[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 37 (Thursday, February 24, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-4206]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[CGD 03-055]
RIN 2115-AE58

 

Inflatable Personal Flotation Device Consensus Standard; Meeting

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces it will be participating in a 
meeting sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories to discuss the 
development of a consensus standard for inflatable personal flotation 
devices (PFDs) for use on recreational boats. The technical 
requirements for both the inflatable PFD and its inflation mechanism 
will be discussed. This meeting is intended for technical experts 
knowledgeable in the field who have volunteered to participate in the 
development effort and so notified the Coast Guard or Underwriters 
Laboratories.

DATES: The meeting will be held March 7, 1994, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
Notice of interest in participation should be made by February 28, 
1994.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Underwriters Laboratories, 12 
Laboratory Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, telephone 
(919) 549-1400. Persons having an interest and volunteering to 
participate, but who have not already notified either Underwriters 
Laboratories or Coast Guard may do so by contacting Mr. Dan Ryan, 
Underwriters Laboratories, P.O. Box 3995, Research Triangle Park, NC 
27709, telephone (919) 549-1400 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. 
Monday through Friday, or Ensign Stephen H. Ober, Office of Marine 
Safety, Security, and Environmental Protection, Attn: G-MVI-3/14, 2100 
Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001, telephone (202) 267-1444 
between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday except 
Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ensign Stephen H. Ober, Office of Marine Safety, Security, and 
Environmental Protection, at the above address or phone number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is provided in 
accordance with the consensus standard development approach outlined in 
the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) published in the 
Federal Register on November 9, 1993 (58 FR 59420). If a standard is 
developed which provides a suitable basis for the regulation of 
inflatable PFDs for use in recreational boating, a notice of proposed 
rulemaking (NPRM), in which the Coast Guard discusses and proposes 
adoption of all or part of it, will be published in the Federal 
Register.
    The agenda for the March 7, 1994 meeting will include discussion of 
the following topics:
    (1) Issues identified after publication of the ANPRM, as they 
relate to the draft standard.
    (2) Inflation system status indicator needs/requirements.
    (3) Possible alternatives to an indicating inflation system.
    (4) Reliability testing of the inflation system.
    (5) User information needs and requirements.
    Notice of intent to participate in this meeting is requested from 
knowledgeable persons in the field, who are willing to volunteer to 
participate in the development of this standard. In order to determine 
what accommodations need to be arranged, this notification should occur 
by February 28, 1994.
    Interested persons are also invited to participate by providing 
written comments as requested in response to the ANPRM cited above.

    Dated: February 17, 1994.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Acting Chief, Office of Marine Safety, Security and Environmental 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 94-4206 Filed 2-23-94; 8:45 am]
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