[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 189 (Friday, September 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 50890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24833]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD 96-049]


National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (NOSAC) will 
meet to discuss various issues relating to offshore safety. The meeting 
will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting of NOSAC will be held on Thursday, November 7, 1996, 
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Written material and requests to make oral 
presentations should reach the Coast Guard on or before October 28, 
1996.

ADDRESSES: The NOSAC meeting will be held in the Shell Annex Auditorium 
(2nd Floor of the Parking Bldg), 701 Poydras Street, New Orleans, 
Louisiana. Written material and requests to make oral presentations 
should be sent to Captain R. L. Skewes, Commandant (G-MSO), U.S. Coast 
Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Captain R. L. Skewes, Executive Director of NOSAC or Mr. Jim Magill, 
Assistant to the Executive Director, telephone (202) 267-0214, 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.

Agenda of Meeting

    National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (NOSAC). The agenda 
includes the following:
    (1) Introduction and swearing-in of new members.
    (2) Progress report from the PTP Subcommittee.
    (3) Progress report from the Subcommittee on Pipeline-Free 
Anchorages for Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs), Liftboats and 
Vessels.
    (4) Status report on revision of 33 CFR Subchapter ``N'', OCS 
Regulations.
    (5) Status report on the implementation of 46 CFR Subchapter ``L'' 
on Offshore Supply Vessels (OSVS) and Liftboats.
    (6) Report on issue concerning the International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) and the International Organization of 
Standardization (ISO).

Procedure

    The meeting is open to the public. At the Chairperson's discretion, 
members of the public may make oral presentations during the meeting. 
Persons wishing to make oral presentations at the meeting should notify 
the Executive Director no later than October 28, 1996. Written material 
for distribution at the meeting should reach the Coast Guard no later 
than October 28, 1996. If a person submitting material would like a 
copy distributed to each member of the Committee or Subcommittee in 
advance of the meeting, that person should submit 25 copies to the 
Executive Director no later than October 21, 1996.

Information on Services for the Handicapped

    For information on facilities or services for the handicapped or to 
request special assistance at the meeting, contact Mr. Jim Magill as 
soon as possible.

    Dated: September 23, 1996.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 96-24833 Filed 9-26-96; 8:45 am]
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