Document ID: USCG-2020-0319-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee
Posted Date: 2020-07-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45436-45437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16321]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2020-0319]

National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee video teleconference 
meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (Committee) 
will meet via video teleconference to discuss Committee matters 
relating to the safety of operations and other matters affecting the 
offshore oil and gas industry.

DATES: 
    Meeting: The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee will meet 
by video teleconference on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 
2:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. This video teleconference may close 
early if the Committee has completed its business.
    Comments and supporting documentation: To ensure your comments are 
received by Committee members before the video teleconference, submit 
your written comments no later than August 21, 2020.

ADDRESSES: To join the video teleconference or to request special 
accommodations, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section no later than 1 p.m. on August 21, 2020, to 
obtain the needed information. The number of the video teleconference 
lines are limited and will be available on a first-come, first served 
basis.

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    Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time, 
including orally at the video teleconference as time permits, but if 
you want Committee members to review your comment before the video 
teleconference, please submit your comments no later than August 21, 
2020. We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material 
cannot be submitted using https://www.regulations.gov call or email the 
individual in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 
document for alternate instructions. You must include the docket number 
[USCG-2020-0319]. Comments received will be posted without alteration 
at https://www.regulations.gov including any personal information 
provided. For more about privacy and submissions in response to this 
document, see DHS's eRulemaking System of Records notice (85 FR 14226, 
March 11, 2020). If you encounter technical difficulties with comments 
submission, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section below.
    Docket Search: Documents mentioned in this notice as being 
available in the docket, and all public comments, will be in our online 
docket at https://www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by following 
that website's instructions. Additionally, if you go to the online 
docket and sign-up for email alerts, you will be notified when comments 
are posted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commander Stephen West, Designated 
Federal Officer of the National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee, 
Commandant (CG-OES-2), U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. 
Avenue SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509; telephone (202) 372-
1410, fax (202) 372-8382 or email: Stephen.E.West@uscg.mil, or Mr. 
Patrick Clark, telephone (202) 372-1358, fax (202) 372-8382 or email 
patrick.w.clark@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this video teleconference is in 
compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, (5 U.S.C. 
Appendix). The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee provides 
advice and recommendations to the Department of Homeland Security on 
matters relating to activities directly involved with or in support of 
the exploration of offshore mineral and energy resources insofar as 
they relate to matters within Coast Guard jurisdiction.

Agenda

    The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee will meet via video 
teleconference on August 26, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Eastern 
Daylight Time) to review and discuss the progress of the Lifeboats and 
Rescue Craft Safety on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Subcommittee; 
the Coast Guard's investigation into the lifeboat accident on the Shell 
AUGER platform and other items of import to the Committee. The 
Committee will then use this information and consider public comments 
in discussing and formulating recommendations to the United States 
Coast Guard. Public comments or questions will be taken at the 
discretion of the Designated Federal Officer during the discussion and 
recommendation portions of the video teleconference and during the 
public comment period, see Agenda item (6). A complete agenda for the 
August 26, 2020 full Committee video teleconference is as follows:
    (1) Welcoming remarks.
    (2) General administration and acceptance of minutes from the April 
28, 2020 National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee public 
teleconference.
    (3) Current business--Presentation and discussion of progress from 
the Lifeboats and Rescue Craft Safety on the Outer Continental Shelf 
(OCS) Subcommittee.
    (4) New Business--
    (a) Presentation on Source Control Response Centers in an Incident 
Command.
    (b) Shell Auger Investigation Discussion.
    (c) Fast Rescue Craft Near Miss Lessons Learned.
    (5) Open Committee Discussion.
    (6) Public comment period.
    (7) Closing Remarks.
    (8) Adjournment of video teleconference.
    A copy of all pre-meeting documentation will be available at 
https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/ports-and-waterways/safety-advisory-committees/nosac/meetings no later than August 17, 2020. Alternatively, 
you may contact Commander Stephen West or Mr. Patrick Clark as noted in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above.
    Public comments or questions will be taken throughout the video 
teleconference as the Committee discusses the issues and prior to 
deliberations and voting. There will also be a public comment period at 
the end of the video teleconference. Speakers are requested to limit 
their comments to 2 minutes.
    Please note that the public comment period may end before the 
period allotted, following the last call for comments. Contact the 
individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above 
to register as a speaker.

    Dated: July 15, 2020.
Jeffery G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2020-16321 Filed 7-27-20; 8:45 am]
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