[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50427-50428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25372]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD 97-062]


Navigation Safety Advisory Council

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Navigation Safety Advisory Council (NAVSAC) and its 
Committees on Human Factors, Navigation Equipment, Navigation 
Information, and Rules of the Road will meet to discuss various issues 
relating to commercial and recreational boat safety. The meetings are 
open to the public.

DATES: NAVSAC Committees will meet on Wednesday, October 22, 1997, from 
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. NAVSAC will meet on Thursday, October 23, 1997, from 8 
a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Friday, October 24, 1997, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
Written material and requests to make oral presentations should reach 
the Coast Guard on or before October 10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: NAVSAC will meet at the Queen and Crescent Hotel, 344 Camp 
Street, New Orleans, LA 70130. The Committees will meet at the same 
address. Send written material and requests to make oral presentations 
to Margie G. Hegy, Commandant (G-MOV-3), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 
2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Margie G. Hegy, Executive Director of NAVSAC, telephone (202) 267-0415, 
fax (202) 267-4826, or Diane Schneider, NAVSAC Executive Secretary, 
telephone (202) 267-0352.

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

Agendas of Meetings

    Navigation Safety Advisory Council (NAVSAC). The agenda includes 
the following:
    (1) Reports from Navigation Equipment, Human Factors, Navigation 
Information and Rules of the Road Committees.
    (2) Update on the Coast Guard's Vessel Traffic Services program and 
Ports and Waterways Safety Systems (PAWSS) initiative.
    (3) Merchant mariner licensing and training program changes.
    (4) Facilitated discussion on mandatory recreational boater 
education and personal flotation device (PFD) wear.
    (5) Update on Coast Guard Customer Satisfaction Survey.
    (6) Update on National Waterways Management Plan development.
    Navigational Equipment Committee. The agenda includes:
    --Vessels that lose propulsion or experience steering problems 
during transit.
    Human Factors Committee. The agenda includes:
    --Master/pilot communication.
    Navigation Information Committee. The agenda includes:
    --Underkeel clearance.
    Rules of the Road Committee. The agenda includes:
    --Inland Rule 23(c)--Small boat compliance with vertical 
positioning and spacing of lights as specified in Annex I, 
Sec. 84.03(d) of Inland Rules.

Procedural

    All sessions are open to the public. At the Chairs' discretion, 
members of the public may make oral presentations during the meetings. 
If you would like to make an oral presentation at a meeting, please 
notify the Executive Director no later than October 10, 1997. If you 
would like a copy of your material distributed to each member of the 
Council or Committee in advance of the meeting, please submit 25 copies 
to the Executive Director no later than October 10, 1997.

Information on Services for the Handicapped

    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or request special assistance at the meetings, contact the 
Executive Director as soon as possible.


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    Dated: September 19, 1997.
R.C. North,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety 
and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 97-25372 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
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