[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 10423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5448]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[USCG 1998-3551]


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 Wednesday, April 22, 1998 
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 April 8, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The NOSAC meeting will be held in Rooms 6332-6336, of the 
NASSIF Building, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC. 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

    National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (NOSAC). 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, Lifeboats and Vessels.
    (4) Status report on revision of 33 CFR Subchapter ``N'', Outer 
Continental Shelf Regulations.
    (5) Report on the new regulations for large offshore supply vessels 
and crewboats, (supplementary 46 CFR Subchapter ``L'')
    (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 Platform/Ship collision Avoidance subcommittee.

Procedural

    The meeting is open to the public. Due to new security procedures 
at government buildings, visitors should have a current picture ID to 
enter the NASSIF building. At the Chairperson's discretion, members of 
the public may make oral presentation during the meeting. Persons 
wishing to make oral presentations at the meeting should notify the 
Executive Director no later than April 8, 1998. Written material for 
distribution at the meeting should reach the Coast Guard no later than 
April 8, 1998. If a person submitting material would like a copy 
distributed to each member of the Committee or Subcommittee in advance 
of the meeting, that person should submit 25 copies to the Executive 
Director no later than April 1, 1998.

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: February 24, 1998.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 98-5448 Filed 3-2-98; 8:45 am]
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