MAY 27, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC
The National Transportation Safety Board has released the preliminary agenda for its investigative hearing into the January 12 smoke and electrical arcing accident that occurred in a tunnel near the L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station in Washington, D.C. The agenda for the hearing, which will be held June 23-24, 2015, at the NTSB’s Board Room and Conference Center in Washington, DC, is available at http://go.usa.gov/39Hrz. The two-day hearing will be chaired by NTSB Chairman Christopher A. Hart. Parties to the investigation, which will all be represented at the hearing, are the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the Federal Transit Administration, the Tri-State Oversight Committee, the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, the International Firefighters Association Local 36, and the District of Columbia Emergency Services, which includes three DC departments. A final agenda will be released closer to the hearing date. The event will be webcast live. An archive of the webcast will be available on the NTSB website after the event. A link to the webcast site is available at: http://www.capitolconnection.net/capcon/ntsb/ntsb.htm.
Agenda
NTSB Conference Center, Washington, dC
6/23/2015 9:00 AM
 preliminary agenda Day 1: June 23 (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)Opening Remarks and Introductions (9:00 AM–9:30 AM)
• Chairman’s Opening Statement
• Introduction of the Technical Panel
• Introduction of the Parties
• Introduction of the Exhibits
• Investigator-in-Charge Opening Presentation
Panel 1: State of WMATA’s Infrastructure
• Technical Panel 1 questions witnesses (9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.)
• Break (10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.)
• Parties and Board of Inquiry question witnesses (11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
Lunch (12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.)Panel 2: Emergency Response Efforts
• Technical Panel 2 questions witnesses (2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
• Break (3:00 to 3:30 p.m.)
• Parties and Board of Inquiry question witnesses (3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
Adjourn for Day 1Day 2: June 24 (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)Panel 3: WMATA’s Organizational Culture
• Technical Panel 3 questions witnesses (9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.)
• Break (10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.)
• Parties and Board of Inquiry question witnesses (10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)
Lunch (12:00 Noon to 1:30 p.m.)Panel 4: FTA And Tri-State Oversight Committees Efforts For Public Transportation Safety
• Technical Panel 4 questions witnesses (1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.)
• Break (2:30 to 3:00 p.m.)
• Parties and Board of Inquiry question witnesses (3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
Chairman’s Closing Remarks (4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
Hearing Adjourned
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