[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 250 (Monday, December 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67619-67620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-32030]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG-2001-11225]


Towing Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Towing Safety Advisory Committee's (TSAC) Working Group 
for Crew Alertness, and its Working Group for the Review of a Report 
from the Gulf Coast Mariner's Association (GCMA), will meet to discuss 
alertness risk factors on towing vessels and a variety of concerns 
expressed by the association in the GCMA report. The meetings are open 
to the public.

DATES: The Working Groups will meet on Wednesday, January 16, 2002, 
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and on Thursday, January 17, 2002, from 8 a.m. 
to 12 noon. These meetings may close early if all business is finished. 
Requests to make oral presentations should reach the Coast Guard on or 
before January 15, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The Working Groups will meet in room 6103 of U.S. 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 and the Gulf Coast Mariners Association Report #R-276 are 
available in docket USCG-2001-11225, which is on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.
    Security notice: All non-military/government participants MUST 
first go to the security office at Headquarters' Second Street entrance 
with a photo ID (driver's license) and sign in. You will then receive a 
pass for the day and be provided an escort. This exercise must be 
repeated on the second day of the meetings.

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 these meetings is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.

Agenda of Meetings

    The agenda for the Crew Alertness Working Group includes evaluating 
the criticality of those risk factors identified in distinct towing 
vessel operating environments, drafting recommendations for measures 
consistent with the non-regulatory philosophy of the Prevention through 
People (PTP) program and the Crew Alertness campaign, and making 
recommendations on the best way to communicate these recommendations to 
the appropriate audiences. The agenda for the Review Working Group is 
limited to a review of the issues contained in GCMA report #R-276 and 
the drafting of recommendations. See the ADDRESSES paragraph above for 
information on viewing the report, #R-276. Products from both working 
groups will be presented to the full Committee for approval and 
transmittal to the Coast Guard at a later date.

Procedural

    These meetings are open to the public. Please note that the 
meetings may close early if all business is finished. Members of the 
public may make presentations, oral or written, at

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either meeting. If you would like to make an oral presentation at 
either meeting, please notify the Assistant Executive Director on or 
before January 15, 2002.

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 Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: December 21, 2001.
Howard L. Hime,
Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 01-32030 Filed 12-28-01; 8:45 am]
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