[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 149 (Tuesday, August 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41616-41617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20697]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD8-98-043]


Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee 
(HOGANSAC) and its two Subcommittees (Waterways and Navigation) will 
meet to discuss waterway improvements, aids to navigation, current 
meters, and various other navigation safety matters affecting the 
Houston/Galveston area. All meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting of HOGANSAC will be held on Thursday, September 10, 
1998 from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 1 p.m. The meeting of the 
Waterways Subcommittee will be held on Thursday, August 20, 1998 at 
9:00 a.m. and immediately following, the Navigation Subcommittee will 
meet. The meetings may adjourn early if all business is finished. 
Members of the public may present written or oral statements at the 
meetings.

ADDRESSES: The HOGANSAC meeting will be held in the conference room of 
the Houston Pilots Office, 8150 South Loop East, Houston, Texas. The 
subcommittee meetings will be held at the Port of Houston Authority, 
111 East Loop North, Houston, Texas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Captain Wayne Gusman, 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.

Agendas of the Meetings

    Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee (HOGANSAC). 
The tentative agenda includes the following:
    (1) Opening remarks by the Committee Sponsor (RADM Pluta), 
Executive Director (CAPT Gusman) and chairman (Tim Leitzel).
    (2) Approval of the May 7, 1998 minutes.
    (3) Report from the Waterways Subcommittee.
    (4) Report from the Navigation Subcommittee.
    (5) Status reports on Baytown Tunnel removal, Army Corps of 
Engineers' dredging projects, HL&P transmission tower protection, and 
comments and discussions from the floor.
    Subcommittee on Waterways. The tentative agenda includes the 
following:
    (1) Presentation by each work group of its accomplishments and plan 
for the future.
    (2) Review and discuss the work completed by each work group.
    Subcommittee on Navigation. The tentative agenda includes the 
following:
    (1) Presentation by each work group of its accomplishments and 
plans for the future.
    (2) Review and discuss the work completed by each work group. 
Procedural.
    All meeting are open to the public. Please note that the meetings 
may adjourn early if all business is finished. 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.


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    Dated: July 10, 1998.
Paul J. Pluta,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 98-20697 Filed 8-3-98; 8:45 am]
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