[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1261-1262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-544]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG-2001-11236]


Towing Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The License Implementation Working Group of the Towing Safety 
Advisory Committee (TSAC) will meet to discuss and develop the 
performance criteria to be used with the Towing Officer Assessment 
Record (TOAR)

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required in Title 46, Code of Federal Regulations 10.304(h). The 
meetings are open to the public.

DATES: The Working Group will meet on Tuesday, February 12, 2002, from 
1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and on Wednesday, February 13, 2002, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 3:30 p.m. These meetings may close early if all business is 
finished. Requests to make oral presentations should reach the Coast 
Guard on or before February 5, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The Working Group will meet in the 7th Floor, All-Hands 
Conference Room at Coast Guard's National Pollution Fund Center, 4200 
Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA. 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. Security notice: All non-military/government 
participants MUST first go to the 10th floor of the Pollution Fund 
Center's offices with a photo ID (driver's license) and sign in. You 
will then receive a 2-day pass for 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 this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2. The performance 
criteria to be discussed at this working group meeting, when developed, 
will be announced by a notice in the Federal Register and made 
available for review and comment. Sample Towing Officer Assessment 
Records (TOARs) were published on May 21, 2001, as part of the 
Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular 4-01 (NVIC 4-01) entitled 
``Licensing and Manning for Officers of Towing Vessels.'' This NVIC 
provides guidance on the implementation of a recent interim rule, also 
titled Licensing and Manning for Officers of Towing Vessels (Docket 
Number USCG 1999-6224), published in the Federal Register on April 26, 
2001 (66 FR 20931). The NVIC is available on the Internet at http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/nvic/4_01/n4_01.pdf. The rulemaking history is also 
available on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov under the same docket 
number (USCG 1999-6224).

Agenda of Meeting

    The agenda includes the Working Group's review of the TOARs and the 
drafting of performance criteria proposals that will be presented to 
the full Committee for approval at a later date.

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 on or before February 1, 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 meeting, contact 
the Assistant Executive Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: December 26, 2001.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
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