Document ID: USCG-2010-0164-0048
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: National Boating Safety Advisory Committee; Oct 2021 Teleconference
Posted Date: 2021-09-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53972-53973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21158]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2010-0164]

National Boating Safety Advisory Committee; Oct 2021 
Teleconference

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

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee teleconference meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Boating Safety Advisory Committee (Committee) and 
its subcommittees will meet via teleconference to discuss matters 
relating to recreational boating safety. The meeting will be open to 
the public.

DATES: 
    Meeting: The National Boating Safety Advisory Committee will meet 
by teleconference on Thursday, October 21, 2021 from 12:00 p.m. until 
4:30 p.m., (Eastern Daylight Time). The teleconference may adjourn 
early if the Committee has completed its business.
    Comments and supporting documentation: To ensure your comments are 
received by Committee members before the teleconference, submit your 
written comments no later than October 14, 2021.

ADDRESSES: To join the teleconference or to request special 
accommodations, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section no later than 1 p.m. on October 19, 2021, 
to obtain the needed information. The number of teleconference lines 
are limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
    Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time, 
including orally at the teleconference as time permits, but if you want 
Committee members to review your comments before the teleconference, 
please submit your comments no later than October 14, 2021. We are 
particularly interested in comments on the issues in the ``Agenda'' 
section below. 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-2010-0164]. Comments received will be posted without alteration 
at https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. You may wish to view the Privacy and Security notice 
available on the homepage of https://regulations.gov and DHS's 
eRulemaking System of Records notice (85 FR 14226, March 11, 2020). If 
you encounter technical difficulties with comment submission, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this notice.
    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: Mr. Jeff Decker, Alternate Designated 
Federal Officer of the National Boating Safety Advisory Committee, 2703 
Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509, 
telephone 202-372-1507 or NBSAC@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given pursuant to 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, (5, U.S.C. Appendix). The National 
Boating Safety Advisory Committee was established on December 4, 2018, 
by Sec.  601 of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
2018 (Pub. L. 115-282, 132 Stat. 4192). That authority is codified in 
46 U.S.C. 15105.

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The Committee operates under the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix) in addition to the administrative 
provisions for the National Maritime Transportation Advisory Committees 
in 46 U.S.C. 15109. The National Boating Safety Advisory Committee 
provides advice and recommendations to the Department of Homeland 
Security on matters relating to recreational vessels and associated 
equipment and on other safety matters related to recreational vessels.

Agenda

    The agenda for the National Boating Safety Advisory Committee 
meeting is as follows:

Thursday, October 21, 2021

(1) Call to Order.
(2) Roll call and determination of quorum.
(3) Opening remarks.
(4) Swearing-in of new appointees.
(5) Election by Committee members of Chairman and Vice-Chairman.
(6) Receipt and discussion of the following reports from the Office of 
Auxiliary and Boating Safety:
    (a) Update on Resolutions.
    (b) Strategic Planning.
    (c) Boating Incident Reporting Project.
    (d) Recreational Boating Regulations Status Report.
    (e) Taskers, expectations/topics.
    (f) Analysis Projects.
    (g) 2020 Recreational Boating Annual Statistics.
    (h) Review of Non-profit Grant Products.
    (i) 2022 Areas of Interest.
(7) Public Comment Period.
(8) Closing remarks/plans for next meeting.
(9) Adjournment of meeting.

    A copy of all meeting documentation will be available at https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/ports-and-waterways/safety-advisory-committees/nbsac no later than October 14, 2021. Alternatively, you may 
contact Mr. Jeff Decker as noted in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section 
above.
    During the October 21, 2021 teleconference, a public comment period 
will be held from approximately 2:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Public comments 
will be limited to two minutes per speaker. Please note that the public 
comment periods will end following the last call for comments.
    Please contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section, to register as a speaker.

Wayne R. Arguin, Jr.,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Inspections and Compliance.
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