[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1995-1996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-588]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[CGD08-03-052]


Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee 
(HOGANSAC) and its working groups will meet to discuss waterway 
improvements, aids to navigation, area projects impacting safety on the 
Houston Ship Channel, and various other navigation safety matters in 
the Galveston Bay area. All meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: The next meeting of HOGANSAC will be held on Thursday, February 
5, 2004 at 9 a.m. An advance meeting of the Committee's working groups 
will be held on Thursday, January 22, 2004 at 9 a.m. The meetings may 
adjourn early if all business is finished. Members of the public may 
present written or oral statements at either meeting. Requests to make 
oral presentations or distribute written materials should reach the 
Coast Guard 5 working days before the meeting at which the presentation 
will be made. Requests to have written materials distributed to each 
member of the committee in advance of the meeting should reach the 
Coast Guard at least 10 working days before the meeting at which the 
presentation will be made.

ADDRESSES: The full Committee meeting will be held at the Houston Pilot 
Association Office, 8150 South Loop East, Houston, Texas (713-645-
9620). The working groups meeting will be held at the Galveston-Texas 
City Pilots Association Office, 1301 Pelican Island 1, 
Galveston, Texas (409-740-3336). This notice is available on the 
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Captain (CAPT) Richard Kaser, 
Executive Director of HOGANSAC, telephone (713) 671-5199, Commander 
(CDR) Tom Marian, Executive Secretary of HOGANSAC, telephone (713) 671-
5164, or Lieutenant (LT) Sean Komatinsky, assistant to the Executive 
Secretary of HOGANSAC, telephone (713) 671-5103, e-mail 
[email protected]. Written materials and requests to make 
presentations should be sent to Commanding Officer, VTS Houston-
Galveston, Attn: LT Komatinsky, 9640 Clinton Drive, Floor 2, Houston, 
TX 77029.

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

Agendas of the Meetings

    Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee (HOGANSAC). 
The tentative agenda includes the following:
    (1) Opening remarks by the Committee Sponsor (RADM Robert Duncan) 
(or the Committee Sponsor's representative), Executive Director (CAPT 
Richard Kaser) and Chairman (Mr. Tim Leitzell).
    (2) Approval of the October 9, 2003 minutes.
    (3) Old Business:
    (a) Dredging projects.
    (b) AtoN Knockdown Working Group and pending AtoN projects.
    (c) Mooring subcommittee report.
    (d) Education and Outreach subcommittee report.
    (e) Area Maritime Security Committee Liaison's report.
    (f) Bridge Allision Prevention Working Group.
    (g) Swimmers Near Lynchburg.
    (h) Electronic Navigation.
    (i) Safe Harbor Working Group
    (j) Maritime Incident Review Working Group
    (k) Deepdraft Entry Facilitation Working Group
    (l) Galveston Causeway Construction Working Group

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    (4) New Business.
    Working Groups Meeting. The tentative agenda for the working groups 
meeting includes the following:
    (1) Presentation by each working group of its accomplishments and 
plans for the future.
    (2) Review and discuss the work completed by each working group.

Procedural

    Working groups have been formed to examine the following issues: 
dredging and related issues, electronic navigation systems, AtoN 
knockdowns, impact of passing vessels on moored ships, boater education 
issues, facilitating deep draft movements and mooring infrastructure. 
Not all working groups will provide a report at this session. Further, 
working group reports may not necessarily include discussions on all 
issues within the particular working group's area of responsibility. 
All meetings are open to the public. Please note that the meetings may 
adjourn early if all business is finished. Members of the public may 
make presentations, oral or written, at either meeting. Requests to 
make oral or written presentations should reach the Coast Guard 5 
working days before the meeting at which the presentation will be made. 
If you would like to have written materials distributed to each member 
of the committee in advance of the meeting, you should send your 
request along with 15 copies of the materials to the Coast Guard at 
least 10 working days before the meeting at which the presentation will 
be made.

Information on Services for the Handicapped

    For information on facilities or services for the handicapped or to 
request special assistance at the meetings, contact the Executive 
Director, Executive Secretary, or assistant to the Executive Secretary 
as soon as possible.

    Dated: December 30, 2003.
J.W. Stark,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Commander, 8th Coast Guard Dist.
[FR Doc. 04-588 Filed 1-12-04; 8:45 am]
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