[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 22 (Thursday, February 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2152]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[CGD 96-003]


Towing Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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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 and discussion of various Coast 
guard programs such as Prevention Through People and Casualty 
Investigation. The meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: The working group meetings will be held on Wednesday, February 
28, 1996, from 9 a.m., to 4:30 p.m. the committee meeting will be held 
on Thursday, February 29, 1996, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Written material 
must be received not later than February 15, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held in the offices of Texaco, in the 
Firechief Room, at Texaco Center, 400 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA 
70130. Written material should be submitted to LTJG Patrick J. DeShon, 
the Assistant Executive Director, U.S. Coast Guard (G-MMS-1), 2100 
Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Executive Director, LTJG 
Patrick J. DeShon, U.S. Coast Guard (G-MMS-1), 2100 Second Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20593-0001, telephone (202) 267-2997.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings 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:

Follow-up to Past Recommendations

    (1) Radar training for towing vessel operators.

Work Group Reports

    (1) Licensing of towing vessel operators;
    (2) Prevention Through People;
    (3) Distinguishing marine assistance towing;
    (4) Casualty investigation;
    (5) Adequacy of tug/barge navigation lights; and
    (6) Revision of 46 CFR marine investigation regulations.

New Issues

    (1) Offshore supply towing industry; and
    (2) Adequacy of tug/barge navigation lights.
    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 presentations should notify the person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT  not later than February 20, 
1996. Written materials may be submitted for presentation to the 
Committee any time; however, to ensure distribution to each Committee 
member, 45 copies of the written material should be submitted by 
February 15, 1996.

    Dated: January 26, 1996.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director for Standards, Office of Marine Safety, Security and 
Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 96-2152 Filed 1-31-96; 8:45 am]
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