[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 73 (Monday, April 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19596-19597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9383]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG-2001-9380]


Towing Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) will meet to 
consider draft comments from the Fire Suppression and Voyage Planning 
Working Group. The comments, when approved by the Committee, will be 
forwarded to the docket for the Coast Guard's rulemaking on Fire 
Suppression and Voyage Planning for Towing

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Vessels. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The Committee will meet on Monday, April 30, 2001 from 2 p.m. to 
3:30 p.m. This meeting may close early if all business is finished. 
Requests to make oral presentations should reach the Coast Guard on or 
before April 26, 2001.

ADDRESSES: TSAC will meet in room 1303 at Coast Guard Headquarters; 
2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. Send written 
materials and requests to make oral presentations to Mr. Gerald P. 
Miante, Commandant (G-MSO-1); Room 1210, 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: Mr. Gerald P. Miante, Assistant 
Executive Director, TSAC, telephone 202-267-0229, fax 202-267-4570, or 
e-mail at: [email protected].

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

Agenda of Meeting

    The agenda includes only TSAC's consideration of and voting on the 
recommended comments of its Fire Suppression and Voyage Planning 
Working Group. A Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was 
published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, November 8, 2000 (FR 65 
66941), and an Extension of Comment Period was published on Friday, 
February 23, 2001 (FR 66 11241). The Docket Number for this rulemaking 
is USCG-2001-6931.

Procedural

    This meeting is open to the public. Please note that the meeting 
may close early if all business is finished. At the Chair's discretion, 
members of the public may make oral presentations during the meeting. 
If you would like to make an oral presentation at the meeting, please 
notify the Assistant Executive Director no later than April 26, 2001.

Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities

    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact 
the Assistant Executive Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: April 10, 2001.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards.
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