[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28233-28234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13156]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[USCG-1999-5702]
Navigation Safety Advisory Council
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Navigation Safety Advisory Council (NAVSAC) and its
Committees on Navigation Equipment and Prevention Through People (PTP)
will meet to discuss various issues relating to the safety of
navigation. All meetings are open to the public.
DATES: NAVSAC will meet on Wednesday, June 9 and 10, 1999, from 8:00
a.m. to 4 p.m. The Committees on
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Navigation Equipment and PTP will meet on Wednesday, June 9, 1999, from
9:30 a.m. to 12 noon. 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 June 7, 1999. Requests to
have a copy of your material distributed to each member of the Council
should reach the Coast Guard on or before June 4, 1999.
ADDRESSES: NAVSAC will meet in Leamy Hall at the U.S. Coast Guard
Academy, 15 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320-4195. Committee
meetings will be held at the same location. Send written material and
requests to make oral presentations to Ms. Margie G. Hegy, Commandant
(G-MW), 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: Ms. Margie G. Hegy, Executive Director
of NAVSAC, telephone 202-267-0415, fax 202-267-4700.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
Agendas of Meetings
Navigation Safety Advisory Council (NAVSAC). The agenda includes
the following:
(1) Introduction and swearing-in of new Chairperson and members.
(2) Update on the Marine Transportation System Initiative.
(3) Overview of Coast Guard's Research and Development Projects on
Aids to Navigation and VTS/AIS.
(4) Brief on the Formal Safety Assessment Process.
(5) High Speed Craft--Overview of impacts to navigation safety.
Committee on Navigation Equipment. The agenda includes the
following:
(1) Electronic Chart System (ECS) criteria for inland/domestic
vessels not subject to SOLAS.
(2) Universal Automatic Information System (AIS) carriage
requirements.
Committee on Prevention Through People (PTP). The agenda includes
the following:
(1) Communications Plan for deck personnel.
(2) Funding and liability issues associated with near miss
reporting.
(3) Fatigue and work hours issues for inland waterway marine
personnel.
Procedural
All meeting 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 Executive Director no later than June 7, 1999. Written
material for distribution at a meeting should reach the Coast Guard no
later than June 4, 1999. If you would like a copy of your material
distributed to each member of the Council in advance of a meeting,
please submit 25 copies to the Executive Director no later than June 4,
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 Executive Director as soon as possible.
Dated: May 18, 1999.
Jeffrey P. High,
Acting Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental
Protection.
[FR Doc. 99-13156 Filed 5-24-99; 8:45 am]
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