[Federal Register: September 24, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 185)]
[Notices]
[Page 57337]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG-2004-19149]
National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (NOSAC) and
its Liftboat Subcommittee will meet to discuss various issues relating
to offshore safety and security. Both meetings will be open to the
public.
DATES: NOSAC will meet on Thursday, October 28, 2004, from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. The Liftboat Subcommittee will meet on Wednesday, October 27,
2004, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. These meetings may close early if all
business is finished. Written material and requests to make oral
presentations should reach the Coast Guard on or before October 14,
2004. Requests to have a copy of your material distributed to each
member of the committee should reach the Coast Guard on or before
October 14, 2004.
ADDRESSES: NOSAC will meet in the ``Music Hall'' room of the Hotel
Galvez, 2024 Seawall Boulevard, Galveston, Texas. The Liftboat
Subcommittee will meet in the ``West Parlor'' room of the same hotel.
Send written material and requests to make oral presentations to
Commander J. M. Cushing, Commandant (G-MSO-2), U.S. Coast Guard
Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. This
notice is available on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commander J. M. Cushing, Executive
Director of NOSAC, or Mr. Jim Magill, Assistant to the Executive
Director, telephone 202-267-1082, fax 202-267-4570.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of the meeting is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
Agenda of Meetings
National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee. The agenda includes
the following:
(1) Report on issues concerning the International Maritime
Organization and the International Organization for Standardization.
(2) SOLAS compliance for foreign operation of U.S. flagged Offshore
Supply Vessels including Liftboats.
(3) Report from the Liftboat Subcommittee on operations procedure/
training for liftboat operators.
(4) Offshore Helidecks--new and revised API and ICAO standards.
(5) Status report on Coast Guard/Minerals Management Service
Inspection of Fixed Facilities.
(6) Revision of 33 CFR chapter I, subchapter N, Outer Continental
Shelf activities.
(7) 33 CFR chapter I, subchapter NN, Temporary Final Rule on
Deepwater Ports, and status of license submissions for LNG deepwater
ports.
Liftboat Subcommittee. The agenda includes the following:
(1) Review and discuss previous work.
(2) Work on outline of Draft Report.
Procedural
The meeting is open to the public. Please note that the meeting may
close early if all business is finished. At the Chair's discretion,
members of the public may make oral presentations during the meeting.
If you would like to make an oral presentation at the meeting, please
notify the Executive Director no later than October 14, 2004. Written
material for distribution at the meeting should reach the Coast Guard
no later than October 14, 2004. If you would like a copy of your
material distributed to each member of the committee in advance of the
meeting, please submit 25 copies to the Executive Director no later
than October 14, 2004.
Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities
For information on facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact
the Executive Director as soon as possible.
Dated: September 20, 2004.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security and Environmental
Protection.
[FR Doc. 04-21525 Filed 9-23-04; 8:45 am]
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