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4285 or Bernice McArdle, Executive 

Director, Personal Flotation Device 

Manufacturers Association, telephone 

312–946–6200, fax 312–946–0388. If 

you have questions on viewing material 

in the docket, call Andrea M. Jenkins, 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Department of Transportation, 

telephone 202–366–0271.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard is 

responsible for carrying out the National 

Recreational Boating Safety Program. A 

review of the 2002 Coast Guard Boating 

Safety statistics shows that the 5,705 

boating accidents resulted in 750 

fatalities and 4,062 injuries. The 750 

fatalities reverse a downward trend and 

are at their highest level since 1998. 

Seventy percent of the 750 fatalities 

were drowning victims (524 out of 750); 

and nearly 85% of the victims who 

drowned were not wearing their PFD. 

Additionally, of the 524 fatalities due to 

drowning, 254 were on vessels known 

to be less than 16 feet in length and 388 

were on vessels known to be less than 

21 feet in length. (Note: 68 more 

drowning fatalities were on vessels of 

unspecified length.) For the past five 

years, we have utilized an independent 

contractor to perform observational 

surveys of PFD wear at over 120 sites 

nationwide during the primary boating 

season. Unfortunately, the results of 

these surveys indicate that the vast 

majority of adults do not wear their 

PFDs while boating. Therefore, we are 

sponsoring a workshop to bring 

representatives of all appropriate 

segments of the recreational marine 

community together to explore any and 

all means of increasing PFD wear while 

boating. 

The workshop will be in a panel 

format. The panelists were selected 

based on area of marine community 

involvement, and will address relevant 

issues regarding PFD wear, as well as 

issues and questions raised by attendees 

at the workshop. We plan to prepare 

minutes of the workshop discussions 

and distribute them to everyone who 

registers attendance at the workshop by 

signing the attendance list at the 

workshop. You may also obtain a copy 

of the minutes from the persons listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Agenda of Workshop 

The agenda includes the following: 

(1) Introduction of the panel members 

and others. 

(2) Discussion of prepared issues 

including breakdown of PFD wear 

segment, percentage of PFD wear among 

groups, attitudes of anglers/hunters, 

PFD wear studies, challenges, 

opportunities, actions taken to improve 

wear rates, update on PFD design, 

wearability, performance characteristics, 

comfort, etc. 

(3) Discussion of issues and questions 

raised by attendees at the workshop. 

(4) Conclusion. 

Procedural 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Please note that the workshop may close 

early if all business is finished. 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact the persons listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT as soon as possible.

Dated: January 27, 2004. 

Kenneth A. Ward, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting, Director 

of Operations Policy.

[FR Doc. 04–2217 Filed 2–3–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2004–16980] 

Workshop on Propeller-Injury Risk 

Avoidance Issues in Recreational 

Boating at the Miami International Boat 

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AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard and the 

American Boat and Yacht Council 

(ABYC) are sponsoring a workshop to 

discuss various issues to improve 

recreational boating safety relating to 

propeller injuries and measures to avoid 

them. The workshop will be open to the 

public.

DATES: The workshop will meet on 

Friday, February 13, 2004, from 1:30 

p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The workshop may 

close early if all business is finished.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will meet in 

room A201 (in the A Lobby), Miami 

Beach Convention Center, 1901 

Convention Center Dr., Miami Beach, 

FL. This notice is available on the 

Internet at http://dms.dot.gov and at 

http://uscgboating.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Blackman, Project Manager, 

Office of Boating Safety, U.S. Coast 

Guard, telephone 202–267–6810, fax 

202–267–4285 or Caroline Chetelat, 

Marketing & Communications Manager, 

American Boat and Yacht Council, 

telephone 410–956–1050, fax 410–956–

2737. If you have questions on viewing 

material in the docket, call Andrea M. 

Jenkins, Program Manager, Docket 

Operations, Department of 

Transportation, telephone 202–366–

0271.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard is 

responsible for carrying out the National 

Recreational Boating Safety Program. 

Recreational boaters are at risk in 

recreational boats as a result of 

incidents causing impact with 

propellers, lower units and appendages. 

The Coast Guard is engaged with 

industry, other government 

organizations, and the public to raise 

the level of public awareness regarding 

this safety risk, encourage technological 

advancement to lower the level of risk, 

and consider possible appropriate 

regulatory action. Although significant 

progress has been made, the Coast 

Guard intends to continue its efforts to 

foster active efforts to eliminate 

propeller related injury as a significant 

risk to the boating public. 

Based on feedback from prior 

meetings with marine industry 

representatives, the workshop will be in 

a panel format. The panelists were 

selected based on area of marine 

industry involvement, and will address 

relevant new technological 

developments and provide progress 

updates on a variety of ongoing efforts, 

as well as issues and questions raised by 

attendees at the workshop. We plan to 

prepare minutes of the workshop 

discussions and distribute them to 

everyone who registers attendance at the 

workshop by signing the attendance list 

at the workshop. You may also obtain a 

copy of the minutes from the persons 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Agenda of Workshop 

The agenda includes the following: 

(1) Introduction of the panel members 

and others. 

(2) Discussion of prepared issues and 

questions based on early input from the 

marine industry. 

(3) Discussion of issues and questions 

raised by attendees at the workshop. 

