[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 168 (Friday, August 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23075]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD 97-058]


Towing Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) and its working 
groups will meet to discuss various issues relating to shallow-draft 
inland and coastal waterway navigation and towing safety. All meetings 
are open to the public.

DATES: The meeting of the TSAC working groups will be held on Tuesday, 
September 30, 1997, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The TSAC Committee meeting 
will be held on Wednesday, October 1, 1997, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 
Written material and requests to make oral presentations should reach 
the Coast Guard on or before September 19, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The TSAC working groups will meet in Room 2415, second 
floor, and the Committee meeting will be held in the Baruch Room, 
fourth floor, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second St. SW., 
Washington, DC. Written material and requests to make oral 
presentations should be sent to Lieutenant Lionel Mew, Commandant (G-
MSO-1), U.S. Coast Gaurd Headquarters, 2100 Second St. SW., Washington, 
DC 20593-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lieutenant Lionel Mew, Assistant Executive Director, telephone (202) 
267-0218, fax (202) 267-4570.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is given pursuant 
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.

Agenda of Meeting

    Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC). The agenda includes the 
following:
    (1) Progress report from the Electronic Charting working group.
    (2) Final report from the Tankbarge Structural Soundness working 
group.
    (3) Progress report from the Fire Suppression working group.
    (4) Progress report from the Licensing working group.
    (5) Status of the implementation of the International Management 
Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention 
(International Safety Management (ISM) Code).
    (6) Status of the Towing Vessel Licensing rulemaking project.
    (7) Final report of the American Waterways Operators/U.S. Coast 
Guard Tankbarge Transfer Spills Quality Action Team.

Procedural

    All meetings are open to the public. At the Chairperson's 
discretion, members of the public may make oral presentations during 
the meetings. Persons wishing to make oral presentations at the meeting 
should notify the Assistant Executive Director no later than September 
19, 1997. Written material for distribution at the meeting should reach 
the Coast Guard no later than September 19, 1997. If a person 
submitting material would like a copy distributed to each member of the 
committee or subcommittee in advance of the meetings, that person 
should submit 25 copies to the Assistant Executive Director no later 
than September 9, 1997.

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 
Lieutenant Mew as soon as possible.

    Dated: August 22, 1997.
R.L. Skewes,
Captain, USCG, Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety and 
Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 97-23075 Filed 8-28-97; 8:45 am]
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