[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 74 (Friday, April 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 20635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8709]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[CGD08-04-013]


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, June 3, 
2004 at 9 a.m. The meeting of the Committee's working groups will be 
held on Thursday, May 20, 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 five (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 ten (10) working days before the 
meeting at which the presentation will be made.

ADDRESSES: The full Committee meeting will be held at the Port of 
Houston Authority Barbours Cut Cruise Terminal, 820 North L Street, 
Morgans Point, TX 77572, Pier C-7, (713-670-2400). The working groups 
meeting will be held at the Port of Texas City, 2425 Hwy 146 N., Texas 
City, TX 77590 (409-945-4461).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Captain Richard Kaser, Executive 
Director of HOGANSAC, telephone (713) 671-5199, Commander Tom Marian, 
Executive Secretary of HOGANSAC, telephone (713) 671-5164, or 
Lieutenant Junior Grade Benjamin Morgan, 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: LTJG Morgan, 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 (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 
Stat. 770, as amended).

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 Duncan) (or the 
Committee Sponsor's representative), Executive Director (CAPT Kaser) 
and Chairman (Mr. Tim Leitzell).
    (2) Approval of the February 5, 2004 minutes.
    (3) Old Business:
    (a) Dredging projects.
    (b) AtoN Knockdown Working Group.
    (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) Electronic Navigation.
    (h) Safe Harbor Working Group.
    (i) Maritime Incident Review Working Group.
    (j) Deepdraft Entry Facilitation Working Group.
    (k) Galveston Causeway Construction Working Group.
    (4) New Business.
    (a) Vessel Refuge and Heavy Weather.
    (b) Hurricane Brief.
    (c) Status of Shoal Point.
    (d) HOGANSAC Membership.
    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 five 
(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 fifteen (15) copies of the materials to the Coast 
Guard at least ten (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: April 5, 2004.
R.F. Duncan,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 04-8709 Filed 4-15-04; 8:45 am]
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