(4) Conclusion. 

Procedural 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Please note that the workshop may close 

early if all business is finished. 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities

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or to request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact the persons listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT as soon as possible.

Dated: January 27, 2004. 

Kenneth A. Ward, 

Captain, U. S. Coast Guard, Acting, Director 

of Operations Policy.

[FR Doc. 04–2218 Filed 2–3–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2004–16979] 

Workshop on Carbon Monoxide Risk 

and Avoidance Issues in Recreational 

Boating at the Miami International Boat 

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AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard and the 

American Boat and Yacht Council 

(ABYC) are sponsoring a workshop to 

discuss various issues to improve 

recreational boating safety relating to 

carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and 

measures to avoid it. The workshop will 

be open to the public.

DATES: The workshop will meet on 

Friday, February 13, 2004, from 10 a.m. 

to 11:45 a.m. The workshop may close 

early if all business is finished.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will meet in 

room A201 (in the A Lobby), Miami 

Beach Convention Center, 1901 

Convention Center Dr., Miami Beach, 

FL. This notice is available on the 

Internet at http://dms.dot.gov and at 

http://uscgboating.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Blackman, Project Manager, 

Office of Boating Safety, U.S. Coast 

Guard telephone 202–267–6810, fax 

202–267–4285 or Caroline Chetelat, 

Marketing & Communications Manager, 

American Boat and Yacht Council, 

telephone 410–956–1050, fax 410–956–

2737. If you have questions on viewing 

material in the docket, call Andrea M. 

Jenkins, Program Manager, Docket 

Operations, Department of 

Transportation, telephone 202–366–

0271.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard is 

responsible for carrying out the National 

Recreational Boating Safety Program. 

Recreational boaters are at risk in 

recreational boats as a result of carbon 

monoxide hazards. The Coast Guard is 

engaged with industry, other 

government organizations, and the 

public to raise the level of public 

awareness regarding this preventable 

safety risk, encourage technological 

advancement to lower the level of risk, 

and consider possible appropriate 

regulatory action. Although significant 

progress has been made, the Coast 

Guard intends to continue its efforts to 

foster active efforts to eliminate the risk 

of carbon monoxide poisoning as a 

significant risk to the boating public. 

Based on feedback from prior 

meetings with marine industry 

representatives, the workshop will be in 

a panel format. The panelists were 

selected based on area of marine 

industry involvement, and will address 

relevant new technological 

developments and provide progress 

updates on a variety of ongoing efforts, 

as well as issues and questions raised by 

attendees at the workshop. We plan to 

prepare minutes of the workshop 

discussions and distribute them to 

everyone who registers attendance at the 

workshop by signing the attendance list 

at the workshop. You may also obtain a 

copy of the minutes from the persons 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Agenda of Workshop 

The agenda includes the following: 

(1) Introduction of the panel members 

and others. 

(2) Discussion of prepared issues and 

questions based on early input from the 

marine industry. 

(3) Discussion of issues and questions 

raised by attendees at the workshop. 

(4) Conclusion. 

Procedural 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Please note that the workshop may close 

early if all business is finished. 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact the persons listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT as soon as possible.

Dated: January 27, 2004. 

Kenneth A. Ward, 

Captain, U. S. Coast Guard, Acting, Director 

of Operations Policy.

[FR Doc. 04–2219 Filed 2–3–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Bureau of Customs and Border 

Protection 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE): Applications To Establish Truck 

Carrier Accounts for Participation in a 

National Customs Automation 

Program (NCAP) Test

AGENCY: Customs and Border Protection, 

DHS.

ACTION: General notice.

SUMMARY: This document announces 

that the Bureau of Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) is accepting 

applications to establish Truck Carrier 

Accounts for a National Customs 

Automation Program (NCAP) test for the 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE). Truck carriers who open Truck 

Carrier Accounts will eventually have 

the ability to file truck manifest 

information electronically via the ACE 

Secure Data Portal and/or via electronic 

data interchange (EDI) messaging. These 

Truck Carrier Account-holders will also 

have access to operational data, receive 

status messages on ACE Accounts, have 

access to integrated Account data from 

multiple system sources, manage and 

disseminate information in an efficient 

and secure manner, and obtain release 

of their cargo, crew, conveyances, and 

equipment via the ACE Portal or 

electronic data interchange (EDI) 

messaging. 

This notice sets forth eligibility and 

application requirements for truck 

carriers to establish ACE Accounts, and 

opens the application period for 

submitting applications. 

Any truck carriers interested in 

participating in testing of electronic 

truck manifest functionality will be 

required to have a Truck Carrier 

Account and, therefore, are encouraged 

to apply to establish an ACE Account. 

Further information on participating in 

testing of the automated electronic truck 

manifest functionality will be the 

subject of a subsequent Federal Register

notice.

DATES: Applications to establish ACE 

Truck Carrier Accounts will be accepted 

starting on February 4, 2004 and will 

remain open until further notice. 

Further information on participation in 

testing of the automated electronic truck 

manifest functionality will be set forth 

in a subsequent Federal Register notice.

ADDRESSES: Applications to establish 

ACE Truck Carrier Accounts should be 

submitted to Mr. Thomas Fitzpatrick via 

e-mail at Thomas.Fitzpatrick@dhs.gov.