[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 135 (Thursday, July 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43400-43401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17678]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[CGD8-00-015]


Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee 
(HOGANSAC) and its working committees will meet to discuss waterway 
improvements, aids to navigation, Houston/Galveston-area projects 
impacting safety on the Houston Ship Channel, and various other 
navigation safety matters in the Houston/Galveston area. All meetings 
will be open to the public.

DATES: The next meeting of HOGANSAC will be held on Tuesday, September 
12, 2000 from 10:00 a.m. to approximately 12:30 p.m. The meeting of the 
Committee's working groups will be held on Tuesday, August 22, 2000 at 
9:00 a.m. The meetings may adjourn early if all business is finished. 
Members of the public may present written or oral statements at either 
meeting.

ADDRESSES: The HOGANSAC meeting will be held in the conference room of 
the Corps of Engineers facility in Galveston. The Corps of Engineers 
building is located at 2000 Fort Point Road. The working group meeting 
will be held at the Houston Port Authority building, 111 East Loop 
North, Houston, Texas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Captain Wayne Gusman, Executive 
Director of HOGANSAC, telephone (713) 671-5199, or Commander Peter 
Simons, Executive Secretary of HOGANSAC, telephone (713) 671-5164.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given pursuant to 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.

Agendas of the Meetings

    Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee (HOGANSAC). 
The tentative agenda includes the following:
    (1) Opening remarks by the Committee Sponsor (RADM Pluta) (or the 
Committee Sponsor's

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representative), Executive Director (CAPT Gusman) and Chairman (Tim 
Leitzell).
    (2) Approval of the May 24, 2000 minutes.
    (3) Status of dredging projects.
    (4) Barge lanes.
    (5) Facility mooring depths data collection.
    (6) Presentation by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration on an experimental nowcast/forecast system for Galveston 
Bay.
    (7) New business.
    Working Committee Meeting. The tentative agenda for the working 
committee meeting includes the following:
    (1) Presentation by each work group of its accomplishments and 
plans for the future.
    (2) Review and discuss the work completed by each work group.
    Work groups were formed to examine the following issues: hurricane 
contingency plan, PORTS funding/TCOON operability, dredging and related 
issues, barge lanes, electronic navigation systems, port emergency 
communications committee/internet site, AtoN knockdowns, VTS radio 
frequency congestion. All work groups may not necessarily report out at 
this session. Further, work group reports may not necessarily include 
discussions on all issues within the particular work group's area of 
responsibility. All meetings are open to the public. Please note that 
the meetings may adjourn early if all business is finished. Members of 
the public may make oral presentations during either meeting.

Information on Services for the Handicapped

    For information on facilities or services for the handicapped or to 
request special assistance at the meetings, contact the Executive 
Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: June 29, 2000.
Paul J. Pluta,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 00-17678 Filed 7-12-00; 8:45 am]
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