[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 89 (Monday, May 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 25098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11681]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary
[OST-1999-5631]


Notice Concerning the Interagency Task Force on the Roles and 
Missions of the U.S. Coast Guard

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The President has directed, through Executive Order 13115, an 
independent study on the Roles and Missions of the U.S. Coast Guard. 
The Interagency Task Force shall report to the President through the 
Secretary of Transportation, providing advice and recommendations on 
the appropriate roles and missions for the U.S. Coast Guard through 
year 2020. The Task Force will seek ultimately to identify and 
distinguish which Coast Guard roles, missions, and functions: (a) might 
be added or enhanced; (b) might be maintained at current levels of 
performance; or (c) might be reduced or eliminated. The Task Force will 
also consider whether current Coast Guard roles, missions, and 
functions might be better performed by private organizations, public 
authorities, local or State governments, or other federal agencies. The 
Task Force will also consider the impact on Coast Guard roles, 
missions, and functions of future prospects in the areas of technology, 
demographics, the law of the sea, national security, etc. The Task 
Force is seeking comments from the public and industry on the issues 
listed above concerning the appropriate roles and missions of the Coast 
Guard.

ADDRESSES: Your written comments must be signed and refer to docket 
number OST-1999-5631. Send them to the Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, 
Room PL-401, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. To be 
considered for the report, comments should be received by 1 June 1999. 
All comments received will be available for public examination at this 
address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., ET. Monday through Friday, except 
Federal Holidays. Persons who wish notification of the receipt of their 
comments must include a self-addressed, stamped envelope or postcard.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CAPT John Crowley, Jr., Interagency 
Task Force on the Roles and Missions of the U.S. Coast Guard, 1111 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 502 West Tower, Arlington, VA 22302, 
telephone (703) 416-0192, facsimile (703) 416-6793.

    Issued in Washington, DC this 3rd day of May, 1999.
Mortimer L. Downey,
Deputy Secretary of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 99-11681 Filed 5-7-99; 8:45 am]
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