[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 39475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19008]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[CGD 95-065]


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 relating to shallow-draft 
inland and coastal waterway navigation and towing safety. The agenda 
will include working group reports, discussion of various Coast Guard 
programs such as Prevention Through People and Casualty Investigation 
and introduction of the new Executive Director. The meeting will be 
open to the Public.

DATES: Meetings of the TSAC working groups will be held on Tuesday, 
August 29, 1995. These meetings are scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m. The TSAC meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 30, 1995, 
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Written material should be submitted by August 
16, 1995, and persons wishing to make oral presentations should notify 
the Assistant Executive Director not later than August 23, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The TSAC working groups and Committee will meet in Room 2415 
at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., 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, S.W., 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 1 et seq. The 
agenda for the Committee meeting includes the following.

Work Group Reports

    (1) Licensing of towing vessel operators;
    (2) Radar training for towing vessel operators;
    (3) Prevention Through People;
    (4) Towing gear standard for vessels pushing ahead/towing 
alongside;
    (5) Distinguishing the marine assistance and commercial towing 
industries;
    (6) Casualty Investigation QAT results; New Issues
    (1) Adequacy of tug/barge navigation lights;
    (2) Revision of Title Code of Federal Regulations, marine 
investigation regulations.
    With advance notice, and at the discretion of the Chair, members of 
the public may present oral statements during the meeting. Persons 
wishing to make oral representations should notify the TSAC Assistant 
Executive Director at (202) 267-2997 no later than August 23, 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 at the address listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT by August 16, 1995

    Dated: July 27, 1995.
J.C. Card,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of Marine Safety, 
Security and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 95-19008 Filed 8-1-95; 8:45 am]
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