2020-16321. National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY:

U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION:

Notice of Federal Advisory Committee video teleconference meeting.

SUMMARY:

The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (Committee) will meet via video teleconference to discuss Committee matters relating to the safety of operations and other matters affecting the offshore oil and gas industry.

DATES:

Meeting: The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee will meet by video teleconference on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. This video teleconference may close early if the Committee has completed its business.

Comments and supporting documentation: To ensure your comments are received by Committee members before the video teleconference, submit your written comments no later than August 21, 2020.

ADDRESSES:

To join the video teleconference or to request special accommodations, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section no later than 1 p.m. on August 21, 2020, to obtain the needed information. The number of the video teleconference lines are limited and will be available on a first-come, first served basis.

Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time, including orally at the video teleconference as time permits, but if you want Committee members to review your comment before the video teleconference, please submit your comments no later than August 21, 2020. We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be submitted using https://www.regulations.gov call or email the individual in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate instructions. You must include the docket number [USCG-2020-0319]. Comments received will be posted without alteration at https://www.regulations.gov including any personal information provided. For more about privacy and submissions in response to this document, see DHS's eRulemaking System of Records notice (85 FR 14226, March 11, 2020). If you encounter technical difficulties with comments submission, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below.

Docket Search: Documents mentioned in this notice as being available in the docket, and all public comments, will be in our online docket at https://www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by following that website's instructions. Additionally, if you go to the online docket and sign-up for email alerts, you will be notified when comments are posted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Commander Stephen West, Designated Federal Officer of the National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee, Commandant (CG-OES-2), U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509; telephone [phone], fax [phone] or email: [e-mail], or Mr. Patrick Clark, telephone [phone], fax [phone] or email [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of this video teleconference is in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, (5 U.S.C. Appendix). The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee provides advice and recommendations to the Department of Homeland Security on matters relating to activities directly involved with or in support of the exploration of offshore mineral and energy resources insofar as they relate to matters within Coast Guard jurisdiction.

Agenda

The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee will meet via video teleconference on August 26, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) to review and discuss the progress of the Lifeboats and Rescue Craft Safety on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Subcommittee; the Coast Guard's investigation into the lifeboat accident on the Shell AUGER platform and other items of import to the Committee. The Committee will then use this information and consider public comments in discussing and formulating recommendations to the United States Coast Guard. Public comments or questions will be taken at the discretion of the Designated Federal Officer during the discussion and recommendation portions of the video teleconference and during the public comment period, see Agenda item (6). A complete agenda for the August 26, 2020 full Committee video teleconference is as follows:

(1) Welcoming remarks.

(2) General administration and acceptance of minutes from the April 28, 2020 National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee public teleconference.

(3) Current business—Presentation and discussion of progress from the Lifeboats and Rescue Craft Safety on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Subcommittee.

(4) New Business—

(a) Presentation on Source Control Response Centers in an Incident Command.

(b) Shell Auger Investigation Discussion.

(c) Fast Rescue Craft Near Miss Lessons Learned.

(5) Open Committee Discussion.

(6) Public comment period.

(7) Closing Remarks.

(8) Adjournment of video teleconference.

A copy of all pre-meeting documentation will be available at https://homeport.uscg.mil/​missions/​ports-and-waterways/​safety-advisory-committees/​nosac/​meetings no later than August 17, 2020. Alternatively, you may contact Commander Stephen West or Mr. Patrick Clark as noted in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above.

Public comments or questions will be taken throughout the video teleconference as the Committee discusses the issues and prior to deliberations and voting. There will also be a public comment period at the end of the video teleconference. Speakers are requested to limit their comments to 2 minutes.

Please note that the public comment period may end before the period allotted, following the last call for comments. Contact the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above to register as a speaker.

Dated: July 15, 2020.

Jeffery G. Lantz,

Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.