[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 19163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10112]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD 97-003]


Additional Hazards Study Expert Panel

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The expert panel for the Additional Hazards Study will meet to 
discuss the information gathered at two public workshops held in 
Seattle, Washington on March 6, 1997, and collected from other sources 
which includes the public comments to the docket.

DATES: Meeting will be held April 21 through 23, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Best Western, 11211 Main 
Street, Bellevue, Washington, 206-455-5240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LT Duane Boniface, Human Element and 
Ship Design Division (G-MSE-1), telephone 202-267-0178, fax 202-267-
4816, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background and Purpose

    On February 18, 1997, the Coast Guard published a notice of 
initiation of the Additional Hazards Study and request for comments in 
the Federal Register (62 FR 7292). The Additional Hazards Study will 
use information gathered at two public workshops held in Seattle, 
Washington on March 6, 1997, and collected from other sources including 
the public comments to the docket. This notice announces the meeting of 
the expert panel to discuss the information developed during the 
workshops, along with information submitted to the docket and derived 
from other sources. The panel will use the information to identify and 
rank, by level of risk, the hazards related to a major spill of cargo 
or fuel oil by commercial vessels transiting the study area. The expert 
panel will also identify potential measures to decrease the risks. The 
panel will entertain new comments as time permits. The comment period 
for the Additional Hazards Study closed April 4, 1997.
    A brief summary of the March 6, 1997 workshops, which includes 
potential hazards, potential additional measures, and attendees, is 
available by contacting the person listed above in FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Dated: April 15, 1997.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards.
[FR Doc. 97-10112 Filed 4-17-97; 8:45 am]
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