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g. Revision of chapter 8 of the IBC

Code in the light of the revised SOLAS

regulation II–2/59.

h. Evaluation of safety and pollution

hazards of chemicals and preparation of

consequential amendments.

i. Assessment of alternative tanker

designs.

Members of the public may attend

this meeting up to the seating capacity

of the room. Interested persons may

seek information by writing:

Commander K. S. Cook, U.S. Coast

Guard (G–MSO–3), 2100 Second Street,

S.W., Washington, DC 20593–0001 or by

calling (202) 267–1577.

Dated: February 12, 1997.

Russell A. La Mantia,

Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.

[FR Doc. 97–4745 Filed 2–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–07–M

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

United States Pacific Trade and

Investment Policy Commission

Notice of Meeting of the Commission

on United States Pacific Trade and

Investment Policy

AGENCY: Commission on United States—

Pacific Trade and Investment Policy/

Office of the United States Trade

Representative.

ACTION: Notice that the next meeting of

the Commission on United States—

Pacific Trade and Investment Policy is

scheduled for February 28, 1997 from

9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. This meeting will

be open to the public from 9:30 to 12:00,

closed to the public during a working

luncheon from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. and

open to the public from 1:30 to 5:30.

SUMMARY: The Commission on United

States—Pacific Trade and Investment

Policy will hold its next meeting on

February 28, 1997 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30

p.m. These meetings will be open to the

public from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00, closed to

the public during a working luncheon

from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. and open to the

public from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. These

meetings will focus on finalization of

the Commission’s report to the

Presidednt and the process for releasing

the report. Pursuant to Section

2155(f)(2) of Title 19 of the United

States Code, the USTR has determined

that portions of this meeting will be

concerned with matters the disclosure

of which would seriously compromise

the development by the United States

Government of trade policy, priorities,

negotating objectives or bargaining

positions with respect to the operation

of any trade agreement and other

matters arising in connection with the

development, implementation and

administration of the trade policy of the

United States.

DATES: This meeting is scheduled for

February 28, 1997, unless otherwise

notified.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

and Constitution Avenues, N.W.,

Washington, D.C., Room 6029, unless

otherwise notified.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Adams, Executive Director of the

Commission on United States—Pacific

Trade and Investment Policy, Room 400,

600 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20508, (202) 395–9679.

Nancy Adams,

Executive Director, Commission on United

States—Pacific Trade and Investment Policy.

Charlene Barshefsky,

United States Trade Representative, Acting.

[FR Doc. 97–4937 Filed 2–24–97; 1:53 pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[CGD8–97–002]

Coast Guard and Army Corps of

Engineers Marine Industry Navigation

Conference

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard and the

Army Corps of Engineers are sponsoring

a Marine Industry Navigation

Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.

This notice announces the event that is

open to the public.

DATES: The conference will be held on

March 4 & 5, 1997 from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30

p.m. on March 4 and 8:30 a.m. to 5:00

p.m., on March 5.

ADDRESSES: The Galt House Hotel, 140

North Fourth Street, Louisville, KY

40202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

YN1 David Orzechowski or Commander

Michael L. Schafersman, United States

Coast Guard, Director, Western Rivers

Operations, 1222 Spruce Street, St.

Louis, Missouri 63103–2832. The

telephone number is: (314) 539–3900

(Ext 421/396).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Marine Industry Navigation Conference

provides an open exchange of

information, ideas and opinions on

matters of mutual interest or concern to

the inland marine community, the

Corps of Engineers and the Coast Guard.

Members of the public are invited to

attend this conference. There is no

charge to attend this conference, or for

the handouts and printed material

which will be made available to all

conference attendees. Coffee and

refreshments and meals during the

convention (2 lunches and 1 dinner)

may be purchased by conference

attendees. The cost of this service will

be $100 and will be collected during the

registration session at the Galt House.

Attendees may participate in all

sessions of the conference, including

attending the luncheon address, without

paying for the meal service.

Proposed Conference Agenda

Monday, March 3, 1997.

5:30–7:30 p.m. (Preregistration).

Day 1—Coast Guard Topics

Tuesday, March 4, 1997.

7:00 Registration continues.

8:30 Welcome address by COL HARRY

L. SPEAR, JR., Commander,

Louisville Engineer District.

Opening Remarks by RADM

TIMOTHY W. JOSIAH;

Commander, Eighth Coast Guard

District; COL ALEXANDER R.

JANSEN, Commander, Ohio River

Division; MR. NORB WHITLOCK,

American Commercial Barge Lines;

MS. K. C. STANLEY-LYNN,

National President, Passenger

Vessel Association.

9:15 General Session: Prevention

Through People.

10:00 Break.

10:30 Bridge update; Drug & Alcohol

Program; Commercial and

Recreation Vessel Safety Program;

Coast Guard and American

Waterways Operators Regional

Steering Report.

11:45 Lunch: Awards; Speaker: VICE

ADMIRAL R. D. HERR, Vice

Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard.

1:15 Break

1:45 Panel Session Topics: Towing

Industry Panel; Fire Safety on

Towing Vessels; Cooperative

Boarding Program; Deckhand

Fatality Quality Act Team Report;

New Licensing & Manning Rules;

Navigation Safety; Marine

Personnel Advisory Committee—

Navigation Safety Advisory

Committee—Towing Safety

Advisory Committee—Chemical

Technical Advisory Committee

(handouts).

