[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 48442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23025]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[USCG-1998-4501]
Navigation Safety Advisory Council; North Puget Sound Long-Term
Risk Management Panel
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: The North Puget Sound Long-term Risk Management Panel will
meet for the first time to discuss various issues relating to the
maritime safety in the North Puget Sound area. The Coast Guard is
creating the Panel under the charter for the Navigation Safety Advisory
Council (NAVSAC). The meeting and all subsequent meetings will be open
to the public.
DATES: The North Puget Sound Long-Term Risk Management Panel will meet
on Thursday and Friday, September 23 and 24, 1999, from 9:00 a.m. to 4
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The Panel will meet at the National Oceanographic and
Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Western Regional Center in
Building 9, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Seattle, WA 98115. This notice is
available on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Captain Scott Davis, Coast Guard
Thirteenth District, 206-220-7210, or Mr. Joe Stohr, State of
Washington Department of Ecology, 360-407-7450.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
North Puget Sound Long-Term Risk Management Panel
The Coast Guard is creating the North Puget Sound Long-Term Risk
Management Panel under the charter of the Navigation Safety Advisory
Council (NAVSAC) (a Federal advisory committee under 5 U.S.C. App. 2).
The Panel will develop an integrated plan for managing the marine
safety risks in the North Puget Sound area and adjacent waters. The
geographic area includes the entrance and approaches to the Strait of
Juan de Fuca, the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Admiralty Inlet, Haro
Strait and Boundary Pass, Rosario Strait, and the Strait of Georgia.
The Panel will consider all relevant information and evaluate all
potential measures to improve marine safety in the North Puget Sound
area. By June 15, 2000, the Panel will submit a report of its
recommendations via NAVSAC to the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard
and the Governor of the State of Washington. Recommendations may
involve international, Federal, State, and voluntary activities and
measures. The Panel will be chaired by RADM Paul Blayney, Commander,
U.S. Coast Guard Thirteenth District, and Mr. Thomas Fitzsimmons,
Director, State of Washington Department of Ecology.
In accordance with NAVSAC's charter, the Commandant of the U.S.
Coast Guard will invite the members of the Panel. Each member will
represent one of the following groups:
1. Native Americans (1 seat).
2. Puget Sound Steamship Operators Association (1 seat).
3. Western States Petroleum Association (2 seats).
4. County governments (2 seats).
5. North Pacific Fishing Vessel Operators Association (1 seat).
6. Washington Environmental Council (2 seats).
7. Washington Public Ports Association (1 seat).
8. Shellfish Growers Association (1 seat).
9. American Waterways Operators (1 seat).
10. Puget Sound Pilots Association (1 seat).
11. City Government (1 seat).
12. State legislators (4 seats).
13. U.S. Congressional staff (1 seat).
14. Canadian Coast Guard (1 seat).
15. Transport Canada (1 seat).
Agendas of Meetings
The meetings will include evaluations of the components of the
existing safety system as well as detailed discussions of various
potential improvements to maritime safety in the region. The Panel will
use an approach based on recognized risk assessment and risk management
practices to develop an integrated plan to manage identified risks. The
plan development process will include evaluation of a broad range of
information about the safety and marine transportation systems along
with relevant risk information on hazards, incident history, oil
movements, environmental sensitivity, response capability and other
information.
Notice of these meetings is given under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
Procedural
The meetings are open to the public. Please note that the meetings
may close early if all business is finished. At the Co-Chairs'
discretion, members of the public may make oral presentations during
the meetings. The Co-Chairs and the Panel members will determine the
time and place of subsequent meetings of the Panel. For information
about subsequent meetings, contact a person listed in FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
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
Captain Scott Davis at 206-220-7210.
Dated: August 30, 1999.
Josepth J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 99-23025 Filed 9-2-99; 8:45 am]
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