[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 71 (Thursday, April 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25639-25640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07697]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2024-0190]


National Towing Safety Advisory Committee; April and May 2024 
Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Towing Safety Advisory Committee (Committee) and 
its subcommittees will conduct a series of meetings over 2 days in 
Annapolis, MD, to review and discuss matters relating to shallow-draft 
inland navigation, coastal waterway navigation, and towing safety. 
These meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: 
    Meetings: National Towing Safety Advisory Committee will be called 
to order and have subcommittee working sessions and a full committee 
working session on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The full committee will meet on Wednesday, 
May 1, 2024, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. EDT. Please note these meetings 
may close early if the Committee has completed its business.
    Comments and supporting documentation: To ensure your comments are 
received by Committee members before the meetings, submit your written 
comments no later than April 17, 2024.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Graduate Annapolis, 126 West 
St, Annapolis, MD 21401 Graduate Annapolis [bond] Hotel Near Naval 
Academy (graduatehotels.com).
    The National Towing Safety Advisory Committee is committed to 
ensuring all participants have equal access regardless of disability 
status. If you require reasonable accommodation due to a disability to 
fully participate, please email Mr. Matthew D. Layman at 
[email protected] or call at 202-372-1421 as soon as possible.
    Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time, 
including orally at the meetings as time permits, but if you want 
Committee members to review your comment before the meetings, please 
submit your comments no later than April 17, 2024. We are particularly 
interested in comments on the topics in the ``Agenda'' section below. 
We encourage you to submit comments through Federal Decision-Making 
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. To do

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search box and click ``Search''. Next, look for this document in the 
Search Results column, and click on it. Then click on the Comment 
option. 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-2024-0190. 
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 https://www.regulations.gov, and 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 using the Subscribe option, you 
will be notified when comments are posted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Matthew D. Layman, Designated 
Federal Officer of the National Towing Safety Advisory Committee, 
telephone 202-372-1421, or [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 Towing Safety Advisory Committee was established by 
section 601 of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
2018, (Pub. L. 115-282, 132 Stat. 4190), and is codified in 46 U.S.C. 
15108. The Committee operates under the provisions of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, and 46 U.S.C. 15109. The National Towing Safety 
Advisory Committee provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary 
of Homeland Security through the Commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard, 
on matters related to shallow-draft inland navigation, coastal waterway 
navigation, and towing safety.

Agenda

    The agenda for the National Towing Safety Advisory Committee is as 
follows:

The Committee Meeting Agenda, April 30, 2024

I. Opening
    a. Call to order and Designated Federal Officer (DFO) Remarks.
    b. Committee Chairperson Remarks.
II. Subcommittee Breakout Working Session
    a. Task #22-01, Recommendations to the Coast Guard for Rulemaking 
Improvements to Subchapter M;
    b. Task #22-02, Recommendations for Training and Instruction for 
Crewmembers Working Aboard Subchapter M Inspected Towing Vessels.
III. Full Committee Working Session
    a. U. S Coast Guard E-Gov Travel Service Briefing.
    b. Review New Task Statements.
     Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Policy Review.
IV. Public Comment Period
V. Adjournment of Meeting

The Committee Meeting Agenda, May 1, 2024

I. Opening
    a. Call to Order and DFO Remarks.
    b. Committee Chairperson Remarks.
    c. Roll Call and Determination of Quorum.
    d. U.S. Coast Guard Leadership Remarks.
II. Administration
    a. Adoption of Meeting Agenda.
    b. Approval of Meeting Minutes for September 27, 2023 Committee 
Meeting.
III. Old Business
    a. Update from Subcommittees:
    [cir] Task #22-01, Recommendation to the Coast Guard for Rulemaking 
Improvements to Subchapter M;
    [cir] Task #21-04, Report on the Challenges Faced by the Towing 
Vessel Industry as a Result of the Covid-19 Pandemic.
    b. Vetting Subcommittee Update.
IV. New Business
    a. Committee Planning.
V. Information Session
    a. U.S. Coast Guard Sector Baltimore.
    b. Tradepoint Atlantic, Inc.
    c. ACOE, Marine Construction.
    d. U. S. Coast Guard Engineering Alternative Fuels.
    e. U.S. Coast Guard Commercial Vessel Compliance.
VI. Committee Discussion
VII. Public Comment Period
VIII. Closing Remarks and Plans for Next Meeting
IX. Adjournment of Meeting
    A copy of all pre-meeting documentation will be available at 
https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/Commercial-Regulations-standards-CG-5PS/Office-of-Operating-and-Environmental-Standards/vfos/TSAC/ no later than April 
17, 2024.
    Alternatively, you may contact Mr. Matthew Layman as noted above in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above.
    There will 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 to register as a 
speaker.

Notice of Future 2024 Committee Meetings

    To receive automatic email notices of future National Towing Safety 
Advisory Committee meetings in 2024, go to the online docket, USCG-
2024-0190 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/USCG-2024-0190). Next, 
click on the ``Subscribe'' email icon. We plan to use the same docket 
number for notices of all 2024 meetings of this Committee. When the 
next meeting notice is published and added to the docket, you will 
receive an email alert. In addition, you will receive notices of other 
items being added to the docket.

    Dated: April 2, 2024.
Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
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