[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61573-61574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30366]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD08-97-044]


Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of full committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee 
(HOGANSAC) will hold a special meeting to discuss the proposal by the 
Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) to dredge the Houston Ship Channel 
through Galveston Bay along the east side only. As part of the 
approved, multi-year project to deepen and widen the Houston Ship 
Channel, this proposed east-side-only dredging will occur between 
Bolivar Roads and Five Mile Cut. The meeting will be open to the 
public.

DATES: The meeting of HOGANSAC will be held on Wednesday, November 19,

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1997 at 9:00 a.m. Members of the public may present written or oral 
statements at the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The HOGANSAC meeting will be held in the conference room of 
the Houston Pilots Office, 8150 South Loop East, Houston, Texas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Captain Kevin Eldridge, Executive Director of HOGANSAC, telephone (713) 
671-5199, or Commander Paula Carroll, Executive Secretary of HOGANSAC, 
telephone (713) 671-5164.

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

Agenda of the Meeting

    Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee (HOGANSAC). 
The tentative agenda includes the following:
    (1) Opening remarks by the Executive Director (CAPT Eldridge) and 
chairman (Tim Leitzell).
    (2) Discussion on the ACOE proposal and comments from the floor.

Procedural

    All meetings are open to the public. Members of the public may make 
oral presentations during the meetings.

Information on Services for the Handicapped

    For information on facilities or services for the handicapped or to 
request special assistance at the meetings, contact the Executive 
Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: October 29, 1997.
T.W. Josiah,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 97-30366 Filed 11-17-97; 8:45 am]
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