[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 186 (Friday, September 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51395-51396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25668]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[USCG-1998-4468]
National Boating Safety Advisory Council
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: The National Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC) and its
subcommittees on boat occupant protection, navigation lights, personal
flotation device-life saving index, and prevention through people will
meet to discuss various issues relating to recreational boating safety.
All meetings will be open to the public.
DATES: NBSAC will meet on Monday, October 26, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. and Tuesday, October 27 from 8:30 a.m. to noon. The Personal
Flotation Device-Live Saving Index and Navigation Light Subcommittees
will meet on Saturday, October, 24, 1998, from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. The
Boat Occupant Protection Subcommittee will meet on Sunday, October 25,
1998, from 9:00 a.m. to noon, and the Prevention Through People
Subcommittee will meet from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 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
October 15, 1998. Requests to have a copy of your material distributed
to each member of the committee or subcommittees should reach the Coast
Guard on or before October 9, 1998.
ADDRESSES: NBSAC will meet at the Wyndham Washington DC Hotel, 1400 M
Street, NW, Washington, DC. The subcommittee meetings will be held at
the same address. Send written material and requests to make oral
presentations to Mr. Albert J. Marmo, Commandant (G-OPB-1), U.S. Coast
Guard
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Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001. You may
obtain a copy of this notice by calling the U.S. Coast Guard Infoline
at 1-800-368-5647. This notice is available on the Internet at http://
dms.dot.gov or at the Web Site for the Office of Boating Safety at URL
address www.uscgboating.org/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on this notice, contact
Albert J. Marmo, Executive Director of NBSAC, telephone 202-267-0950,
fax 202-267-4285. 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
National Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC). The agenda
includes the following:
(1) Executive Director's report.
(2) Chairman's session.
(3) Personal Flotation Device-Life Saving Index Subcommittee
report.
(4) Navigation Light Subcommittee report.
(5) Boat Occupant Protection Subcommittee report.
(6) Recreational Boating Safety Program report.
(7) Reports on Coast Guard Search and Rescue, Aids to Navigation,
Law Enforcement and Bridge Administration Programs.
(8) Council discussion of Federal requirements for education in
recreational boating safety moderated by the Prevention Through People
Subcommittee.
(9) Council discussion of Federal requirements for wearing personal
flotation devices moderated by the Personal Flotation Device-Life
Saving Index Subcommittee.
(10) Presentation on the results of boat occupant protection
studies.
(11) Presentation on the results of personal flotation device (PFD)
wear rate study.
(12) Vessel Identification System demonstration and discussion.
(13) National Association of State Boating Law Administrators
report.
(14) Canadian Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety report.
(15) Presentation on recreational boating safety national outreach
campaigns.
Boat Occupant Protection Subcommittee. The agenda includes the
following:
(1) Review and discuss boat occupant protection study results and
issues.
(2) Discuss risk management and human factors initiatives.
(3) Discuss propeller injury prevention study results.
(4) Discuss proposals regarding requirements to wear a helmet on
personal watercraft (PWC), and for installation of a shroud on PWC
extending from the engine cowling.
Navigation Light Subcommittee. The agenda includes the following:
(1) Review and discuss rulemaking to place navigation lights under
regulatory control.
(2) Discuss the need for and parameters of a navigation light
visibility study considering available applicable information.
(3) Review any new standards which address design, construction,
and installation of navigation lights applicable to recreational boats.
Personal Flotation Device-Life Saving Index Subcommittee. The
agenda includes the following:
(1) Review and discuss comments received in response to a Coast
Guard Federal Register notice of request for comments concerning
Federal requirements for wearing personal flotation devices. Identify
issues for discussion by the full Council.
(2) Discuss status of development of the life saving index.
(3) Discuss the status of inflatable PFD inflation systems, and
approval of automatic inflating PFDs.
(4) Discuss strategies for improving public awareness of the
capabilities of the different types of personal flotation devices.
Prevention Through People Subcommittee. The agenda includes the
following:
(1) Review and discuss comments received in reponse to a Coast
Guard Federal Register notice of request for comments concerning
Federal requirements for education in recreational boating safety.
Identify issues for discussion by the full Council.
Procedural
All meetings are open to the public. Please note that the meeting
may close early if all business is finished. At the Chair's 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 October 15, 1998. Written
material for distribution at a meeting should reach the Coast Guard no
later than October 15, 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 Executive Director no
later than October 9, 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 Executive Director as soon as possible.
Dated: September 18, 1998.
James D. Hull,
Acting Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for
Operations.
[FR Doc. 98-25668 Filed 9-24-98; 8:45 am]
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