[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 39475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19008]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[CGD 95-065]
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. The agenda
will include working group reports, discussion of various Coast Guard
programs such as Prevention Through People and Casualty Investigation
and introduction of the new Executive Director. The meeting will be
open to the Public.
DATES: Meetings of the TSAC working groups will be held on Tuesday,
August 29, 1995. These meetings are scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. The TSAC meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 30, 1995,
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Written material should be submitted by August
16, 1995, and persons wishing to make oral presentations should notify
the Assistant Executive Director not later than August 23, 1995.
ADDRESSES: The TSAC working groups and Committee will meet in Room 2415
at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington,
DC 20593.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Executive Director, LTJG
Patrick J. DeShon, Commandant (G-MTH-4), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second
Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20593, telephone (202) 267-2997.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given pursuant to
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 1 et seq. The
agenda for the Committee meeting includes the following.
Work Group Reports
(1) Licensing of towing vessel operators;
(2) Radar training for towing vessel operators;
(3) Prevention Through People;
(4) Towing gear standard for vessels pushing ahead/towing
alongside;
(5) Distinguishing the marine assistance and commercial towing
industries;
(6) Casualty Investigation QAT results; New Issues
(1) Adequacy of tug/barge navigation lights;
(2) Revision of Title Code of Federal Regulations, marine
investigation regulations.
With advance notice, and at the discretion of the Chair, members of
the public may present oral statements during the meeting. Persons
wishing to make oral representations should notify the TSAC Assistant
Executive Director at (202) 267-2997 no later than August 23, 1995.
Written materials may be submitted for presentation to the Committee
any time; however, to ensure distribution to each Committee member, 20
copies of the written material should be submitted to the Assistant
Executive Director at the address listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT by August 16, 1995
Dated: July 27, 1995.
J.C. Card,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of Marine Safety,
Security and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 95-19008 Filed 8-1-95; 8:45 am]
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