[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24571]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD 97-061]


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, October 23, 1997 
from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Written material and requests to make oral 
presentations should reach the Coast Guard on or before October 9, 
1997.

ADDRESSES: The NOSAC meeting will be held at Transocean Offshore Inc., 
4 Greenway Plaza, Room C100, Houston, Texas. 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

    The agenda includes the following:
    (1) Introduction and swearing-in of new members.
    (2) Progress report from the Prevention Through People 
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'', Outer 
Continental Shelf Regulations.
    (5) Status report on the Final Rule of 46 CFR Subchapter ``L'' on 
Offshore Supply Vessels (OSVs) and Liftboats.
    (6) Report on issues concerning the International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) and the International Organization of 
Standardization (ISO).
    (7) Status report from Safety Regulatory Reform Subcommittee.
    (8) Report from subcommittee on Big ``L'' OSVs, Crew Boats, 
Alternate Tonnage and Licensing of OSVs.

Procedural

    The meeting is open to the public. At the Chairperson's discretion, 
members of the public may make oral presentations during the meeting. 
If you would like to make an oral presentation at the meeting, please 
notify the Executive Director no later than October 9, 1997. Written 
material for distribution at the meeting should reach the Coast Guard 
no later than October 9, 1997. If you would like a copy of your 
material distributed to each member of the Committee or Subcommittee in 
advance of the meeting, please submit 25 copies to the Executive 
Director no later than October 9, 1997.

Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities

    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact 
the Assistant to the Executive Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: September 10, 1997.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 97-24571 Filed 9-15-97; 8:45 am]
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