scheduled to be held on 
Thursday, January 26, 2017, at the National Association of Home 
Builders, National Housing Center, located at 1201 15th Street NW., 
Washington, DC, is postponed and will be rescheduled via another 
Federal Register Notice.
    The RSAC was established to provide advice and recommendations to 
FRA on railroad safety matters. The RSAC is composed of 59 voting 
representatives from 38 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 
RSAC ensures the requisite range of views and expertise necessary to 
discharge its responsibilities. See the RSAC Web site for details on 
prior RSAC activities and 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.

Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-30813 Filed 12-21-16; 8:45 am]
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