[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 8701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5059]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[CGD 96-009]


Commerical Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee (CFIVAC) 
Meeting

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: CFIVAC will meet to discuss various issues relating to fishing 
industry vessel safety. The meetings are open to the public.

DATES: The CFIVAC meeting will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, April 
24-25, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Persons wishing to make 
oral presentations or provide written material during the meeting 
should notify the Executive Director, listed below under ADDRESSES, on 
or before April 15, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The CFICAC meeting will be held at the Stouffer Madison 
Renaissance Hotel, 515 Madison Street, Seattle, Washington 98104. 
Written material should be submitted to CDR Adan D. Guerrero, Executive 
Director, Commandant (G-MOS-2), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street 
SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
CDR Adan D. Guerrero, Executive Director, or LCDR Mark D. Bobal, 
Assistant to the Executive Director, Commandant (G-MOS-2), U.S. Coast 
Guard, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001, telephone 
(202) 267-1181, fax (202) 267-4570.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given pursuant to 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 Sec. 1 et seq. The 
agenda for the CFIVAC meeting will include discussion of the following 
topics:
    (1) Seek committee input on implementation of the Convention on 
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing 
Vessels, (STCW-F);
    (2) Committee discussion on Prevention Through People (PTP) 
Initiatives and how this program can update NVIC 5-86 dealing with 
voluntary standards for commercial fishing industry vessels;
    (3) Committee discussion on fires in refrigerated holds on fish 
processing vessels;
    (4) Committee discussion on major conversion issues for commercial 
fishing industry vessels;
    (5) Sub--Committee working session on stability standards for 
commercial fishing industry vessels;
    (6) Sub--Committee working sessions on updating the voluntary 
standards of U.S. uninspected commercial fishing vessels found in 
Navigational and Vessel Inspection Circular, (NVIC), 5-86.
    Attendance at the meeting is open to the public. With advance 
notice, and at the Chairman discretion, members of the public may made 
oral presentations at the meeting. Persons wishing to make oral 
presentations should notify the Executive Director, listed above under 
``ADDRESSES'', no later than April 22, 1996. Written material may be 
submitted at any time for presentation to CFIVAC.
    Howver, to ensure advance distribution to each member, persons 
submitting written material are asked to provide 20 copies to the 
Executive Director no later than April 15, 1996.

    Dated: February 28, 1996.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director for Standards, Office of Marine Safety, Security and 
Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 96-5059 Filed 3-4-96; 8:45 am]
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