[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 137 (Thursday, July 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42418-42419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18118]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2003-15566]


Navigation Safety Advisory Council

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Navigation Safety Advisory Council (NAVSAC) will meet to 
discuss various issues relating to the safety of navigation. The 
meetings are open to the public.

DATES: NAVSAC will meet on Monday and Tuesday, August 11 and 12, 2003, 
from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Wednesday, August 13, 2003, from 8 
a.m. to 12 noon. 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 August 7, 2003. Requests to 
have material distributed to each member of the Council prior to the 
meeting should reach the Executive Director of NAVSAC along with 25 
copies of the material on or before August 1, 2003.

ADDRESSES: NAVSAC will meet at the Maritime Institute of Technology 
(MITAGS), 5700 Hammonds Ferry Road, Linthicum Heights, MD 20190, in 
Room 8 North located in Building 1. Parking is available in Lots A and 
B. Send written material and requests to make oral presentations to 
Margie G. Hegy, Commandant (G-MW), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 
Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. This notice is available 
on the Internet in docket number USCG-2003-15566 at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margie G. Hegy, Executive Director of 
NAVSAC, telephone 202-267-0415, fax 202-267-4700.

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 the following:
    (1) Maritime security update and member information exchange.
    (2) Update on the Marine Transportation System (MTS) Initiative.
    (3) Overview/update on Automatic Identification System (AIS) 
technology and implementation.
    (4) Places of refuge.
    (5) Status report on ballast water issues.
    (6) Interaction between commercial and recreational vessels.
    (7) Update on International Maritime Organization (IMO) issues and 
U.S. positions on issues.
    (8) IMO Amendment to International Navigation Rule 8.

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Procedural

    All meetings are 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 meetings. 
If you would like to make an oral presentation, please notify the 
Executive Director no later than August 7, 2003. Written material for 
distribution at a meeting should reach the Coast Guard no later than 
August 7, 2003. If you would like a copy of your material distributed 
to each member of the Council in advance of the meeting, please submit 
25 copies to the Executive Director no later than August 1, 2003.

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 Executive Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: July 9, 2003.
T.H. Gilmour,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, 
Security and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 03-18118 Filed 7-16-03; 8:45 am]
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