[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14493-14494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7622]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD 97-021]


National Boating Safety Advisory Council

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The National Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC) and its 
subcommittees on boat occupant protection, ``Prevention Through 
People,'' navigation lights, life saving index and boating accident 
reporting will meet to discuss various issues relating to recreational 
boating safety. All meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting of NBSAC will be held on Monday and Tuesday, April 
28 and 29, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Meetings of the Boat Occupant 
Protection, Prevention Through People, and Boating Accident Reporting 
Subcommittees will be held on Saturday, April 26, 1997, from 1:30 p.m. 
to 5 p.m. Meetings of the Navigation Light and Life Saving Index 
Subcommittees will be held on Sunday, April 27, 1997, from 9 a.m. to 12 
noon. Written material and requests to make oral presentations should 
reach the Coast Guard on or before April 12, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of NBSAC will be held at the Radisson Hotel 
Memphis, 185 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee. The meetings of the 
subcommittees will be held at the same address. Written material and 
requests to make oral presentations should be sent to Mr. Albert J. 
Marmo, Commandant (G-OPB-1), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Albert J. Marmo, Executive Director of NBSAC, telephone (202) 267-
0950, fax (202) 267-4285.

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

Agendas of Meetings

    National Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC). The agenda 
includes the following:
    (1) Executive Director's report.
    (2) Chairman's session.
    (3) Boat Occupant Protection Subcommittee report.
    (4) Prevention Through People Subcommittee report.
    (5) Navigation Light Subcommittee report.
    (6) Life Saving Index Subcommittee report.

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    (7) Boating Accident Reporting Subcommittee report.
    (8) Recreational Boating Safety Program report.
    (9) National Association of State Boating Law Administrators 
report.
    (10) Discussion of mandatory personal flotation device wearing 
requirements request for comments.
    (11) Discussion of mandatory boating safety education request for 
comments.
    (12) Discussion of waterways management issues.
    (13) Discussion of life rafts and emergency position indicator 
beacons.
    (14) Presentation on the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System 
and National Distress System modernization projects.
    (15) Discussion on personal watercraft issues.
    (16) Report and discussion of nonprofit grants.
    (17) Discussion of regulations review.
    Boat Occupant Protection Subcommittee. The agenda includes the 
following:
    (1) Review actions to date related to progress on the Propeller 
Injury Prevention Initiative with discussion by the subcommittee.
    (2) Review of boat occupant protection research completed and 
planned.
    (3) Discuss risk avoidance alternatives.
    Prevention Through People Subcommittee. The agenda includes the 
following:
    (1) Continue development of a Prevention Through People action plan 
for integration into boating safety education, awareness and 
promotional activities.
    Navigation Light Subcommittee. The agenda includes the following:
    (1) Review and discuss issues and data concerning the proper 
display and installation of navigation lights.
    (2) Review aspects of display and installation of navigation lights 
that need to be addressed through safety program intervention and 
recommend courses of corrective actions.
    Life Saving Index Subcommittee. The agenda includes the following:
    (1) Assist in developing an action plan for establishment of a Life 
Saving Index standard.
    (2) Review personal flotation device (PFD) impact protection issues 
and recommend a course of action.
    (3) Establish a definition for ``high speed'' activity.
    (4) Discuss other PFD issues.
    Boating Accident Reporting Subcommittee. The agenda includes the 
following:
    (1) Review Coast Guard efforts and plans to attack under-reporting 
of recreational boating accidents.
    (2) Provide input for a Coast Guard report to Congress on ways of 
increasing boating accident reporting.

Procedural

    All meetings are open to the public. At the Chairpersons' 
discretion, members of the public may make oral presentations during 
the meetings. Persons wishing to make oral presentations at the 
meetings should notify the Executive Director no later than April 12, 
1997. Written material for distribution at a meeting should reach the 
Coast Guard no later than April 19, 1997. If a person submitting 
material would like a copy distributed to each member of the committee 
or subcommittee in advance of a meeting, that person should submit 25 
copies to the Executive Director no later than April 12, 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 meetings, contact 
the Executive Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: March 20, 1997.
Thomas J. Meyers,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Director of Operations Policy.
[FR Doc. 97-7622 Filed 3-25-97; 8:45 am]
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