[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60440-60441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16410]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2024-0619]


Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee Meeting; September 2024 
Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee (Committee) will 
meet in Massena, New York, to discuss matters relating to Great Lakes 
Pilotage, including review of proposed Great Lakes Pilotage regulations 
and policies. The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: 
    Meeting: The Committee will meet on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 
from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Please note that 
this meeting may adjourn early if the Committee has completed its 
business.
    Comments and supporting documentations: To ensure your comments are 
received by Committee members prior to the meeting, submit your written 
comments no later than August 30, 2024.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
Visitor Center at Eisenhower Lock, 76 Barnhart Island Road, Massena, NY 
13662.
    Pre-registration Information: Pre-registration is not required for 
access to the meeting.
    The Great Lakes Pilotage 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. Francis Levesque at 
[email protected]. or call (571) 308-4941 as soon as 
possible.
    Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time, 
including orally at the meeting, but if you want Committee members to 
review your comment before the meeting, please submit your comments no 
later than August 30, 2024. We are particularly interested in comments 
on the topics in the ``Agenda'' section below. We

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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-2024-0619 in the search box and click on 
it. Then click on the Comment option. If your material cannot be 
submitted using https://www.regulations.gov.,email the individual in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for 
alternate instructions. You must include the docket number USCG-2024-
0619. Comments received will be posted without alteration at https://www.regulations.gov including any personal information provided. You 
may wish to view the Privacy and Security Notice found via link on the 
homepage of https://www.regulations.gov and DHS's eRulemaking System of 
Records notice (85FR 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: Mr. Francis Levesque, Alternate 
Designated Federal Officer of the Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory 
Committee, telephone (571) 308-4941 or email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given pursuant to 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 117-286, 5 U.S.C. ch. 10). 
The Committee was established under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 9307 and 
makes recommendations to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the 
U.S. Coast Guard on matters relating to Great Lakes pilotage, including 
review of proposed Great Lakes pilotage regulations and policies.

Agenda

    The Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, 
September 10, 2024, to review, discuss, deliberate, and formulate 
recommendations, as appropriate on the following topics:
    1. Ordering a Pilot & Prospecting.
    2. Change Points/Double Pilotage/Daytime Navigation Restrictions.
    3. 46 U.S.C. 401.320.
     Standard for utilizing limited pilot resources to inform 
staffing model.
     Dispatching--Logistics and Providing Pilotage Service/
Optimizing limited Pilot resources.
     Car Service versus Pilots driving themselves between 
assignments.
    4. Pilot availability.
    5. Compensation practices.
    6. Pilot's role in the supply chain.
    7. Winter navigation.
    8. Great Lakes Pilotage Memorandum of Understanding update.
    9. Rate Making Methodology.
     Allowable Expenses.
     Working Capital Fund.
     Pilot Association Projects.
    10. Seaway Vessel Identification System Project.
    11. CohnReznick presentation regarding expense and revenue reports 
for annual rulemaking.
    12. Tug usage at the SOO locks.
    13. Public Comments.
    14. Closing Remarks and Adjournment of Meeting.
    A copy of all meeting documentation will be available at https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/Marine-Transportation-Systems-CG-5PW/Office-of-Waterways-and-Ocean-Policy/Great-Lakes-Pilotage-Advisory-Committee/by September 
3, 2024. Alternatively, you may contact Mr. Francis Levesque as noted 
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 5 minutes. Please 
contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section above, to register as a speaker.

    Dated: July 22, 2024.
Michael D. Emerson,
Director, Marine Transportation Systems.
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