[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 51399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21418]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG-2000-7788]


National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (NOSAC) and 
its Subcommittee on Deepwater Activities will meet to discuss various 
issues relating to offshore safety. Both meetings will be open to the 
public.

DATES: NOSAC will meet on Thursday, November 2, 2000, from 9:00 a.m. to 
3:00 p.m. The Subcommittee on Deepwater Activities will meet on 
Wednesday, November 1, 2000, from 9:00 am to 11:30 am. 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 19, 2000. Requests to have a copy of your material 
distributed to each member of the committee should reach the Coast 
Guard on or before October 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: NOSAC will meet in the North Ballroom, of Brady's Landing, 
8505 Cypress Street, Houston, Texas (located close to the Turning Basin 
of the Port of Houston). The Subcommittee on Deepwater Activities will 
meet in the Sam Houston Room at the same address. Send written material 
and requests to make oral presentations to Captain P. A. Richardson, 
Commandant (G-MSO), 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: Captain P. A. Richardson, Executive 
Director of NOSAC, or Mr. Jim Magill, Assistant to the Executive 
Director, telephone 202-267-0214, fax 202-267-4570.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.

Agenda of Meetings

    National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee. The agenda includes 
the following:
    (1) Report on development and implementation of STCW Convention for 
OSVs.
    (2) Report from the Prevention Through People Subcommittee on 
Adequacy of ``12-hour Rule.''
    (3) Report on issues concerning the International Maritime 
Organization and the International Organization of Standardization.
    (4) Status report from Incident Reporting Subcommittee.
    (5) Progress report from the Subcommittee on Pipeline-Free 
Anchorages.
    (6) Status reports on revision of 33 CFR chapter I, subchapter N, 
Outer Continental Shelf Regulations, and new regulations for large 
offshore supply vessels and crewboats, 46 CFR chapter I, subchapter L.
    (7) Report on the USCG/MMS Memorandum of Understanding.
    (8) Progress report from Subcommittee on Deepwater Activities.
    Subcommittee on Deepwater Activities. The agenda includes the 
following:
    (1) Review and discuss Task Statement.
    (2) Proposed work for next 6 months.

Procedural

    Both 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 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 19, 2000. Written 
material for distribution at a meeting should reach the Coast Guard no 
later than October 19, 2000. If you would like a copy of your material 
distributed to each member of the committee or subcommittee in advance 
of the meeting, please submit 25 copies to the Executive Director no 
later than October 19, 2000.

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: August 14, 2000.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
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