[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 164 (Thursday, August 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44427-44428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21354]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG-2001-10423]


Towing Safety and Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committees

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) and the Merchant 
Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC), along with their working 
groups, will meet jointly to discuss various issues relating to: (1) 
Shallow-draft inland and coastal waterway navigation and towing safety, 
and (2) merchant marine personnel, including safety, training, and 
qualifications. All meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: The Committees will meet on Thursday, September 27, 2001, from

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8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The TSAC working groups on License 
Implementation, Fire Suppression and Voyage Planning, and Operator 
Alertness, and the MERPAC working groups will meet on Wednesday, 
September 26, 2001, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Additionally, the TSAC 
working group on License Implementation will hold a special meeting 
from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 25, 2001. These 
meetings may close early if all business is finished. Requests to make 
oral presentations should reach the Coast Guard on or before September 
19, 2001. Requests to have a copy of your material distributed to each 
member of the Committee or working group at the meeting should reach 
the Coast Guard on or before September 12, 2001. If you would like a 
copy of your material distributed to each member of the Committee or 
working group in advance of the meeting, that material must reach the 
Coast Guard no later than September 7, 2001 or, if submitted by e-mail, 
no later than September 12, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The Committees will meet in room 2415, U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC. The Committees 
and working groups, on Wednesday, will first meet in room 2415 and may 
move to separate rooms designated at that time. The special meeting, on 
Tuesday, of the TSAC working group on License Implementation will be 
held in room 3317 at the same address. Send written material and 
requests to make oral presentations to Mr. Gerald Miante, Assistant 
Executive Director of TSAC, or Mr. Mark Gould, Assistant Executive 
Director of MERPAC, Commandant (G-MSO-1), 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. Miante or Mr. Gould, telephone 
202-267-0229, fax 202-267-4570, or e-mail at: [email protected] 
and [email protected].

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

Agendas of Meetings

    The agenda tentatively includes the following:
    (1) Introduction of the new Sponsor and Executive Directors and of 
Chairpersons and members.
    (2) Remarks by Sponsor (Rear Admiral Paul Pluta), Committee 
Chairpersons, and Executive Directors.
    (3) Briefing by the Office of Planning and Resources on the G-M 
Business Plan.
    (4) Briefing by Captain Fink on the status of the National Maritime 
Center (NMC).
    (5) Briefing on Marine Transportation Recruiting and Retention.
    (6) Project Update on Licensing and Manning for Officers of Towing 
Vessels and Status report on the Licensing Implementation Working 
Group.
    (7) Project Update on Current Initiatives Regarding Crew Alertness 
and Status report of the Operator Alertness Working Group.
    (8) Project Update on the rulemaking on Fire-Suppression Systems 
and Voyage Planning for Towing Vessels and Status report of the Working 
Group.
    (9) Status Reports of other working groups, as required, and 
discussion of other items brought up by the Committees or the public.

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 Assistant Executive Directors no later than September 19, 
2001. Written material for distribution at a meeting should reach the 
Coast Guard no later than September 12, 2001. If you would like a copy 
of your material distributed to each member of the Committees or 
working groups in advance of a meeting, please submit 35 copies to the 
Assistant Executive Directors no later than September 7, 2001; or, you 
may submit electronic versions, complete and ready for distribution via 
e-mail to members, by September 12, 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 meetings, contact 
the Assistant Executive Directors as soon as possible.

    Dated: August 16, 2001.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
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