[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 595-596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-191]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[CGD08-97-48]
Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee Meeting
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee
(HOGANSAC) and its two Subcommittees (Waterways and Navigation) will
meet to discuss waterway improvements, aids to navigation, current
meters, and various other navigation safety matters affecting the
Houston/Galveston area. All meetings will be open to the public.
DATES: The meeting of HOGANSAC will be held on Thursday, January 29,
1998 from 9 a.m. to approximately 1 p.m. The meeting of the Waterways
Subcommittee will be held on Thursday, January 8, 1998 at 9:30 a.m. and
immediately following, the Navigation Subcommittee will meet. Members
of the public may present written or oral statements at the meetings.
ADDRESSES: The HOGANSAC meeting will be held in the conference room of
the Houston Pilots Office, 8150 South Loop East, Houston, Texas. The
subcommittee meetings will be held at the Coast Guard Group Galveston
Blackthorn Room, 3000 Fort Point Road, Galveston, Texas. For
directions, please contact Commander Carroll at the number below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Captain Kevin Eldridge, Executive Director of HOGANSAC, telephone (713)
671-5199, or Commander Paula Carroll, Executive Secretary of HOGANSAC,
telephone (713) 671-5164.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given pursuant to
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
Agendas of the Meetings
Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee (HOGANSAC).
The tentative agenda includes the following:
(1) Opening remarks by the Executive Director (CAPT Eldridge) and
chairman (Tim Leitzel).
(2) Approval of the November 19, 1997 minutes.
(3) Report from the Waterways Subcommittee.
(4) Report from the Navigation Subcommittee.
(5) ``State of the Waterway'' report by VTS Houston/Galveston.
(6) Status reports on Bayport Tunnel removal, Army Corps of
Engineers' dredging projects, HL&P transmission tower protection, and
comments and discussions from the floor.
Subcommittee on Waterways. The tentative agenda includes the
following:
(1) Presentation by each work group of its accomplishments and
plans for the future.
(2) Review and discussion the work completed by each work group.
Subcommittee on Navigation. The tentative agenda includes the
following:
(1) Presentation by each work group of its accomplishments and
plans for the future.
(2) Review and discuss the work completed by each work group.
Procedural
All meetings are open to the public. Members of the public may make
oral presentations during the meetings.
Information on Services for the Handicapped
For information on facilities or services for the handicapped or to
request special assistance at the meetings, contact the Executive
Director at the number listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION above as
soon as possible.
Dated: December 12, 1997.
T.W. Josiah,
Rear Admiral, United States Coast Guard Commander, Eighth Coast Guard
District.
[FR Doc. 98-191 Filed 1-5-98; 8:45 am]
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