[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51362-51363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24701]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[USCG-1999-6236]


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 25, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 
p.m. and Tuesday, October 26 from 8:30 a.m. to noon. The Personal 
Flotation Device-Life Saving Index Subcommittee will meet on Saturday, 
October 23, 1999, from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Prevention Through 
People Subcommittee will meet on Sunday, October 24, 1999, from 8:30 
a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; the Boat Occupant Protection Subcommittee will meet 
from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.; and the Navigation Light Subcommittee will 
meet from 3 p.m. to 5 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, 
1999. 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 8, 1999.

ADDRESSES: NBSAC will meet at the Four Points Riverwalk North Hotel, 
110 Lexington Avenue, San Antonio, Texas. 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), 
US Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW, Washington, DC 
20593-0001. You may obtain a copy of this notice by calling the US 
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.

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) Prevention Through People Subcommittee report.
    (5) Boat Occupant Protection Subcommittee report.
    (6) Navigation Light Subcommittee report.
    (7) Recreational Boating Safety Program report.
    (8) U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary report.
    (9) National Association of State Boating Law Administrators 
report.
    (10) Update on fire extinguisher carton labeling.
    (11) Presentation on the Global Maritime Distress and Safety 
System and the National Distress System Modernization Project.
    (12) Report on the national recreational boating survey.
    (13) Presentation on technical seminars on boating safety 
standards and compliance.
    (14) Discussion of personal watercraft safety issues.
    (15) Report on the utilization of grant project results in 
voluntary standards development.
    (16) Recreational boating safety outreach report.
    (17) Report on fiscal year 1999 national nonprofit public 
service organization grants.
    Personal Flotation Device-Life Saving Index Subcommittee. The 
agenda includes the following:
    (1) Discuss the status of development of the life saving index.
    (2) Discuss manual/automatic inflatable personal flotation 
device (PFD) approval.
    (3) Review PFD label criteria.
    (4) Discuss issues concerning consumer PFD awareness and Coast 
Guard sponsored PFD research projects.
    Boat Occupant Protection Subcommittee. The agenda includes the 
following:
    (1) Discuss actions to develop a performance standard to prevent 
and minimize the occurrence of propeller strikes.
    (2) Discuss ongoing risk management and human factors 
initiatives.
    (3) Discuss personal watercraft off-throttle steering test and 
evaluation.
    (4) Discuss boat engine weight table issues.
    Prevention Through People Subcommittee. The agenda includes the 
following:
    (1) Initiate the process for continuing subcommittee guidance 
and advice concerning public safety awareness campaigns and 
materials dealing with boating under the influence, PFD wear, and 
other boating safety issues.
    (2) Discuss strategies for reaching the operators of small 
boats, particularly non-powered craft such as canoes and kayaks, not 
required to be registered in most states.
    (3) Discuss development of a national boating safety education 
standard and education delivery mechanisms.
    Navigation Light Subcommittee. The agenda includes the 
following:

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    (1) Discuss status of navigation light certification rulemaking.
    (2) Discuss the navigation light lens size grant study.
    (3) Review the Navigation Rules regarding the use of innovative 
navigation light units.
    (4) Discuss marking to indicate certification of navigation 
lights.

Procedural

    All 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 Executive Director no later than October 
15, 1999. Written material for distribution at a meeting should 
reach the Coast Guard no later than October 15, 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 October 8, 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: September 15, 1999.
Terry M. Cross,
Rear Admiral, US Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Operations, 
Acting.
[FR Doc. 99-24701 Filed 9-21-99; 8:45 am]
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