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[FR Doc No: 94-30799]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD 94-109]

 

Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) and CTAC 
Subcommittee on Marine Vapor Control Systems Meetings

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: CTAC and its Subcommittee on Marine Vapor Control Systems will 
meet to discuss various issues relating to the marine transport of 
hazardous materials in bulk.Agenda items include discussion of 
amendments to domestic regulations, hazardous substance response plans, 
and international activities. Both meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: The CTAC meeting will be held on Monday, January 9, 1995, from 
(9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Subcommittee on Marine Vapor Control Systems 
meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 10, 1995, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 
p.m. Persons wishing to make oral presentations should notify the 
Executive Director, listed below under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 
on or before January 3, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The CTAC meeting will be held in Room 2415, U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The 
Subcommittee on Marine Vapor Control Systems meeting will be held in 
Room 4315, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters. Written material should be 
submitted to Commander K.J. Eldridge, Executive Director, Commandant 
(G-MTH-1), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20593-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commander K.J. Eldridge, Executive 
Director, or Lieutenant R.J. Raksnis, Executive Assistant, Commandant 
(G-MTH-1), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20593-0001, telephone (202) 267-1217.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is given pursuant 
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 Sec. 1 et seq. 
The agenda for the CTAC meeting will include the following topics:
    (1) Introduction and swearing in of new members and election of a 
new chair;
    (2) Discussion of issues such as the status of revisions to 46 CFR 
Parts 151 and 152, status of maritime regulatory reform, and results of 
the inert gas systems field survey;
    (3) Reports from Revisions to 46 CFR Parts 151 and 152, Marine 
Occupational Safety and Health, and Marine Vapor Control Systems 
Subcommittee;
    (4) New tasking regarding the development of hazardous substance 
response plans for facilities and vessels;
    (5) Discussions of international activities, including tank filling 
limits, air pollution from ships, and the rewrite of Annex II to 
MARPOL; and
    (6) Discussions on human factors in the Coast Guard, chemical 
compatibility update, and marine vapor control systems for hazardous 
air pollutants.
    The Subcommittee on Marine Vapor Control Systems will review the 
results of the hazard and operability studies that were conducted to 
identify safety hazards that may exist when using a vapor control 
system during tank barge cleaning operations.
    Attendance at both meetings is open to the public. With advance 
notice, and at the Chairman's discretion, members of the public may 
make oral presentations during the meetings. Persons wishing to make 
oral presentations should notify the Executive Director, listed above 
under ADDRESSES, no later than January 3, 1995. Written material may be 
submitted at any time for presentation to the Committee or 
Subcommittee.

    Dated: December 8, 1994.
N.W. Lemley,
Acting Chief, Office of Marine Safety, Security and Environmental 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 94-30799 Filed 12-14-94; 8:45 am]
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