[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 37311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18111]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[CGD 96-032]


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 Regulatory Reform. 
The meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: The working group meetings will be held on Tuesday, August 13, 
1996, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Committee meeting will be held on 
Wednesday, August 14, 1996, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Written material must 
be received not later than August 2, 1996.

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, U.S. Coast Guard 
(G-MSE-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. 21 et seq. The 
agenda for the Committee meeting includes the following:

Work Groups

    (1) Prevention Through People;
    (2) Licensing and STCW implementation;
    (3) Regulatory Reform in the towing industry;
    (4) Adequacy of tug/barge navigation lights; and

New Issues

    (1) Barge retrieval and anchoring systems;
    (2) Fire suppression systems for towing vessels;
    (3) Structural soundness and loading practices;
    (4) QAT report on casualty investigation and reporting;
    (5) AWO/CG QAT report on towing vessel crew fatalities.
    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 August 2, 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 August 2, 1996.

    Dated: July 10, 1996.
George F. Wright,
Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 96-18111 Filed 7-16-96; 8:45 am]
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