[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 69 (Monday, April 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 17714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9071]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[USCG-1999-5479]


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 Thursday, April 29, 1999, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 
p.m. TSAC working groups will meet on Wednesday, April 28, 1999, from 8 
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 April 19, 1999. 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 
April 12, 1999.

ADDRESSES: TSAC will meet in room 2415, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 
2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC. Working group meetings will be 
held 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 TSAC, telephone 
202-267-0218, fax 202-267-4570.

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) Introduction of the new Chairman.
    (2) Report of the Voyage Planning Working Group.
    (3) Progress report from the Electronic Charting Working Group.
    (4) Progress report from the Tug Assistance and Remote Anchor 
Retrieval Working Group.
    (5) Report of the Communications Working Group.
    (6) Progress Report from the Casualty Analysis Working Group.
    (7) Discussion of the Final Rule on Licensing and Manning for 
Officers of Uninspected Towing Vessels.
    (8) Status update on the National Marine Safety Incident Reporting 
System.
    (9) Presentation by working groups of their accomplishments and 
further 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 April 19, 1999. 
Written material for distribution at a meeting should reach the Coast 
Guard no later than April 19, 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 Assistant 
Executive Director no later than April 12, 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 Assistant Executive Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: April 5, 1999.
Howard L. Hime,
Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 99-9071 Filed 4-9-99; 8:45 am]
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