[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 5504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2866]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[CGD 97-007]


Minimum Requirements and Capabilities for Vessel Traffic Services

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is undertaking an effort to identify the 
minimum requirements and capabilities a Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) 
must have have to serve its wide range of users and to develop criteria 
to identify ports requiring a VTS. This effort will form the basis for 
the Coast Guard to propose to Congress a viable production program for 
a VTS that takes advantage of available, off-the-shelf and open 
architecture systems that are inexpensive and easy to build and 
operate. The Coast Guard has invited representatives of maritime and 
environmental organizations and members of the public to provide input 
on these topics. The first public meeting on these topics was held on 
January 15, 1997. Several additional public meetings are planned.

DATES: The Coast Guard will sponsor a public meeting to be held on 
February 11, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Marine Board, National 
Academy of Sciences Foundry Building, 1055 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW, 
Washington, DC, in room 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For information on VTS, contact Mike Sollosi, U.S. Coast Guard Office 
of Vessel Traffic Management, 2100 2nd Street, SW, Washington DC. 
Telephone (202) 267-1539, FAX (202) 267-4826. For information on the 
meeting, contact Peter Johnson, Marine Board, National Academy of 
Sciences, 2001 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Telephone (202) 
334-3157, FAX (202) 334-3789.

    Dated: January 28, 1997.
J.C. Card,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commander for Marine Safety 
and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 97-2866 Filed 2-4-97; 8:45 am]
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