[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54010-54011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21131]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG-2002-13133]


Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee (GLPAC) and its 
Subcommittee on Technology will meet to discuss various issues relating 
to pilotage on the Great Lakes. The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The Subcommittee will meet on Friday, September 6, 2002, from 8 
a.m. to 11 a.m. GLPAC will meet on Friday, September 6, 2002, from 12 
(noon) to 3:30 p.m. The meeting may close early if all business is 
finished. Written material and requests to make oral presentations 
should reach the Coast Guard on or before September 3, 2002. Requests 
to have a copy of your material distributed to each member of the 
committee should reach the Coast Guard on or before August 30, 2002.

ADDRESSES: GLPAC will meet at the St. Lawrence Hotel, Corner Main and 
West Orvis Street, Massena, NY 13662. Send written material and 
requests to make oral presentations to Margie Hegy, Commandant (G-MW), 
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: Margie Hegy, Executive Director of 
GLPAC, telephone 202-267-0415, fax 202-267-4700.

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

Agenda of Meetings

    Subcommittee on Technology. The agenda includes the following:
    (1) Presentation of Portable Piloting Units used by the Canadian 
pilots.
    (2) Assessment of technology needs of U.S. pilots on the U.S. Great 
Lakes.
    Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee (GLPAC). The agenda 
includes the following:
    (1) Update on Bridge Hour Study.
    (2) Update on Pilotage Office Relocation Study.
    (3) Progress report from Technology Subcommittee.
    (4) Pilot attrition.
    (5) Proposed AIS Carriage Requirement.
    (6) GLPAC priorities--issues.
    (7) Frequency of meetings.
    The GLPAC meetings follow a public meeting on a bridge hour study 
being conducted on Great Lakes pilotage. This meeting will held on 
September 5, 2002, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the same location and will 
be formally announced in a future issue of the Federal Register.

Procedural

    The meetings are open to the public. Please note that the meetings 
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 Executive

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Director no later than September 3, 2002. Written material for 
distribution at the meeting should reach the Coast Guard no later than 
September 3, 2002. If you would like a copy of your material 
distributed to each member of the committee in advance of the meeting, 
please submit 10 copies to Margie Hegy at the address in the ADDRESSES 
section no later than August 30, 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 Executive Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: August 14, 2002.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Acting Assistant Commandant Marine Safety, Security and Environmental 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 02-21131 Filed 8-19-02; 8:45 am]
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