[Federal Register: December 3, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 232)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION


Coast Guard


[CGD08-02-041]


 
Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee Meetings


AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.


ACTION: Notice of meetings.


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SUMMARY: The Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee 
(HOGANSAC) and its working groups will meet to discuss waterway 
improvements, aids to navigation, area projects impacting safety on the 
Houston Ship Channel, and various other navigation safety matters in 
the Galveston Bay area. All meetings will be open to the public.


DATES: The next meeting of HOGANSAC will be held on Thursday, January 
30, 2003, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The meeting of the Committee's working 
groups will be held on Thursday, January 16, 2003, at 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. 
The meetings may adjourn early if all business is finished. Members of 
the public may present written or oral statements at either meeting.


ADDRESSES: The full Committee meeting will be held at the Offices of 
the Houston Pilots Association, 8150 South Loop East, Houston, Texas, 
telephone (713) 645-9620. The working groups' meeting will be held at 
the Offices of the Galveston/Texas City Pilots Association, Pelican 
Island, Galveston, Texas, telephone (409) 740-3690.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Captain Kevin Cook, Executive Director 
of HOGANSAC, telephone (713) 671-5199, Commander Tom Marian, Executive 
Secretary of HOGANSAC, telephone (713) 671-5164, or Lieutenant Junior 
Grade Kelly Tobey, assistant to the Executive Secretary of HOGANSAC, 
telephone (713) 671-5103, e-mail katobey@vtshouston.uscg.mil.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is given pursuant 
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.


Agendas of the Meetings


    Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee (HOGANSAC). 
The tentative agenda includes the following:
    (1) Opening remarks by the Committee Sponsor (RADM Casto or his 
representative), Executive Director (CAPT Cook), and Chairman (Tim 
Leitzell).
    (2) Approval of the September 19, 2002, minutes.
    (3) Old Business:
    (a) Dredging projects.
    (b) Electronic navigation.
    (c) AtoN Knockdown Working Group.
    (d) Mooring subcommittee report.
    (e) Bolivar Roads anchorage areas.
    (f) Recreational boating education initiative.
    (g) Port Security Subcommittee report.
    (h) Bridge Allision Working Group
    (4) New Business:
    (a) New HOGANSAC charter and members.
    (b) Status of PORTS.
    (c) Update on AIS implementation.
    (d) State of the Waterways presentation.
    Working Groups Meeting. The tentative agenda for the working groups 
meeting includes the following:
    (1) Presentation by each working group of its accomplishments and 
plans for the future.
    (2) Review and discuss the work completed by each working group.


Procedural


    Working groups have been formed to examine the following issues: 
dredging and related matters, electronic navigation systems, AtoN 
knockdowns, impact of passing vessels on moored ships, recreational 
boater education, and port security. Not all working groups will 
provide a report at this session. Further, working group reports may 
not necessarily include discussions on all issues within the particular 
working group's area of responsibility. All meetings are open to the 
public. Please note that the meetings may adjourn early if all business 
is finished. Members of the public may make presentations, oral or 
written, at either meeting.


Information on Services for the Handicapped


    For information on facilities or services for the handicapped or to 
request special assistance at the meetings, contact the Executive 
Director, Executive Secretary, or assistant ot the Executive Secretary.


    Dated: November 18, 2002.
Roy J. Casto,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 02-30616 Filed 12-2-02; 8:45 am]

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