[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 77 (Friday, April 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20923-20924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8069]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2005-21001]


Towing Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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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 specific issues of towing safety. The meetings will be open to the 
public.

DATES: The Towing Vessel Inspection Working Group will meet on 
Wednesday, May 4, 2005 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Thursday, May 
5, 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 April 27, 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 April 27, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: The Working Group will meet at the Arlington Hilton, 950 
North Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 22203. 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-2005-21001.

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) Which items should be included in every towing vessel safety 
management system and should be part of the regulatory requirement 
defining an acceptable SMS?
    (2) Which items should be required as part of the towing vessel 
inspection regime, but fall into the category of ?standards? or 
regulation rather than elements of a safety management system?
    (3) What, if anything, is missing (either in terms of a safety 
management system element or standards) that should be required as part 
of the new towing vessel inspection regime?

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

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make an oral presentation at the meeting, please notify the Assistant 
Executive Director (as provided above in for further information 
contact) no later than April 27, 2005.
    Written material for distribution at the meeting should reach the 
Coast Guard no later than April 27, 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 INFORMATION CONTACT as 
soon as possible.

    Dated: April 18, 2005.
Howard L. Hime,
Acting Director of Standards Marine Safety, Security and Environmental 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 05-8069 Filed 4-21-05; 8:45 am]
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