[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-31241]


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[Federal Register: December 20, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD 94-114]

 

Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee; Meeting

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee 
(CFIVAC) will meet to discuss various issues. The meeting will be open 
to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held February 1 and 2, 1995, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 5 p.m. daily. Written material should be submitted not later than 
January 23, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Coast Line Convention 
Center, 501 Nutt Street, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401. Written 
material should be submitted to LCDR Mark D. Bobal, Executive Director, 
Commandant (G-MVI-4), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street S.W., 
Washington, DC 20593-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given pursuant to 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 section 1 et seq. 
The agenda will include discussion of the following topics:.

    (1) Seek committee input on obtaining the safety goals for 
commercial fishing vessels contained in the Coast Guard Business Plan 
for the Office of Marine Safety, Security and Environmental Protection.
    (2) Committee discussion on the Coast Guard plan to license 
operators of commercial fishing industry vessels.
    (3) Briefing by the Marine Index Bureau on commercial fishing 
vessel casualty reporting.
    (4) Committee discussion on the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration (OSHA) and Coast Guard Memorandum of Understanding.
    (5) Sub-Committee presentation regarding Title 46, Code of Federal 
Regulations, (CFR), Part 28 regulations dealing with the requirements 
for commercial fishing industry vessels.
    (6) Sub-Committee presentation on the voluntary standards of U.S. 
uninspected commercial fishing vessels found in Navigational and Vessel 
Inspection Circular, (NVIC), 5-86.
    (7) Results of Coast Guard District Fishing Vessel Safety Program 
audits.
    (8) Committee input on fishing vessel dissemination on fishing 
vessel safety information.
    Attendance is open to the public. With advance notice, and at the 
Chairman's discretion, members of the public may make oral 
presentations during the meeting. Persons wishing to make oral 
presentations should notify the Executive Director, listed above under 
ADDRESSES, no later than the day before the meeting. Written material 
may be submitted at any time for presentation to the Committee. 
However, to ensure advance distribution to each Committee member, 
persons submitting written material are asked to provide 20 copies to 
the Executive Director no later than January 23, 1995.


    Dated: December 14, 1994.
J.C. Card,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Chief, Office of Marine Safety, Security 
and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 94-31241 Filed 12-19-94; 8:45 am]
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