97-4766. Minimum Requirements and Capabilities for Vessel Traffic Services

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 8814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4766]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[CGD 97-011]


Minimum Requirements and Capabilities for Vessel Traffic Services

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is undertaking an effort to identify the 
minimum requirements and capabilities a Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) 
must have to serve its wide range of users and to develop criteria to 
identify ports requiring a VTS. This effort will form the basis for the 
Coast Guard to propose to Congress a viable production program for a 
VTS that takes advantage of available, off-the-shelf and open 
architecture systems that are inexpensive and easy to build and 
operate. The Coast Guard has invited representatives of maritime and 
environmental organizations and members of the public to provide input 
on these topics. The first public meeting on these topics was held on 
January 15, 1997. The most recent was held on February 11, 1997. 
Several additional public meetings are planned.

DATES: The Coast Guard will sponsor a public meeting to be held on 
February 27, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Georgetown, 2101 
Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on VTS, contact Mike 
Sollosi, U.S. Coast Guard Office of Vessel Traffic Management, 2100 
2nd Street, SW, Washington DC. Telephone [phone], FAX (202) 
267-4826. For information on the meeting, contact Peter Johnson, Marine 
Board, National Academy of Sciences, 2001 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC. Telephone [phone], FAX [phone].
Joseph J. Angelo,
Acting Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 97-4766 Filed 2-25-97; 8:45 am]
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