1:45 Passenger Vessel Panel Topics:

Passenger Vessel Industry Update;

Passenger Vessels vs. Gaming

Vessels; National Streamlined

Inspections Program; Local

Streamlined Inspection Program;

High Capacity Passenger Vessel
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Contingency Drills; High Capacity

Passenger Vessel Egress Quality

Action Team Report.

3:45 Break

4:15 General Session: General

Discussions.

4:45 Break

6:00 Round Table Discussions; Heavy

Hors D’oeuvres, Cash Bar; Galt

House Hotel.

Day 2—Corps of Engineers Topics

Wednesday, March 5, 1997.

7:45 Registration

8:30 Administrative Updates.

8:35 American Waterways Operators

Update; The Association for the

Development of Inland Navigation

in America’s Ohio Valley Update;

Midwest Area Regional Committee

2000 Update.

9:00 Maritime Administration Study;

Ohio River Mainstream Study;

Missouri River Master Plan; Upper

Mississippi River Study;

Environmental Summit.

9:30 New Construction Update by

River Segments to include

innovative design. Specific Projects:

Olmsted, Winfield, Lower

Monongahela, Marmet, Kentucky

Lock, & others.

10:00 Break.

10:30 New Construction—continued.

11:00 Lock Capacity Improvement

Team Results.

11:30 Critical Operations &

Maintenance; Backlog Items; Lock &

Dam No. 27; Upper Tennessee River

Locks; Chickamauga Lock.

12:00 Lunch: Washington, D.C.

Update.

1:45 Summary of Operations &

Maintenance Cost; Reduction

Potential Results of Implementing

Report; Industry’s Involvement;

Ways to Reduce Impact.

2:45 Electronic Charts, Navigation

Chart Update, Vessel Traffic Service

Louisville District; Digital Global

Positional System Update.

3:30 Upper Mississippi River;

Dredging-Preventive Maintenance.

4:00 Open discussion: COL

ALEXANDER R. JANSEN and MR.

NORB WHITLOCK.

Persons interested in attending the

Marine Industry Navigation Conference

may request registration forms or

additional information on the

conference activities and on events

scheduled by other groups to coincide

with the conference at the address

provided above.

Dated: February 18, 1997.

T.W. Josiah,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,

Eighth Coast Guard District.

[FR Doc. 97–4767 Filed 2–25–97; 8:45 am]

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[CGD 97–011]

Minimum Requirements and

Capabilities for Vessel Traffic Services

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is

undertaking an effort to identify the

minimum requirements and capabilities

a Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) must have

to serve its wide range of users and to

develop criteria to identify ports

requiring a VTS. This effort will form

the basis for the Coast Guard to propose

to Congress a viable production program

for a VTS that takes advantage of

available, off-the-shelf and open

architecture systems that are

inexpensive and easy to build and

operate. The Coast Guard has invited

representatives of maritime and

environmental organizations and

members of the public to provide input

on these topics. The first public meeting

on these topics was held on January 15,

1997. The most recent was held on

February 11, 1997. Several additional

public meetings are planned.

DATES: The Coast Guard will sponsor a

public meeting to be held on February

27, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Holiday Inn Georgetown, 2101

Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information on VTS, contact Mike

Sollosi, U.S. Coast Guard Office of

Vessel Traffic Management, 2100 2nd

Street, SW, Washington DC. Telephone

(202) 267–1539, FAX (202) 267–4826.

For information on the meeting, contact

Peter Johnson, Marine Board, National

Academy of Sciences, 2001 Wisconsin

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.

Telephone (202) 334–3157, FAX (202)

334–3789.

Joseph J. Angelo,

Acting Assistant Commandant for Marine

Safety and Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 97–4766 Filed 2–25–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Financial Management Service

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Financial Management Service,

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of alteration of Privacy

Act system of records.

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Treasury, Financial Management

Service (FMS), gives notice of a

proposed alteration to the system of

records entitled ‘‘Debt Collection

Operations System -Treasury/FMS

.014,’’which is subject to the Privacy

Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a).

The system was last published in its

entirety in the Federal Register Vol. 60,

page 56776 on November 9, 1995, and

subsequently altered in the Federal

Register Vol. 61, page 11939 on March

22, 1996.

DATES: Comments must be received no

later than March 28, 1997. The proposed

system of records will be effective April

7, 1997, unless FMS receives comments

which would result in a contrary

determination.

ADDRESS: Comments must be submitted

to the Debt Management Services,

Financial Management Service, 401

14th Street, SW, Room 151, Washington,

DC 20227. Comments received will be

available for inspection at the same

address between the hours of 9a.m. and

4p.m. Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gerry Isenberg, Debt Management

Services, (202) 874–6859.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Debt

Collection Improvement Act of 1996

(DCIA), Pub. L. 104–134, enacted April

26, 1996, provides the Department of

the Treasury (Treasury) with specific

legislative authority and responsibility

to collect and/or manage the collection

of claims owed to the Federal

Government. The DCIA also provides

new government-wide debt collection

tools such as administrative wage

garnishment, public dissemination of

delinquent debtor information, and

authorizes the sale of debt to the private

sector. The DCIA authorizes Treasury to

collect claims, or facilitate the collection

of claims, owed to States, Territories

and Commonwealths of the United

States, and the District of Columbia by

offsetting Federal payments. Similarly,

under the provisions of the DCIA,

Treasury may enter into agreements

with States, Territories,

Commonwealths, and the District of

Columbia to facilitate collection of debts

owed to the Federal Government by