[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10547-10548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2886]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2006-23962]


National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (NOSAC) will 
meet to discuss various issues relating to offshore safety and 
security. The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: NOSAC will meet on Thursday, April 6, 2006, from 9 a.m. to 3 
p.m. The meeting may close early if all business is finished. Written 
material and requests to make oral presentations should reach the Coast 
Guard on or before March 23, 2006. Requests to have a copy of your 
material distributed to each member of the committee should reach the 
Coast Guard on or before March 23, 2006.

ADDRESSES: NOSAC will meet in room 2415 of the Coast Guard Headquarters 
Bldg., 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC. Send written material 
and requests to make oral presentations to Commander J.M. Cushing, 
Commandant (G-PSO-2), 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 J.M. Cushing, Executive 
Director of NOSAC, or Mr. Jim Magill, Assistant to the Executive 
Director, telephone 202-267-1082, fax 202-267-4570.

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

Agenda of Meeting

    National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee. The agenda includes 
the following:
    (1) Report on issues concerning the International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) and the International Organization for 
Standardization.
    (2) SOLAS compliance for foreign operation of U.S. flagged Offshore 
Support Vessels (OSVs) including Liftboats.
    (3) Revision of IMO guidelines for OSVs.
    (4) Revision of IMO MODU Code.
    (5) Towing vessel rulemaking.
    (6) MODU mooring in GOM during hurricane season.

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    (7) Automatic Identification System (AIS) rulemaking.
    (8) Revision of 33 CFR, Subchapter N, Outer Continental Shelf 
activities.
    (9) 33 CFR, Subchapter NN, Temporary Final Rule on Deepwater Ports, 
and status of license submissions for LNG deepwater ports.

Procedural

    The meeting is open to the public. Please note that the meeting 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 Executive Director no later than March 23, 2006. Written 
material for distribution at the meeting should reach the Coast Guard 
no later than March 23, 2006. If you would like a copy of your material 
distributed to each member of the committee in advance of the meeting, 
please submit 25 copies to the Executive Director no later than March 
23, 2006.

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 
the Executive Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: February 22, 2006.
Howard L. Hime,
Acting Director of Standards.
[FR Doc. E6-2886 Filed 2-28-06; 8:45 am]
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