[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13225-13226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7170]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD 96-012]


Navigation Safety Advisory Council (NAVSAC) and National Boating 
Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC) Joint Meeting

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: NAVSAC and NBSAC will meet jointly to discuss various issues 
relating to commercial and recreational boat safety. The meeting will 
be open to the public.

DATES: The NAVSAC/NBSAC meeting will be held April 27 through 29, 1996, 
from 8:00 a.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m. each day except Sunday, when 
committee meetings will end at 11:30 a.m. Written material must be 
received on or before April 19, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The NAVSAC/NBSAC meeting will be held at the Parc Fifty Five 
Hotel, 55 Cyril Magnin, San Francisco, CA. Written material should be 
submitted to Margie G. Hegy, NAVSAC Executive Director, Commandant (G-
MVO-3), or Albert J. Marmo, NBSAC Executive Director (G-NAB), U.S. 
Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Margie G. Hegy, NAVSAC Executive Director, Commandant (G-MVO-3), or 
Albert J. Marmo, NBSAC Executive Director (G-NAB), U.S. Coast Guard, 
2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001, telephone (202) 267-
0415 or (202) 267-0950.

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 joint NAVSAC/NBSAC sessions will include discussion of 
the following topics:
    (1) Prevention Through People Initiative;
    (2) Recreational Boating Safety Program Direction;
    (3) Vessel Visibility and Identification;
    (4) Status of Nautical Charting Program;
    (5) Multiple Use Waterway Conflicts; and,
    (6) Prioritizing Commercial and Recreational Boating Issues.
    The meeting will begin on Saturday morning with separate NAVSAC and 
NBSAC plenary sessions before the joint session begins at 10:15 a.m. 
Items to be discussed in these sessions include boat occupant 
protection and the status of differential global positioning system 
(DGPS) and the Coast Guard's radionavigation responsibilities.
    Committee meetings will be held on Sunday morning. NBSAC's Boat 
Occupant Protection Subcommittee will meet from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. 
Prevention Through People and Vessel Visibility and Identification 
Committee, comprised of members of both NAVSAC and NBSAC will meet from 
8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
    NAVSAC/NBSAC will reconvene on Monday at 8:00 a.m. in joint plenary 
session to hear committee reports, and break into separate afternoon 
plenary sessions. Topics to be discussed in NAVSAC's plenary session 
include Implementation of the 1995 STCW Amendments and Inland 
Navigation Rule 9. NBSAC will discuss the emergency position indicating 
radio beacon 121.5 MHz transition plan, nonprofit grant solicitation, 
and the

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Boat Occupant Protection Subcommittee report.
    Attendance at the meeting 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 April 19, 1996. Written material may be 
submitted at any time for presentation to the Councils. However, to 
ensure advance distribution to each Council member, persons submitting 
written material are asked to provide 21 copies to the Executive 
Director no later than April 19, 1996.

    Date: March 19, 1996.
Rudy K. Peschel,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of Navigation Safety and 
Waterway Services.
[FR Doc. 96-7170 Filed 3-25-96; 8:45 am]
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