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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[CGD 94-022]

 

Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) Subcommittee on 
Tank Filling Limits

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Subcommittee on Tank Filling Limits of the Chemical 
Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) will meet to review and 
discuss the proposed guidelines for evaluating the adequacy of type C 
tank vent systems for loading tanks on those gas carriers wishing to 
use increased filling limits, as now allowed under Chapters 8 and 15 of 
the International Gas Carrier Codes. The meeting will be open to the 
public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 3, 1994, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
Written material should be submitted no later than April 27, 1994.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the offices of the American 
Bureau of Shipping, 16855 Northchase Drive, Houston, Texas, 77060. 
Personnel attending the meeting should report to the main floor 
reception area for direction to the meeting room. Written material 
should be submitted to Dr. Michael Parnarouskis, Commandant (G-MTH-1), 
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20593-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Michael Parnarouskis, Commandant (G-MTH-1), U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001, 
telephone (202) 267-1217.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given pursuant to 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 Sec. 1 et seq.
    The Twenty-second Session of the International Maritime 
Organization's (IMO) Subcommittee on Bulk Chemicals (BCH) agreed that 
gas carriers desiring to use the increased tank filling limits that 
were approved during that session would be required to verify the 
adequacy of their tank venting systems. In order to provide information 
to Administrations on how these vent system evaluations should be 
carried out, the BCH agreed that guidelines should be developed. The 
Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (SIGTTO) 
agreed to chair a working group that would develop these guidelines and 
submit them to the Twenty-fourth Session of BCH for approval and 
adoption. Copies of the guidelines will be submitted to all members of 
the CTAC Tank Filling Limits Subcommittee for review and comment. The 
purpose of this meeting is to discuss the comments provided by the CTAC 
members and to develop a U.S. position on the guidelines in preparation 
for the Twenty-fourth Session of BCH which will be held in September 
1994.

    Dated: March 10, 1994.
J.F. McGowan,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Chief, Office of Marine Safety, 
Security & Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 94-6516 Filed 3-18-94; 8:45 am]
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