[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 60 (Friday, March 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 14964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7915]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[CGD 97-020]


National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (NOSAC) will 
meet to discuss various issues relating to offshore safety. The meeting 
will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting of NOSAC will be held on Wednesday, May 14, 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 April 30, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The NOSAC meeting will be held in the Rooms 3200-3204, of 
the NASSIF Building, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC. Written 
material and requests to make oral presentations should be sent to 
Captain R.L. Skewes, Commandant (G-MSO), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 
2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Captain R.L. Skewes, Executive 
Director of NOSAC, or Mr. Jim Magill, Assistant to the Executive 
Director, telephone (202) 267-0214, fax (202) 267-4570.

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

Agenda of Meeting

    National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (NOSAC). The agenda 
includes the following:
    (1) Introduction and swearing-in of new members.
    (2) Progress report from the PTP Subcommittee.
    (3) Progress report from the Subcommittee on Pipeline-Free 
Anchorages for Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs), Liftboats and 
Vessels.
    (4) Status report on revision of 33 CFR Subchapter ``N'', OCS 
Regulations.
    (5) Status report on the implementation of 46 CFR Subchapter ``L'' 
on Offshore Supply Vessels (OSVs) and Liftboats.
    (6) Report on issues concerning the International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) and the International Organization of 
Standardization (ISO).
    (7) Status report from Safety Regulatory Reform Subcommittee.
    (8) Report from subcommittee on Big ``L'' OSVs, Crew Boats, 
Alternate Tonnage and Licensing of OSVs.

Procedural

    The meeting is open to the public. Due to new security procedures 
at government buildings, visitors should have a current picture ID to 
enter the NASSIF building. At the Chairperson's discretion, members of 
the public may make oral presentations during the meeting. Persons 
wishing to make oral presentations at the meeting should notify the 
Executive Director no later than April 30, 1997. Written material for 
distribution at the meeting should reach the Coast Guard no later than 
April 30, 1997. If a person submitting material would like a copy 
distributed to each member of the Committee or Subcommittee in advance 
of the meeting, that person should submit 25 copies to the Executive 
Director no later than April 23, 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 
the Assistant to the Executive Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: March 21, 1997.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 97-7915 Filed 3-27-97; 8:45 am]
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