[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 168 (Monday, August 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 46272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23371]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[USCG-1998-4353]


Towing Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) and its working 
groups will meet to discuss various issues relating to shallow-draft 
inland and coastal waterway navigation and towing safety. All meetings 
are open to the public.

DATES: TSAC will meet on Wednesday, September 23, 1998, from 9 a.m. to 
1 p.m. TSAC working groups will meet on Tuesday, September 22, 1998, 
from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. These meetings may close early if all business 
is finished. Written material and requests to make oral presentations 
should reach the Coast Guard on or before September 14, 1998. Requests 
to have a copy of your material distributed to each member of the 
committee or working group should reach the Coast Guard on or before 
September 8, 1998.

ADDRESSES: TSAC will meet in the North Auditorium, Jackson Federal 
Building, 915 2nd Avenue, Seattle, Washington. The working groups will 
meet in the same room. Send written material and requests to make oral 
presentations to Lieutenant Lionel Mew, Commandant (G-MSO-1), U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-
0001. This notice is available on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on this notice, contact 
Lieutenant Lionel Mew, Assistant Executive Director of CTAC, telephone 
202-267-0218, fax 202-267-4570. For questions on viewing, or submitting 
material to, the docket, contact Dorothy Walker, Chief, Dockets, 
Department of Transportation, 202-366-9329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.

Agendas of Meetings

    Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) and working group meetings. 
The agendas tentatively include the following:
    (1) Report of the Coast Guard Research and Development Center study 
on inland towing vessel crew fatigue.
    (2) Progress report from the Voyage Planning working group.
    (3) Discussion on Alternative Convention Tonnage issues.
    (4) Recommendations on the G-M Performance Plan.
    (5) Discussion of the Merchant Marine Licensing and Documentation 
Reengineering Plan.
    (6) Status update on the National Marine Safety Incident Reporting 
System.
    (7) Progress report from the Electronic Charting Standards working 
group.
    (8) Presentation by working groups of their accomplishments and 
future plans.

 Procedural

    Both meetings are open to the public. Please note that the meetings 
may close early if all business is finished. At the Chairs' discretion, 
members of the public may make oral presentations during the meetings. 
If you would like to make an oral presentation at a meeting, please 
notify the Assistant Executive Director no later than September 14, 
1998. Written material for distribution at a meeting should reach the 
Coast Guard no later than September 14, 1998. If you would like a copy 
of your material distributed to each member of the committee or 
subcommittee in advance of a meeting, please submit 25 copies to the 
Assistant Executive Director no later than September 8, 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 meetings, contact 
the Assistant Executive Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: August 24, 1998.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 98-23371 Filed 8-28-98; 8:45 am]
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