[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 224 (Thursday, November 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65465-65466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29027]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2003-16506]


Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee and Towing Safety 
Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Subcommittee of the Chemical Transportation Advisory 
Committee (CTAC) on Hazardous Cargo Transportation Security and the 
Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) Working Group on Ammonium 
Nitrate will meet jointly to prepare comments to the Coast Guard 
regarding the potential addition of dry bulk ammonium nitrate and 
ammonium nitrate fertilizers that are classified as oxidizers to the 
definition of Certain Dangerous Cargoes. These meetings will be open to 
the public.

DATES: The CTAC Subcommittee on Hazardous Cargo Transportation Security 
and the TSAC Working Group on Ammonium Nitrate will meet on Tuesday, 
December 2, 2003, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, December 3, 2003, 
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursday, December 4, 2003 from 8 a.m. to 4 
p.m. These meetings may close early if all business is finished. 
Written material and requests to make oral presentations should reach 
the Coast Guard on or before November 24, 2003. Requests to have a copy 
of your material distributed to each member of the Subcommittee and 
Working Group should reach the Coast Guard on or before November 24, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: The Subcommittee on Hazardous Cargo Transportation Security 
and the TSAC Working Group on Ammonium Nitrate will meet at the Bayer 
Corporation Building, Robinson Plaza 2, 100 Bayer Road, Pittsburgh PA 
15205. Send written material and requests to make oral presentations to 
Commander Robert J. Hennessy, Executive Director of CTAC, Commandant 
(G-MSO-3), 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: Commander Robert J. Hennessy, 
Executive Director of CTAC, or Mr. Gerald Miante, Assistant Executive 
Director of TSAC, telephone 202-267-1217, fax 202-267-4570.

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

Agenda of Subcommittee Meeting on December 2-3, 2003

    Discuss potential impact to industry if dry bulk ammonium nitrate 
and ammonium nitrate fertilizers that are classified as oxidizers are 
added to the definition of Certain Dangerous Cargoes.

Agenda of Subcommittee Meeting on December 4, 2003

    Prepare draft of the final report to CTAC and TSAC.

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Procedural

    These meetings are open to the public. Please note that the 
meetings may close early if all business is finished. At the discretion 
of the Chair, 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 Executive Director and submit written 
material. If you would like a copy of your material distributed to each 
member of the Committee in advance of a meeting, please submit 25 
copies to the Executive Director (see ADDRESSES and DATES).

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, 
telephone the Executive Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: November 12, 2003.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security and Environmental 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 03-29027 Filed 11-19-03; 8:45 am]
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