[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 9 (Friday, January 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 2947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1095]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[CGD08-00-036]


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 Thursday, January 
25, 2001 from 9 a.m. to approximately 12 p.m. The meeting of the 
Committee's working groups will be held on Thursday, January 11, 2001 
at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The full Committee meeting will be held in the boardroom of 
the Port of Houston Authority. The Port building is located at 111 East 
Loop North, Houston, Texas. The working group meeting will be held in 
the offices of the Galveston/Texas City Pilots, 1301 Pelican Island No. 
2, Galveston, 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 representative), Executive Director (CAPT Gusman) 
and Chairman (Tim Leitzell).
    (2) Approval of the September 12, 2000 minutes.
    (3) Old Business
    (a) Dredging projects.
    (b) Barge lanes.
    (c) Electronic navigation.
    (d) AtoN Knockdown Working Group.
    (e) Facility Information Guide.
    (f) Recreational boater education initiative.
    (4) New Business.
    (a) State of the Waterway address.
    (b) Update of Port Hurricane Readiness Plan.

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 presentations, oral or written, at 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 or Executive Secretary.

    Dated: 21 December 2000.
Paul J. Pluta,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 01-1095 Filed 1-11-01; 8:45 am]
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