[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 28 (Thursday, February 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6933-6934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3366]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[USCG-1999-5067]


Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee 
(CFIVAC) and its four Subcommittees will meet to discuss various issues 
relating to the safety of commercial fishing vessels. These meetings 
will be open to the public.

DATES: CFIVAC will meet on Monday, March 22, 1999, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m. The Subcommittees on Communications, Data, Regionalization and 
Equipment will meet on Tuesday, March 23, 1999, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 
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 February 22, 1999. Requests to have a copy 
of your material distributed to each member of the committee or 
subcommittee should reach the Coast Guard on or before February 22, 
1999.

ADDRESSES: CFIVAC will meet in the conference room of U.S. Coast Guard 
Marine Safety Office Tampa, 155 Columbia Dr., Tampa, FL. The 
Subcommittees will meet in the same room or other offices at the same 
address. Send written material and requests to make oral presentations 
to Commander Mark A. Prescott, Commandant (G-MSO-2), 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 
Commander Mark A. Prescott, Executive Director of CFIVAC, or Lieutenant 
Commander Randy Clark, Assistant to the Executive Director, telephone 
202-267-1181, 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

    Commerical Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee (CFIVAC). The 
agenda includes the following:

(1) Welcome, administrative issues.
(2) Review minutes of last meeting.
(3) Opening remarks from RADM Robert North.
(4) Presentation on the regional aspects of the industry.
(5) Presentation and discussion on Coast Guard Task Force report on 
Fishing Vessel Casualties in 1999.
(6) Subcommittees review Task Statements.
(7) Tour of local fishing boats.

    Subcommittees on Communications, Data, Regionalization and 
Equipment. The agenda includes the following:

(1) Subcommittees to develop priorities and goals for each Task 
Statement.
(2) Review and discuss the work completed by each work group.
(3) Presentation by inflatable personal flotation device manufacturers.
(4) News from Coast Guard and Industry.

Procedural

    These meetings are open to the public. Please note that the 
meetings may close early if all business is finished. At the Chair's 
discretion, members of the public may make oral

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presentations during the meetings. If you would like to make an oral 
presentation at a meeting, please notify the Executive Director no 
later than February 22, 1999. Written material for distribution at a 
meeting should reach the Coast Guard no later than February 22, 1999. 
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 February 22, 1999.

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: February 4, 1999.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 99-3366 Filed 2-10-99; 8:45 am]
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