[Federal Register: February 14, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 29)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2005-20264]

 
National Maritime Security Advisory Committee

AGENCY: U.S. Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting and announcement of membership.

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SUMMARY: The National Maritime Security Advisory Committee (NMSAC) will 
hold its inaugural meeting to discuss various issues relating to 
national maritime security. This notice announces the date, time, and 
location for the first meeting of the NMSAC. It also announces the 
members appointed to the Committee.

DATES: NMSAC will meet on Thursday, March 3, 2005, from 9 a.m. to 5 
p.m. and Friday, March 4, 2005, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The meeting 
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. Any material requested to be distributed to 
each member of the Committee should reach the Coast Guard on or before 
February 23, 2005.

ADDRESSES: NMSAC will meet in the Conference Center at the Sheraton 
Suites, Old Town, 801 North St. Asaph St., Alexandria, VA. Send written 
material and requests to make oral presentations to LCDR Bruce Walker, 
Commandant (G-MPS-2), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second St., 
SW., Washington, DC 20593-0002. This notice is available on the 
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LCDR Bruce Walker, Assistant to the 
Executive Director, telephone 202-267-4148, fax 202-267-4130.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of the meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisor Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 
Stat. 770).

Agenda of Meeting

    The agenda includes the following for both days:
    (1) Introduction and swearing-in of the new members.
    (2) Briefings by Department of Homeland Security officials on 
national maritime security issues.
    (3) New committee business.
    (4) Staff administration issues.

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 Assistant to the Executive Director no later than February 
18, 2005. 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 February 23, 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 
the Assistant to the Executive Director as soon as possible.

Membership

    The twenty members appointed to the NMSAC on December 29, 2004, by 
the Secretary, Department of Homeland Security are: Mr. Christopher 
Louis Koch, President and CEO, World Shipping Council; Mr. Joseph H. 
Langjahr, Vice President & General Counsel, Foss Maritime Company; Mr. 
Thomas E. Thompson, Executive Vice President, International Council of 
Cruise Lines; Mr. John C. Dragone, Vice President, Operating Division, 
Maritrans Operating Company, L.P.; Ms. Mary Frances Culnane, Manager, 
San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority; Mr. Basil Maher, 
President and Chief Operating Officer, Maher Terminals; Mr. Charles 
Raymond, Chairman, President, and CEO, Horizon Lines; Ms. Alice K. 
Johnson, Senior Supervisor, PPG Industries, Inc.; Mr. Timothy J. Scott, 
Global Director, Emergency Services, & Security, The Dow Chemical 
Company; Mr. Mark Witten, Sr. Regulatory Advisor, Gulf of Mexico 
Deepwater Business Unit, ChevronTexaco; Mr. Robert R. Merhige, III, 
Deputy Executive Dir., Virginia Port Authority (retired); Captain 
Jeffery Wayne Monroe, Director of Ports and Transportation, Portland, 
Maine; Ms. Lisa Himber, Vice President Maritime Exchange for the 
Delaware River and Bay; Mr. Wade M. Battles, Managing Director, Port of 
Houston Authority; Mr. John Hyde, Director, Security & Compliance, 
Maersk Sealand Inc.; Mr. William Eglinton, Director of Training, 
Seafarers International Union (SIU) of North America, AFL CIO; Mr. 
James Stolpinski, President, Local 920, International Longshoremen's 
Association; Mr. David Halstead, Chief, Florida Domestic Security 
Preparedness, Florida Department of Law Enforcement; Mr. Theodore Louis 
Mar, Chief, Marine Safety Branch, California Department of Fish and 
Game; Dr. Victor Zaloom, Professor and Chair of Industrial Engineering 
and Director, Engineering Graduate Programs and Center for Ports and 
Waterways, Lamar University.

    Dated: February 4, 2005.
F. J. Sturm,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of Port and Vessel and 
Facility Security.
[FR Doc. 05-2754 Filed 2-11-05; 8:45 am]

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