[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 179 (Friday, September 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 54513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15293]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2006-25766]


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 Wednesday, October 18, 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 October 4, 2006. Requests to have a copy of your 
material distributed to each member of the committee should reach the 
Coast Guard on or before October 4, 2006.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Vine Room of the Moody 
Gardens Hotel, 7 Hope Blvd., Galveston, Texas. 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 202-372-1414, fax 202-372-1926.

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

Agenda of Meeting

    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) Liftboat III Subcommittee on Liftboat Licenses.
    (4) Revision of IMO (Mobile Offshore Drilling Units) MODU Code.
    (5) Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) impact 
on offshore facilities.
    (6) Potential impediments to recovery of oil and gas production 
beyond the 2005 GOM hurricane season.
    (7) How changes to MARPOL Annexes I and II affect Offshore Supply 
Vessels (OSVs).
    (8) Revision of 33 CFR, Subchapter N, Outer Continental Shelf 
activities.
    (9) 33 CFR, Subchapter NN, Deepwater Ports (DWPs) rulemaking, and 
status of DWP license submissions.

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 October 4, 2006. Written 
material for distribution at the meeting should reach the Coast Guard 
no later than October 4, 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 October 4, 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: September 6, 2006.
J.G. Lantz,
Director of National and International Standards, Assistant Commandant 
for Protection.
[FR Doc. E6-15293 Filed 9-14-06; 8:45 am]
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