[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 168 (Monday, August 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 46272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23371]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[USCG-1998-4353]
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 Wednesday, September 23, 1998, from 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. TSAC working groups will meet on Tuesday, September 22, 1998,
from 9 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 September 14, 1998. 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
September 8, 1998.
ADDRESSES: TSAC will meet in the North Auditorium, Jackson Federal
Building, 915 2nd Avenue, Seattle, Washington. The working groups will
meet 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 CTAC, telephone
202-267-0218, fax 202-267-4570. For questions on viewing, or submitting
material to, the docket, contact Dorothy Walker, Chief, Dockets,
Department of Transportation, 202-366-9329.
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) Report of the Coast Guard Research and Development Center study
on inland towing vessel crew fatigue.
(2) Progress report from the Voyage Planning working group.
(3) Discussion on Alternative Convention Tonnage issues.
(4) Recommendations on the G-M Performance Plan.
(5) Discussion of the Merchant Marine Licensing and Documentation
Reengineering Plan.
(6) Status update on the National Marine Safety Incident Reporting
System.
(7) Progress report from the Electronic Charting Standards working
group.
(8) Presentation by working groups of their accomplishments and
future 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 September 14,
1998. Written material for distribution at a meeting should reach the
Coast Guard no later than September 14, 1998. 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 September 8, 1998.
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: August 24, 1998.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 98-23371 Filed 8-28-98; 8:45 am]
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