Document ID: USCG-2013-0568-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee (Federal Register Publication)
Posted Date: 2013-06-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38725-38726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15494]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2013-0568]

Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Committee Management; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee 
Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee (GLPAC) will meet 
virtually on July 15, 2013. The meeting will be open to the public via 
a web-enabled interactive online format and teleconference line. 
Seating will be available at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, DC 
for those interested.

DATES: GLPAC will meet on Monday, July 15, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 
12:00 p.m. Please note the meeting may close early if the committee 
completes its business. Written material and requests to make oral 
presentations should reach us on or before July 12, 2013.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be broadcast via a web-enabled interactive 
online format and teleconference line. To participate via 
teleconference dial 1-888-464-2980 and enter passcode 4460249. 
Additionally, if you would like to participate in this meeting via on 
the online web format, please log on to: https://connect.hsin.gov/glpac2013 and follow the online instructions to register for the 
meeting. Public meeting space will also be available for anyone 
interested in participating in the teleconference and web format from 
Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, DC. The meeting will be hosted 
from Room 5-1309 in Coast Guard Headquarters located at 2100 2nd Street 
SW., Washington, DC 20593. All visitors to Coast Guard Headquarters 
will have to pre-register to be admitted to the building. Please 
provide your name, telephone number and organization by close of 
business on July 12, 2013, to the contact person listed in FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT: below. Additionally, all visitors to Coast Guard 
Headquarters must provide identification in the form of government-
issued picture identification card for access to the facility.
    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact 
the person listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: below as soon as 
possible.
    To facilitate public participation, we are inviting public comment 
on the issues to be considered by the committee as listed in the 
``Agenda'' section below. Comments must be submitted in writing no 
later than July 12, 2013, and must be identified by [USCG-2013-0568] 
and may be submitted by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department 
of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery: Same as mail address above between 9 a.m. 
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The 
telephone number is 202-366-9329. To avoid duplication, please use only 
one of these four methods.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the words 
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number for this 
action. Comments

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received will be posted without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. You 
may review a Privacy Act notice regarding our public dockets in the 
January 17, 2008, issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
    Docket: For access to the docket to read documents or comments 
related to this notice, go to http://www.regulations.gov, and use 
``USCG-2013-0568'' as your search term.
    A public comment period of up to one hour will be held during the 
meeting on July 15, 2013, after the committee completes its work on the 
agenda given under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Speakers are requested to 
limit their comments to 5 minutes. Please note that the public comment 
period may end before the hour allotted, following the last call for 
comments. Contact the individual listed below to register as a speaker.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David Dean, GLPAC Alternate 
Designated Federal Officer (ADFO), Commandant (CG-WWM-2), U.S. Coast 
Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Stop 7580, Washington, DC 
20593-7580; telephone 202-372-1533, fax 202-372-1914, or email at 
David.J.Dean@uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing or submitting 
material to the docket, call Barbara Hairston, Program Manager, Docket 
Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463). GLPAC 
was established under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 9307, and makes 
recommendations to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Coast 
Guard on matters relating to Great Lakes pilotage, including review of 
proposed Great Lakes pilotage regulations and policies.
    GLPAC expects to meet at least once more this year to discuss the 
way ahead and provide recommendations after a thorough review of public 
comments and discussion from this meeting. Further information about 
GLPAC is available by going to the Web site: https://www.facadatabase.gov. Click on the search tab and type ``Great Lakes'' 
into the search form. Then select ``Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory 
Committee'' from the list.

Agenda

    1. Presentation of the final draft of the comprehensive pilotage 
study; a copy of the study is posted to the electronic docket. Please 
see instructions below for access.
    2. Public comment period of up to one hour.
    3. Discussion of the final draft of the comprehensive pilotage 
study and public comments to determine the way ahead.
    More detailed information and materials relating to these issues 
appear in the docket, including a copy of the pilotage study, at http://www.regulations.gov. Use ``USCG-2013-0568'' as your search term.

D.A. Goward,
Director Marine Transportation Systems, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2013-15494 Filed 6-26-13; 8:45 am]
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