[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 196 (Thursday, October 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63566-63567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22304]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2010-0164]


National Boating Safety Advisory Council; Nov 2020 Teleconference

AGENCY:  U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee teleconference meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Boating Safety Advisory Council (Council) and its 
subcommittees will meet via teleconference to discuss matters relating 
to recreational boating safety. The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: 
    Meeting: The National Boating Safety Advisory Council and its 
subcommittees will meet by teleconference on Thursday, November 5, 2020 
from 12:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m., (Eastern Daylight Time). The 
teleconference may adjourn early if the Council has completed its 
business.
    Comments and supporting documentation: To ensure your comments are 
received by Council members before the teleconference, submit your 
written comments no later than October 22, 2020.

ADDRESSES: To join the teleconference or to request special 
accommodations, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section no later than 1 p.m. on October 22, 2020, 
to obtain the needed information. The number of teleconferences lines 
is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
    Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time, 
including orally at the teleconference as time permits, but if you want 
Council members to review your comments before the teleconference, 
please submit your comments no later than October 22, 2020. We are 
particularly interested in comments on the issues in the ``Agenda'' 
section below. We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material 
cannot be submitted using https://www.regulations.gov, call or email 
the individual in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 
document for alternate instructions. You must include the docket number 
[USCG-2010-0164]. Comments received will be posted without alteration 
at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. For more about privacy and submissions in response to this 
document, see DHS's eRulemaking System of Records notice (85 FR 14226, 
March 11, 2020). If you encounter technical difficulties with comment 
submission, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
    Docket Search: Documents mentioned in this notice as being 
available in the docket, and all public comments, will be in our online 
docket at https://www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by following 
that website's instructions. Additionally, if you go to the online 
docket and sign-up for email alerts, you will be notified when comments 
are posted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jeff Decker, Alternate Designated 
Federal Officer of the National Boating Safety Advisory Council, 2703 
Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509, 
telephone 202-372-1507 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given pursuant to 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, (5 U.S.C, Appendix). Congress 
established the National Boating Safety Advisory Council in the Federal 
Boat Safety Act of 1971 (Pub. L. 92-75). The National Boating Safety 
Advisory Council

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provides advice and recommendations to the Department of Homeland 
Security on matters relating to recreational vessels and associated 
equipment and on other safety matters related to recreational vessels.

Agenda

    The agenda for the National Boating Safety Advisory Council meeting 
is as follows:

Thursday, November 5, 2020

(1) Call to Order.
(2) Opening remarks.
(3) National Boating Safety Advisory Council Prevention Through People 
Subcommittee report on exemption from carriage of throwable personal 
flotation devices requirement for rafts/vessels 16 feet or more in 
length.
(4) Receipt and discussion of the following reports from the Office of 
Auxiliary and Boating Safety:
    (a) Strategic Planning.
    (b) Recreational Boating Regulations Status Report.
    (c) Current Grants Update and Areas of Interest for 2021.
    (d) Discussion of ``Fact Sheets'' to be developed from the National 
Recreational Boating Safety Survey.
    (e) Recap of National Boating Safety Advisory Council resolutions.
(5) Challenges and Issues with Boat Wakes.
(6) Public Comment.
(7) Effects of COVID-19 on recreational boating safety.
(8) Recognitions.
(9) Closing remarks/plans for next meeting under new Committee.
(7) Adjournment of meeting.

    A copy of all meeting documentation will be available at https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/ports-and-waterways/safety-advisory-committees/nbsac no later than October 22, 2020. Alternatively, you may 
contact Mr. Jeff Decker as noted in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section above.
    During the November 5, 2020 teleconference, a public comment period 
will be held from approximately 2:05 p.m.-2:20 p.m. Public comments 
will be limited to two minutes per speaker. Please note that the public 
comment periods will end following the last call for comments.
    Please contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section, to register as a speaker.

    Dated: October 2, 2020.
Wayne R. Arguin, Jr.,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Inspections and Compliance.
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