[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8813-8814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4767]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[CGD8-97-002]
Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers Marine Industry
Navigation Conference
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard and the Army Corps of Engineers are sponsoring
a Marine Industry Navigation Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. This
notice announces the event that is open to the public.
DATES: The conference will be held on March 4 & 5, 1997 from 8:30 a.m.
to 7:30 p.m. on March 4 and 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on March 5.
ADDRESSES: The Galt House Hotel, 140 North Fourth Street, Louisville,
KY 40202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
YN1 David Orzechowski or Commander Michael L. Schafersman, United
States Coast Guard, Director, Western Rivers Operations, 1222 Spruce
Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63103-2832. The telephone number is: (314)
539-3900 (Ext 421/396).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Marine Industry Navigation Conference
provides an open exchange of information, ideas and opinions on matters
of mutual interest or concern to the inland marine community, the Corps
of Engineers and the Coast Guard. Members of the public are invited to
attend this conference. There is no charge to attend this conference,
or for the handouts and printed material which will be made available
to all conference attendees. Coffee and refreshments and meals during
the convention (2 lunches and 1 dinner) may be purchased by conference
attendees. The cost of this service will be $100 and will be collected
during the registration session at the Galt House. Attendees may
participate in all sessions of the conference, including attending the
luncheon address, without paying for the meal service.
Proposed Conference Agenda
Monday, March 3, 1997.
5:30-7:30 p.m. (Preregistration).
Day 1--Coast Guard Topics
Tuesday, March 4, 1997.
7:00 Registration continues.
8:30 Welcome address by COL HARRY L. SPEAR, JR., Commander, Louisville
Engineer District. Opening Remarks by RADM TIMOTHY W. JOSIAH;
Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District; COL ALEXANDER R. JANSEN,
Commander, Ohio River Division; MR. NORB WHITLOCK, American Commercial
Barge Lines; MS. K. C. STANLEY-LYNN, National President, Passenger
Vessel Association.
9:15 General Session: Prevention Through People.
10:00 Break.
10:30 Bridge update; Drug & Alcohol Program; Commercial and Recreation
Vessel Safety Program; Coast Guard and American Waterways Operators
Regional Steering Report.
11:45 Lunch: Awards; Speaker: VICE ADMIRAL R. D. HERR, Vice
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard.
1:15 Break
1:45 Panel Session Topics: Towing Industry Panel; Fire Safety on
Towing Vessels; Cooperative Boarding Program; Deckhand Fatality Quality
Act Team Report; New Licensing & Manning Rules; Navigation Safety;
Marine Personnel Advisory Committee--Navigation Safety Advisory
Committee--Towing Safety Advisory Committee--Chemical Technical
Advisory Committee (handouts).
1:45 Passenger Vessel Panel Topics: Passenger Vessel Industry Update;
Passenger Vessels vs. Gaming Vessels; National Streamlined Inspections
Program; Local Streamlined Inspection Program; High Capacity Passenger
Vessel
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Contingency Drills; High Capacity Passenger Vessel Egress Quality
Action Team Report.
3:45 Break
4:15 General Session: General Discussions.
4:45 Break
6:00 Round Table Discussions; Heavy Hors D'oeuvres, Cash Bar; Galt
House Hotel.
Day 2--Corps of Engineers Topics
Wednesday, March 5, 1997.
7:45 Registration
8:30 Administrative Updates.
8:35 American Waterways Operators Update; The Association for the
Development of Inland Navigation in America's Ohio Valley Update;
Midwest Area Regional Committee 2000 Update.
9:00 Maritime Administration Study; Ohio River Mainstream Study;
Missouri River Master Plan; Upper Mississippi River Study;
Environmental Summit.
9:30 New Construction Update by River Segments to include innovative
design. Specific Projects: Olmsted, Winfield, Lower Monongahela,
Marmet, Kentucky Lock, & others.
10:00 Break.
10:30 New Construction--continued.
11:00 Lock Capacity Improvement Team Results.
11:30 Critical Operations & Maintenance; Backlog Items; Lock & Dam No.
27; Upper Tennessee River Locks; Chickamauga Lock.
12:00 Lunch: Washington, D.C. Update.
1:45 Summary of Operations & Maintenance Cost; Reduction Potential
Results of Implementing Report; Industry's Involvement; Ways to Reduce
Impact.
2:45 Electronic Charts, Navigation Chart Update, Vessel Traffic
Service Louisville District; Digital Global Positional System Update.
3:30 Upper Mississippi River; Dredging-Preventive Maintenance.
4:00 Open discussion: COL ALEXANDER R. JANSEN and MR. NORB WHITLOCK.
Persons interested in attending the Marine Industry Navigation
Conference may request registration forms or additional information on
the conference activities and on events scheduled by other groups to
coincide with the conference at the address provided above.
Dated: February 18, 1997.
T.W. Josiah,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 97-4767 Filed 2-25-97; 8:45 am]
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