[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 48 (Monday, March 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17495-17497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05090]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2024-0050]


National Navigation Safety Advisory Committee Meeting; April 2024 
Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory committee meetings.

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SUMMARY: The National Navigation Safety Advisory Committee (Committee) 
will conduct a series of meetings over 2 days in Bronx, New York to 
discuss matters relating to maritime collisions, allisions, and 
groundings; Inland Rules of the Road; International Rules of the Road; 
navigation regulations and equipment; routing measures; marine 
information; and aids to navigation systems. All meetings will be open 
to the public.

DATES: 

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    Meetings: The Committee will hold meetings on Tuesday, April 2, and 
Wednesday, April 3, 2024, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight 
Time (EDT). Please note these meetings may adjourn early if the 
Committee has completed its business.
    Comments and supporting documents: To ensure your comments are 
reviewed by Committee members before the meetings, submit your written 
comments no later than March 19, 2024.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Maritime Academic Center at 
the State University of New York Maritime College. Additional 
information about the facility can be found at: https://www.sunymaritime.edu/aboutpublic-programsconference-services/conference-and-meeting-rentalsme College. The meetings will also be 
held virtually. To join the virtual meetings, contact the individual 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section no later than 1 
p.m., EDT on March 29, 2024, to obtain the needed information. The 
number of virtual lines are limited and will be available on a first-
come first-served basis.
    Pre-registration Information: Pre-registration is required for 
attending virtual meetings. You must request attendance by contacting 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this notice. You will receive a response with attendance instructions.
    The National Navigation Safety Advisory Committee is committed to 
ensuring all participants have equal access regardless of disability 
status. If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to 
fully participate, please email Lieutenant Ryan Burk at 
[email protected] or call (571) 613-3779 as soon as possible.
    Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time, 
including orally at the meeting as time permits, but if you want 
Committee members to review your comment before the meeting, please 
submit your comments no later than March 19, 2024. We are particularly 
interested in comments regarding the topics in the ``Agenda'' section 
below. We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal Decision 
Making Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. To do so, go to https://www.regulations.gov, type USCG-2024-0050 in the search box and click 
``Search''. Next, look for this document in the Search Results column, 
and click on it.
    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-2024-0050. 
Comments received will be posted without alteration at https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. You 
may wish to review the Privacy and Security Notice, found via link on 
the homepage of https://www.regulations.gov. For more about the 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 comment, 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: Lieutenant Ryan Burk, Alternate 
Designated Federal Officer of the National Navigation Safety Advisory 
Committee, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr Ave. SE, Stop 7418, Washington, 
DC 20593-7418, telephone (571) 613-3779, or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is in compliance with 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 117-286, 5 U.S.C. ch. 10). 
The National Navigation Safety Advisory Committee was established on 
December 4, 2018, by section 601 of the Frank LoBiondo Act of 2018 and 
is codified in 46 U.S.C. 15107. The Committee operates under the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and 46 U.S.C. 15109. 
The Committee provides advice to the Secretary of Homeland Security via 
the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard on matters relating to maritime 
collisions, allisions, and groundings; Inland Rules of the Road; 
International Rules of the Road; navigation regulations and equipment; 
routing measures; marine information; and aids to navigation systems.

Agenda

Day 1

    The agenda for the April 2, 2024, meeting is as follows:
    (1) Call to order.
    (2) Introduction.
    (3) Remarks by the Chairman and the Designated Federal Officer 
(DFO).
    (4) Roll call of Committee members and determination of a quorum.
    (5) Presentations.
    (a) Update on electronic charts and navigation equipment carriage 
requirements.
    (b) Update on published NVICs.
    (c) The Port Access Route Study (PARS) to fairway process.
    (6) Presentation of Tasks. Following the above presentations, the 
Committee Chair and the DFO will form subcommittees to discuss the 
following task statements:
    (a) Task Statement 24-01: International Maritime Organization (IMO) 
Routing Measures on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
    (b) Task Statement 24-02: Safety Zone Pilot Program and U.S. Coast 
Guard Authorities.
    (c) Task Statement 24-03: How to best use Automatic Identification 
System capabilities to ensure safe navigation in and around Offshore 
Renewable Energy Installation sites.
    (7) Public comment period.
    (8) Report by Subcommittees on accomplishments.
    (9) Adjournment of meeting.

Day 2

    The agenda for the April 3, 2024, meeting is as follows:
    (1) Call to order.
    (2) Introduction.
    (3) Remarks by the Chair and the DFO.
    (4) Roll call of Committee members and determination of a quorum.
    (5) Subcommittee discussions continued from Tuesday, April 2, 2024.
    (6) Public comment period.
    (7) Subcommittee reports presented to the Committee.
    (8) Schedule next meeting date.
    (9) Closing remarks by the Chairman and the DFO.
    (10) Adjournment of meeting.
    A copy of all meeting documentation will be available, by March 19, 
2024, by going to the U.S. Coast Guard Homeport website, https://homeport.uscg.mil, selecting the Missions tab, and navigating to the 
Federal Advisory Committees section. Alternatively, you may contact 
Lieutenant Ryan Burk as noted in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section.
    A public comment period will be held during each Committee meeting 
concerning matters being discussed. Speakers are requested to limit 
their comments to 3 minutes. Please note that this public comment 
period may end before the period allotted following the last call for 
comments.

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    Please contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section above to register as a speaker.

Michael D. Emerson,
Director, Marine Transportation Systems.
[FR Doc. 2024-05090 Filed 3-8-24; 8:45 am]
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