[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 69 (Monday, April 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 17714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9071]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[USCG-1999-5479]
Towing Safety Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) and its working
groups will meet to discuss various issues relating to shallow-draft
inland and coastal waterway navigation and towing safety. All meetings
are open to the public.
DATES: TSAC will meet on Thursday, April 29, 1999, from 8 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. TSAC working groups will meet on Wednesday, April 28, 1999, from 8
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. These meetings may close early if all business is
finished. Written material and requests to make oral presentations
should reach the Coast Guard on or before April 19, 1999. Requests to
have a copy of your material distributed to each member of the
committee or working group should reach the Coast Guard on or before
April 12, 1999.
ADDRESSES: TSAC will meet in room 2415, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters,
2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC. Working group meetings will be
held in the same room. Send written material and requests to make oral
presentations to Lieutenant Lionel Mew, Commandant (G-MSO-1), U.S.
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-
0001. This notice is available on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on this notice, contact
Lieutenant Lionel Mew, Assistant Executive Director of TSAC, telephone
202-267-0218, fax 202-267-4570.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
Agendas of Meetings
Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) and working group meetings.
The agendas tentatively include the following:
(1) Introduction of the new Chairman.
(2) Report of the Voyage Planning Working Group.
(3) Progress report from the Electronic Charting Working Group.
(4) Progress report from the Tug Assistance and Remote Anchor
Retrieval Working Group.
(5) Report of the Communications Working Group.
(6) Progress Report from the Casualty Analysis Working Group.
(7) Discussion of the Final Rule on Licensing and Manning for
Officers of Uninspected Towing Vessels.
(8) Status update on the National Marine Safety Incident Reporting
System.
(9) Presentation by working groups of their accomplishments and
further plans.
Procedural
Both meetings are open to the public. Please note that the meetings
may close early if all business is finished. At the Chairs' discretion,
members of the public may make oral presentations during the meetings.
If you would like to make an oral presentation at a meeting, please
notify the Assistant Executive Director no later than April 19, 1999.
Written material for distribution at a meeting should reach the Coast
Guard no later than April 19, 1999. If you would like a copy of your
material distributed to each member of the committee or subcommittee in
advance of a meeting, please submit 25 copies to the Assistant
Executive Director no later than April 12, 1999.
Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities
For information on facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meetings, contact
the Assistant Executive Director as soon as possible.
Dated: April 5, 1999.
Howard L. Hime,
Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental
Protection.
[FR Doc. 99-9071 Filed 4-9-99; 8:45 am]
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