[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3724-3725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1422]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2005-20120]


Towing Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Towing Vessel Inspection Working Group of the Towing 
Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) will meet to discuss matters relating 
to these specific issues of towing safety. The meetings will be open to 
the public.

DATES: The Towing Vessel Inspection Working Group will meet on 
Wednesday, March 2, 2005 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Thursday, 
March 3, 2005 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The 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 February 18, 
2005. Requests to have a copy of your material distributed to each 
member of the Working Group should reach the Coast Guard on or before 
February 18, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The Working Group will meet in the 4th Floor All-Hands 
Conference Room (4202), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 
Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. Please bring a 
government-issued ID with photo (e.g., driver's license). Send written 
material and requests to make oral presentations to Mr. Gerald Miante, 
Commandant (G-MSO-1), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street 
SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. This notice and related documents are 
available on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov under the docket number 
USCG-2005-20120.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Gerald Miante, Assistant Executive 
Director of TSAC, telephone 202-267-0214, fax 202-267-4570, or e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 
Stat.770, as amended).

Agenda of Working Group Meetings

    The agenda for the Towing Vessel Inspection Working Group 
tentatively includes the following items:
    (1) Identify and discuss the elements that would comprise a safety 
management system for use in towing vessel inspection program including 
audit, oversight and enforcement of this safety management system.
    (2) Identify and discuss equipment standards appropriate for a 
towing vessel inspection program including use of existing standards 
and incorporation of new standards.
    (3) Identify and discuss the use of a risk-based approach 
incorporating available casualty data and other input to develop and 
support working group proposals.

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 Assistant Executive Director (as provided above in for 
further information contact) no later than February 18, 2005. Written 
material for distribution at the meeting should reach the Coast Guard 
no later than February 18, 2005.

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 
Mr. Miante at the number listed in FOR FURTHER

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INFORMATION CONTACT as soon as possible.

    Dated: January 18, 2005.
Howard L. Hime,
Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security and Environmental 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 05-1422 Filed 1-25-05; 8:45 am]
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