[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 23 (Monday, February 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1480-1481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00860]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2019-0035]
Towing Safety Advisory Committee
AGENCY: U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Towing Safety Advisory Committee and its subcommittees
will meet in Miami, Florida, to review and discuss recommendations from
its subcommittees and to receive briefs on items listed in the agenda.
All meetings will be open to the public.
DATES: Meetings. The subcommittees of the Towing Safety Advisory
Committee will meet on Wednesday, February 20, 2019, from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. to conduct work-group sessions. The full Committee will meet on
Thursday, February 21, 2019, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. These meetings may
end early if the subcommittees or the Committee has completed its
business, or the meetings may be extended based on the number of public
comments.
Comments and supporting documentation. To ensure your comments are
reviewed by Committee members before the meetings, submit your written
comments no later than February 14, 2019.
ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held at the Hyatt Place Miami Airport
West/Doral, 3655 NW 82nd Ave., Miami, Florida 33166; hotel website:
www.hyattplacemiamiairportwest.com.
For information on facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities, or to request special assistance at the meetings, contact
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
as soon as possible.
Written comments must be submitted using the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. If you encounter technical
difficulties when trying to submit comments, contact the individual
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT of this document.
Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time,
including orally at the meetings, but if you want Committee members to
review your comment before the meetings, please submit your comments no
later than February 14, 2019. We are particularly interested in
comments on the issues in the ``Agenda'' section below. You must
include ``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number USCG-
2019-0035. For more information about the privacy and the docket,
review the Privacy and Security Notice for the Federal Docket
Management System at https://www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice.
Docket Search: For access to the docket or to read documents or
comments related to this notice, go to http://www.regulations.gov,
insert USCG-2019-0035 in the Search box, press Enter, and then click on
the item you wish to view.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Douglas Scheffler, Alternate
Designated Federal Officer of the Towing Safety Advisory Committee,
Commandant (CG-OES-2), U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr.
Avenue SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509; telephone 202-372-
1087, fax 202-372-8382 or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is in compliance with
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Title 5 United States Code
Appendix.
The Towing Safety Advisory Committee provides advice and
recommendations to the Department of Homeland Security on matters
relating to shallow-draft inland and coastal waterway navigation and
towing safety. On December 4, 2018, the source of this stated purpose
of the Committee, 33 U.S.C. 1231a, was repealed by the Frank Lobiondo
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (PL 115-282, 132 Stat 4192) but
section 601(d) of this Authorization Act allows the Towing Safety
Advisory Committee to remain in force or in effect for a period of up
to 2 years. Section 601(a) of the Authorization Act has established the
National Towing Safety Advisory Committee, which has the same stated
purpose and that will eventually replace the Towing Safety Advisory
Committee.
Agenda of Meetings
On February 20 and 21, 2019, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Towing
Safety Advisory Committee and its subcommittees will meet to review,
discuss, deliberate, and formulate recommendations, as appropriate, on
the following tasks:
46 Code of Federal Regulations Subchapter M Implementation
(Task 16-01).
Towing Liquefied Natural Gas Barges (Task 16-03).
Load Line Exemption Review for River Barges on Lakes Erie
and Ontario (Task 17-02).
All current Towing Safety Advisory Committee tasks can be found at
https://homeport.uscg.mil/Lists/Content/DispForm.aspx?&ID=574&Source=https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/ports-and-waterways/safety-advisory-committees/tsac/recommendations-reports.
A copy of all meeting documentation, including any draft final
reports, will be available at https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/ports-and-waterways/safety-advisory-committees/tsac/announcements no later
than February 13, 2019. Alternatively, you may contact the individual
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above.
Public comments or questions will be taken throughout the meeting
as the Committee discusses the issues and prior to deliberations and
voting. There will also be a public comment period at the end of the
meeting. Speakers are requested to limit their comments to 3 minutes.
Please note that the public comment period may end before the period
allotted, following the last call for comments. Please contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above
to register as a speaker.
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Notices of Future 2019 Towing Safety Advisory Committee Meetings
To receive automatic email notices of future Towing Safety Advisory
Committee meetings in 2019, go to the online docket, USCG-2019-0035
(http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=USCG-2019-0035), and
select the Sign-up-for-Email-Alerts option. We plan to use the same
docket number for all Towing Safety Advisory Committee meeting notices
in 2019, so when the next meeting notice is published you will receive
an email alert from http://www.regulations.gov when the notice appears
in this docket, in addition to notices of other items being added to
the docket.
Dated: January 29, 2019.
Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2019-00860 Filed 2-1-19; 8:45 am]
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