[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 32 (Thursday, February 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 9075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3953]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD 95-008]


Towing Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) and its working 
groups will meet to discuss various issues, to appoint new members, and 
to facilitate turnover of work in progress. Agenda will include 
elections, working group reports, and discussion of possible changes to 
licensing regulations. The meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: Meetings of the TSAC working groups will be held on Thursday, 
March 23, 1995. These meetings are scheduled to run from 8:30 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m. The TSAC meeting will be held on Friday, March 24, 1995, from 
8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Written material should be submitted by March 6, 
1995, and persons wishing to make oral presentations should notify the 
Assistant Executive Director not later than March 16, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The TSAC working groups and committee will meet in Room 2415 
at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, 
DC 20593.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Executive Director, LTJG 
Patrick J. DeShon, Commandant (G-MTH-4), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20593, telephone (202) 267-2997.

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 for the Committee meeting will include:
    (1) Licensing workgroup report;
    (2) Model company workgroup report;
    (3) Push Gear and face wire requirements for towing vessels;
    (4) Tow wire for coastal tow vessels;
    (5) Operational measures to reduce oil spills from existing tank 
vessels without double hulls;
    (6) Structural measures to reduce oil spills from existing tank 
vessels without double hulls; and
    (7) Possible changes to Coast Guard licensing requirements.
    With advance notice, and at the discretion of the Chairman, members 
of the public may present oral statements during the meeting. Persons 
wishing to make oral presentations should notify the TSAC Assistant 
Executive Director no later than March 16, 1995. Written materials may 
be submitted for presentation to the Committee any time; however, to 
ensure distribution to each Committee member, 20 copies of the written 
material should be submitted to the Assistant Executive Director by 
March 6, 1995.
J. C. Card,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of Marine Safety, 
Security and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 95-3953 Filed 2-15-95; 8:45 am]
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