[Federal Register: January 26, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 16)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG-2005-20120]
Towing Safety Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Towing Vessel Inspection Working Group of the Towing
Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) will meet to discuss matters relating
to these specific issues of towing safety. The meetings will be open to
the public.
DATES: The Towing Vessel Inspection Working Group will meet on
Wednesday, March 2, 2005 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Thursday,
March 3, 2005 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The 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 February 18,
2005. Requests to have a copy of your material distributed to each
member of the Working Group should reach the Coast Guard on or before
February 18, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The Working Group will meet in the 4th Floor All-Hands
Conference Room (4202), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100
Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. Please bring a
government-issued ID with photo (e.g., driver's license). Send written
material and requests to make oral presentations to Mr. Gerald Miante,
Commandant (G-MSO-1), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street
SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. This notice and related documents are
available on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov under the docket number
USCG-2005-20120.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Gerald Miante, Assistant Executive
Director of TSAC, telephone 202-267-0214, fax 202-267-4570, or e-mail
gmiante@comdt.uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 (Pub. L. 92-463, 86
Stat.770, as amended).
Agenda of Working Group Meetings
The agenda for the Towing Vessel Inspection Working Group
tentatively includes the following items:
(1) Identify and discuss the elements that would comprise a safety
management system for use in towing vessel inspection program including
audit, oversight and enforcement of this safety management system.
(2) Identify and discuss equipment standards appropriate for a
towing vessel inspection program including use of existing standards
and incorporation of new standards.
(3) Identify and discuss the use of a risk-based approach
incorporating available casualty data and other input to develop and
support working group proposals.
Procedural
The meetings are open to the public. Please note that the meetings
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 Assistant Executive Director (as provided above in for
further information contact) no later than February 18, 2005. Written
material for distribution at the meeting should reach the Coast Guard
no later than February 18, 2005.
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
Mr. Miante at the number listed in FOR FURTHER
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INFORMATION CONTACT as soon as possible.
Dated: January 18, 2005.
Howard L. Hime,
Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security and Environmental
Protection.
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