[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 186 (Friday, September 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51395-51396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25668]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[USCG-1998-4468]


National Boating Safety Advisory Council

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The National Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC) and its 
subcommittees on boat occupant protection, navigation lights, personal 
flotation device-life saving index, and prevention through people will 
meet to discuss various issues relating to recreational boating safety. 
All meetings will be open to the public.
DATES: NBSAC will meet on Monday, October 26, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 
p.m. and Tuesday, October 27 from 8:30 a.m. to noon. The Personal 
Flotation Device-Live Saving Index and Navigation Light Subcommittees 
will meet on Saturday, October, 24, 1998, from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. The 
Boat Occupant Protection Subcommittee will meet on Sunday, October 25, 
1998, from 9:00 a.m. to noon, and the Prevention Through People 
Subcommittee will meet from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 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 
October 15, 1998. Requests to have a copy of your material distributed 
to each member of the committee or subcommittees should reach the Coast 
Guard on or before October 9, 1998.

ADDRESSES: NBSAC will meet at the Wyndham Washington DC Hotel, 1400 M 
Street, NW, Washington, DC. The subcommittee meetings will be held at 
the same address. Send written material and requests to make oral 
presentations to Mr. Albert J. Marmo, Commandant (G-OPB-1), U.S. Coast 
Guard

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Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001. You may 
obtain a copy of this notice by calling the U.S. Coast Guard Infoline 
at 1-800-368-5647. This notice is available on the Internet at http://
dms.dot.gov or at the Web Site for the Office of Boating Safety at URL 
address www.uscgboating.org/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on this notice, contact 
Albert J. Marmo, Executive Director of NBSAC, telephone 202-267-0950, 
fax 202-267-4285. 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

    National Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC). The agenda 
includes the following:
    (1) Executive Director's report.
    (2) Chairman's session.
    (3) Personal Flotation Device-Life Saving Index Subcommittee 
report.
    (4) Navigation Light Subcommittee report.
    (5) Boat Occupant Protection Subcommittee report.
    (6) Recreational Boating Safety Program report.
    (7) Reports on Coast Guard Search and Rescue, Aids to Navigation, 
Law Enforcement and Bridge Administration Programs.
    (8) Council discussion of Federal requirements for education in 
recreational boating safety moderated by the Prevention Through People 
Subcommittee.
    (9) Council discussion of Federal requirements for wearing personal 
flotation devices moderated by the Personal Flotation Device-Life 
Saving Index Subcommittee.
    (10) Presentation on the results of boat occupant protection 
studies.
    (11) Presentation on the results of personal flotation device (PFD) 
wear rate study.
    (12) Vessel Identification System demonstration and discussion.
    (13) National Association of State Boating Law Administrators 
report.
    (14) Canadian Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety report.
    (15) Presentation on recreational boating safety national outreach 
campaigns.
    Boat Occupant Protection Subcommittee. The agenda includes the 
following:
    (1) Review and discuss boat occupant protection study results and 
issues.
    (2) Discuss risk management and human factors initiatives.
    (3) Discuss propeller injury prevention study results.
    (4) Discuss proposals regarding requirements to wear a helmet on 
personal watercraft (PWC), and for installation of a shroud on PWC 
extending from the engine cowling.
    Navigation Light Subcommittee. The agenda includes the following:
    (1) Review and discuss rulemaking to place navigation lights under 
regulatory control.
    (2) Discuss the need for and parameters of a navigation light 
visibility study considering available applicable information.
    (3) Review any new standards which address design, construction, 
and installation of navigation lights applicable to recreational boats.
    Personal Flotation Device-Life Saving Index Subcommittee. The 
agenda includes the following:
    (1) Review and discuss comments received in response to a Coast 
Guard Federal Register notice of request for comments concerning 
Federal requirements for wearing personal flotation devices. Identify 
issues for discussion by the full Council.
    (2) Discuss status of development of the life saving index.
    (3) Discuss the status of inflatable PFD inflation systems, and 
approval of automatic inflating PFDs.
    (4) Discuss strategies for improving public awareness of the 
capabilities of the different types of personal flotation devices.
    Prevention Through People Subcommittee. The agenda includes the 
following:
    (1) Review and discuss comments received in reponse to a Coast 
Guard Federal Register notice of request for comments concerning 
Federal requirements for education in recreational boating safety. 
Identify issues for discussion by the full Council.
Procedural
    All meetings are open to the public. Please note that the meeting 
may close early if all business is finished. At the Chair's 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 Executive Director no later than October 15, 1998. Written 
material for distribution at a meeting should reach the Coast Guard no 
later than October 15, 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 Executive Director no 
later than October 9, 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 Executive Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: September 18, 1998.
James D. Hull,
Acting Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 98-25668 Filed 9-24-98; 8:45 am]
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