Document ID: USCG-2016-1059-0003
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Towing Safety Advisory Committee; April 2017 Meeting
Posted Date: 2017-03-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13828-13829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05179]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2016-1059]

Towing Safety Advisory Committee; April 2017 Meeting

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Towing Safety Advisory Committee will meet in Memphis, 
Tennessee, to review and discuss recommendations from its Subcommittees 
and to receive briefs on items listed in the agenda under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION. All meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: The Subcommittees will meet on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, from 8 
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The full Towing Safety Advisory Committee will meet 
on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. These meetings 
may close early if the Subcommittees or Committee have completed its 
business.

ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held at the Doubletree Hotel by Hilton, 
5069 Sanderlin Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38117. The telephone number 
for the Doubletree Hotel is 800-222-8733. The hotel Web site is: http://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/tennessee/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-memphis-MEMEHDT/index.html
    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities, or to request special assistance at the meetings, contact 
the individual listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT below as soon 
as possible.
    Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time, 
including orally

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at the meetings, but if you want committee members to review your 
comment before the meetings, please submit your comments no later than 
April 2, 2017. We are particularly interested in comments on the issues 
in the ``Agenda'' section below. You must include ``Department of 
Homeland Security'' and the docket number [USCG-2016-1059] in your 
submission. Written comments should be submitted using the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. If you encounter 
technical difficulties, contact Mr. William J. Abernathy. Comments 
received will be posted without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov including any personal information provided. You 
may review a Privacy Act notice regarding the Federal Docket Management 
System in the March 24, 2005 issue of the Federal Register (70 FR 
15086).
    Docket Search: For access to the docket to read documents or 
comments related to this notice, go to http://www.regulations.gov, and 
use ``USCG-2016-1059'' in the ``Search'' box, press Enter, and then 
click on the item you wish to view.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commandant (CG-OES-2) ATTN: Mr. 
William J. Abernathy, Towing Safety Advisory Committee Alternate 
Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7509, 2703 Martin 
Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593-7509; telephone 202-
372-1363, fax 202-372-8387, or email at William.J.Abernathy@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is in compliance with 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Title 5, U.S.C. Appendix). This 
committee is established in accordance with, and operates under the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. As stated in 33 
U.S.C. 1231a, the Towing Safety Advisory Committee provides advice and 
recommendations to the Department of Homeland Security on matters 
relating to shallow-draft inland and coastal waterway navigation and 
towing safety.
    Further information about the Towing Safety Advisory Committee is 
available here: http://www.facadatabase.gov. Click on the search tab 
and type ``Towing Safety'' into the search form.

Agenda of Meetings

    A copy of each draft report and presentation as well as the meeting 
agenda will be available at: http://homeport.uscg.mil/tsac.
    On April 11 and 12, 2017, the Towing Safety Advisory Committee and 
its subcommittees will meet to review, discuss, deliberate, and 
formulate recommendations, as appropriate, on the following:

Current Subcommittees and Tasks

a. Articulated Tug and Barge Operations and Manning (Task 15-02)
b. Electronic Charting Systems (Task 15-03)
c. Subchapter M Implementation (Task 16-01)
d. Inland Firefighting (Task 16-02)
e. Towing Liquefied Natural Gas Barges (Task 16-03)

    Public comments or questions will be taken throughout the meeting 
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 
meeting. Speakers are requested to limit their comments to 5 minutes. 
Please note that the public comment period may end before the period 
allotted, following the last call for comments. Contact the individual 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above to register 
as a speaker.

Notices of Future 2017 Towing Safety Advisory Committee Meetings

    To receive automatic email notices of future Towing Safety Advisory 
Committee meetings in 2017, go to the online docket, USCG-2016-1059 
(http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=USCG-2016-1059), and 
select the Sign-up-for-Email-Alerts option. We plan to use the same 
docket number for all Towing Safety Advisory Committee meeting notices 
in 2017, so when the next meeting notice is published you will receive 
an email alert from http://www.regulations.gov when the notice appears 
in this docket, in addition to notices of other items being added to 
the docket.

    Dated: March 10, 2017.
J.G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2017-05179 Filed 3-14-17; 8:45 am]
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