[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 241 (Monday, December 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71904-71905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27405]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2010-0164]


National Boating Safety Advisory Committee; January 2022 
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 Committee (Committee) 
will meet via teleconference to discuss matters relating to 
recreational boating safety. This meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: Meeting: The Committee will meet by teleconference on Thursday, 
January 20, 2022, from 12:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m., (Eastern Standard 
Time). The teleconference may adjourn early if the Committee has 
completed its business.
    Comments and supporting documentation: To ensure your comments are 
received by Committee members before the teleconference, submit your 
written comments no later than January 17, 2022.

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 January 17, 2022, 
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 
Committee members to review your comments before the teleconference, 
please submit your comments no later than January 17, 2022. 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.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given pursuant to 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, (5 U.S.C. Appendix). The National 
Boating Safety Advisory Committee was established on December 4, 2018, 
by Sec.  601 of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
2018 (Pub. L. 115-282, 132 Stat. 4192). That authority is codified in 
46 U.S.C. 15105. The Committee operates under the provisions of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix) in addition to the 
administrative provisions for the National Maritime Transportation 
Advisory Committees in 46 U.S.C. 15109. The National Boating Safety 
Advisory Committee 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 Committee 
meeting is as follows:

Thursday, 20 January 2022

(1) Call to Order.
(2) Roll call of Committee Members and Determination of Quorum.
(3) Opening Remarks.
(4) Swearing-in of New Appointees.
(5) Conflict of Interest Statement.
(6) Receipt and Discussion of the Following Reports From the Office of 
Auxiliary and Boating Safety:
    (a) Boating Incident Reporting Policy.
    (b) Strategic Planning Wrap-up.
    (c) Update on Throwable Personal Flotation Device Exemption.
    (d) New Fire Protection Regulation for Recreational Vessels.
(7) Public Comment.
(8) Report From Strategic Planning Subcommittee.
(9) Report From Prevention Through People Subcommittee.
(10) Committee Discussion on Subcommittee Recommendations.
(11) Closing Remarks/Plans for Next Meeting.
(12) Adjournment of Meeting.
    A copy of all meeting documentation will be available at: https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/federal-advisory-committees/national-boating-safety-advisory-committee-(nbsac)/committee-meetings/fr-
meeting-announcement no later than January 17, 2022. Alternatively, you 
may contact Mr. Jeff Decker as noted in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
section above.
    During the January 20, 2022 teleconference, a public comment

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period will be held from approximately 1:45 p.m.-2:00 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: December 14, 2021.
Wayne R. Arguin, Jr.,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Inspections and Compliance.
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