[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28902]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD 96-061]


Navigation Safety Advisory Council

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Navigation Safety Advisory Council (NAVSAC) will meet to 
discuss various issues relating to commercial and recreational boat 
safety. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting of NAVSAC will be held on Saturday, December 14, 
1996, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, December 15, 1996, from 9 a.m. to 
5 p.m. and Monday, December 16, 1996, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Written 
material and requests to make oral presentations should reach the Coast 
Guard on or before December 2, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Adams Mark Hotel, 2900 
Briarpark Drive, Houston, TX 77042. Written material and requests to 
make oral presentations should be sent to Margie G. Hegy, Commandant 
(G-MOV-3), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20593-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Margie G. Hegy, Executive Director, telephone (202) 267-0415 or Diane 
Appleby, Executive Secretary, telephone (202) 267-0352, fax (202) 267-
4826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given pursuant to 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.

Agenda of Meeting

    The agenda includes the following:
    (1) Report on Port State Control and Implementation of PTP in the 
Port of Houston.
    (2) Update on the Coast Guard's Vessel Traffic Services program.
    (3) Meeting of Prevention Through People Committee and follow up 
report to Council.
    (4) Meeting of Barge Lighting Committee to continue review of 
adequacy of barge lighting and follow up report to Council with 
recommendation for resolution.
    (5) Meeting of Vessel Traffic Services Committee to discuss marine 
community information needs and follow up report to Council.
    (6) Meeting of Aids to Navigation Committee to discuss the role of 
electronic navigational aids and their impact on traditional aids and 
follow up report to Council.

Procedural

    All sessions are 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 December 2, 1996. 
Written material for distribution at the meeting should reach the Coast 
Guard no later than December 2, 1996. If a person submitting material 
would like a copy distributed to each member of the Council or 
Committee in advance of the meeting, that person should submit 25 
copies to the Executive Director no later than November 25, 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 Diane Appleby as 
soon as possible.

    Dated: November 5, 1996.
G.N. Naccara,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Field Activities, Marine Safety 
and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 96-28902 Filed 11-8-96; 8:45 am]
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