[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30684-30685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8299]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[CGD08-06-020]


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 Tuesday, June 27, 
2006, at 9 a.m. The meeting of the Committee's working groups will be 
held on Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 9 a.m. 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 will be held at the Houston Pilot's, 8150 
South Loop East, Houston, TX 77017, (713-645-9620). The working groups 
meeting will be held at the West Gulf Maritime Association, Portway 
Plaza, 1717 East Loop, Suite 200, Houston, Texas 77029, (713-678-7655). 
This notice is available on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commander Jerry Torok, Executive 
Secretary of HOGANSAC, telephone 713-671-5164, or Lieutenant Junior 
Grade Kevin Cooper, Assistant to the Executive Secretary of HOGANSAC, 
telephone 713-678-9001, e-mail [email protected]. Written

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materials and requests to make presentations should be sent to 
Commanding Officer, Sector Houston/Galveston, Attn: LTJG Cooper, 9640 
Clinton Drive, 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 Whitehead) or 
the Committee Sponsor's representative, Executive Director (CAPT Kaser) 
and Chairperson (Ms. Patricia Clark).
    (2) Approval of the February 23, 2006 minutes.
    (3) Old Business:
    (a) Dredging subcommittee.
    (b) Aids to Navigation (AtoN) Knockdown Working Group.
    (c) Navigation Operations subcommittee report.
    (d) Area Maritime Security Committee Liaison's report.
    (e) Technology subcommittee report.
    (f) Deep draft Entry Facilitation subcommittee.
    (g) Harbor of Safe Refuge subcommittee.
    (h) Port Coordination Team Updates.
    (i) Limited Visibility Working Group.
    (j) Liquefied Natural Gas Working Group.
    (k) National Harbor Safety Committee Report.
    (4) New Business:
    (a) NOAA Port Updates presentation--Alan Bunn.
    (b) Other presentations.
    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.
    (3) Put forth any action items for consideration at full committee 
meeting.

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, mooring infrastructure, and 
safe refuge during hurricanes. 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. At the Chair's discretion, 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 
Secretary or Assistant to the Executive Secretary at the location 
indicated under ADDRESSES as soon as possible.

    Dated: May 19, 2006.
R. F. Duncan,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.
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