Document ID: USCG-2019-0035-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Towing Safety Advisory Committee
Posted Date: 2019-02-04T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 23 (Monday, February 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1480-1481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00860]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0035]

Towing Safety Advisory Committee

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

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Towing Safety Advisory Committee and its subcommittees 
will meet in Miami, Florida, to review and discuss recommendations from 
its subcommittees and to receive briefs on items listed in the agenda. 
All meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: Meetings. The subcommittees of the Towing Safety Advisory 
Committee will meet on Wednesday, February 20, 2019, from 8 a.m. to 5 
p.m. to conduct work-group sessions. The full Committee will meet on 
Thursday, February 21, 2019, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. These meetings may 
end early if the subcommittees or the Committee has completed its 
business, or the meetings may be extended based on the number of public 
comments.
    Comments and supporting documentation. To ensure your comments are 
reviewed by Committee members before the meetings, submit your written 
comments no later than February 14, 2019.

ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held at the Hyatt Place Miami Airport 
West/Doral, 3655 NW 82nd Ave., Miami, Florida 33166; hotel website: 
www.hyattplacemiamiairportwest.com.
    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities, or to request special assistance at the meetings, contact 
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 
as soon as possible.
    Written comments must be submitted using the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. If you encounter technical 
difficulties when trying to submit comments, contact the individual 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT of this document.
    Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time, 
including orally at the meetings, but if you want Committee members to 
review your comment before the meetings, please submit your comments no 
later than February 14, 2019. 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-
2019-0035. For more information about the privacy and the docket, 
review the Privacy and Security Notice for the Federal Docket 
Management System at https://www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice.
    Docket Search: For access to the docket or to read documents or 
comments related to this notice, go to http://www.regulations.gov, 
insert USCG-2019-0035 in the Search box, press Enter, and then click on 
the item you wish to view.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Douglas Scheffler, Alternate 
Designated Federal Officer of the Towing 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-
1087, fax 202-372-8382 or email Douglas.W.Scheffler@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is in compliance with 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Title 5 United States Code 
Appendix.
    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. On December 4, 2018, the source of this stated purpose 
of the Committee, 33 U.S.C. 1231a, was repealed by the Frank Lobiondo 
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (PL 115-282, 132 Stat 4192) but 
section 601(d) of this Authorization Act allows the Towing Safety 
Advisory Committee to remain in force or in effect for a period of up 
to 2 years. Section 601(a) of the Authorization Act has established the 
National Towing Safety Advisory Committee, which has the same stated 
purpose and that will eventually replace the Towing Safety Advisory 
Committee.

Agenda of Meetings

    On February 20 and 21, 2019, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Towing 
Safety Advisory Committee and its subcommittees will meet to review, 
discuss, deliberate, and formulate recommendations, as appropriate, on 
the following tasks:
     46 Code of Federal Regulations Subchapter M Implementation 
(Task 16-01).
     Towing Liquefied Natural Gas Barges (Task 16-03).
     Load Line Exemption Review for River Barges on Lakes Erie 
and Ontario (Task 17-02).
    All current Towing Safety Advisory Committee tasks can be found at 
https://homeport.uscg.mil/Lists/Content/DispForm.aspx?&ID=574&Source=https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/ports-and-waterways/safety-advisory-committees/tsac/recommendations-reports.
    A copy of all meeting documentation, including any draft final 
reports, will be available at https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/ports-and-waterways/safety-advisory-committees/tsac/announcements no later 
than February 13, 2019. Alternatively, you may contact the individual 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above.
    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 3 minutes. 
Please note that the public comment period may end before the period 
allotted, following the last call for comments. Please contact the 
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above 
to register as a speaker.

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Notices of Future 2019 Towing Safety Advisory Committee Meetings

    To receive automatic email notices of future Towing Safety Advisory 
Committee meetings in 2019, go to the online docket, USCG-2019-0035 
(http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=USCG-2019-0035), 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 2019, 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: January 29, 2019.
Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2019-00860 Filed 2-1-19; 8:45 am]
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