98-33591. Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 243 (Friday, December 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70178-70179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33591]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD8-98-076]


Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee

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 28, 
1999 from 9 a.m. to approximately 1 p.m. The meeting of the Navigation 
Subcommittee will be held on Thursday, January 14, 1999 at 9:00 a.m. 
and immediately following, the Waterways Subcommittee will meet. The 
meetings may adjourn early if all business is finished. 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 West Gulf Maritime Association, 
1717 East Loop, Suite 200, Houston, Texas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Captain Wayne Gusman, Executive 
Director of HOGANSAC, telephone [phone], or Commander Paula 
Carroll, Executive Secretary of HOGANSAC, telephone [phone].

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 Committee Sponsor (RADM Pluta), 
Executive Director (CAPT Gusman) and chairman (Tim Leitzell).
    (2) Approval of the September 10, 1998 minutes.
    (3) Report from the Waterways Subcommittee.
    (4) Report from the Navigation Subcommittee.
    (5) Status reports on Baytown Tunnel removal, Army Corps of 
Engineers' dredging projects and pipeline safety and comments and 
discussions from the floor.
    (6) New business--VTS Houston/Galveston's annual ``State of the 
Waterway'' address, Year 2000 Partnering, and an electronic navigation 
demonstration by ARINC.
    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 discuss the work completed by each work group.
    Subcommittee on Navigation. The tentative agenda includes the 
following:

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    (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. Please note that the meetings 
may adjourn early if all business is finished. 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 as soon as possible.

    Dated: December 2, 1998.
A.L. Gerfin, Jr.,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 8th Coast Guard Dist. Acting.
[FR Doc. 98-33591 Filed 12-17-98; 8:45 am]
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