Roadway Worker Protection

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

49 CFR Part 214

[FRA Docket No. RSOR 13, Notice No. 8]

RIN 2130-AA86

Roadway Worker Protection

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA); Department of

Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Railroad Administration is announcing a meeting of

the Roadway Worker Protection Advisory Committee (Committee) to review

comments submitted in response to the publication of the Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on March 14, (61 FR 10528).

DATES: The Committee will hold an additional meeting on July 12, 1996

from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Executive Room, Holiday Inn,

Capitol Hill, which is located at 415 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Walters, Trial Attorney,

Office of Chief Counsel, FRA, 400 Seventh Street S.W., Room 8201,

Washington, D.C. 20590 (Telephone: 202-366-0621); or Gordon Davids,

P.E., Bridge Engineer, Office of Safety, FRA, 400 Seventh Street S.W.,

Room 8326, Washington, D.C. 20590 (Telephone: 202-366-0507).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 14, 1996, FRA published its NPRM on

Roadway Worker Protection. The NPRM was the product of FRA's first

negotiated rulemaking. Consistent with the Administrative Procedures

Act (5 U.S.C. Sec. 553), FRA solicited and received comments on the

proposed rule. In accordance with spirit of the Negotiated Rulemaking

Act (5 U.S.C. Sec. 561 et seq.) FRA is allowing the Committee to

consider these comments and make a recommendation to FRA regarding

their status prior to issuing a Final Rule. FRA continues to believe

that public participation is critical to the success of this process.

This negotiating session will be open to the public, pursuant to the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463).

S. Mark Lindsey,

Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad Administration.

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consider these comments and make a recommendation to FRA regarding

their status prior to issuing a Final Rule. FRA continues to believe

that public participation is critical to the success of this process.

This negotiating session will be open to the public, pursuant to the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463).

S. Mark Lindsey,

Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad Administration.

[FR Doc. 96-15562 Filed 6-18-96; 8:45 am]

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