[Federal Register: August 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 153)]
[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
[Docket No. CGD08-07-016]
Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
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, September
13, 2007 at 9 a.m. The meeting of the Committee's working groups will
be held on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at 9 a.m. Members of the public may
present written or oral statements at either meeting. Requests to make
oral presentations or distribute written materials should reach the
Coast Guard five (5) working days before the meeting at which the
presentation will be made. Requests to have written materials
distributed to each member of the committee in advance of the meeting
should reach the Coast Guard at least ten (10) working days before the
meeting at which the presentation will be made.
ADDRESSES: The full Committee will be held at the Houston Pilots
Association, 8150 South Loop East, Houston, Texas 77011-1747, (713)-
645-9620. The working groups meeting will be held at Foret Enterprises,
Inc., 15201 East Freeway, Suite 109, Channelview, Texas 77530, (281)
452-9940. This notice is available on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commander Hal Pitts, Executive
Secretary of HOGANSAC, telephone (713) 671-5164, or Lieutenant Sean
Hughes, Assistant to the Executive Secretary of HOGANSAC, telephone
(713) 678-9001, e-mail sean.p.hughes@uscg.mil. Written materials and
requests to make presentations should be sent to Commanding Officer,
Sector Houston/Galveston, Attn: LT Hughes, 9640 Clinton Drive, Houston,
TX 77029.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given pursuant to
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App (Pub. L. 92-463).
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 Whitehead) or
the Committee Sponsor's representative, Executive Director (CAPT Diehl)
and Chairperson (Ms. Patricia Clark).
(2) Approval of the 22 May, 2007 minutes.
(3) Old Business:
(a) Navigation Operations (NAVOPS)/Maritime Incident Review
subcommittee report;
(b) Deep Draft Entry Facilitation (DDEF) subcommittee report;
(c) Dredging subcommittee report;
(d) Technology subcommittee report;
(e) Area Maritime Security Committee (AMSC) Liaison's report;
(f) Harbor of Safe Refuge subcommittee report;
(g) HOGANSAC Outreach report;
(h) Maritime Awareness subcommittee report.
(4) New Business:
(a) Introduction and appointment of new HOGANSAC members--Commander
Hal Pitts, USCG.
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;
(3) Put forth any action items for consideration at full committee
meeting.
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Procedural. Working groups have been formed to examine the
following issues: dredging and related issues, electronic navigation
systems, AtoN knockdowns, impact of passing vessels on moored ships,
boater education issues, facilitating deep draft movements, mooring
infrastructure, and safe refuge during hurricanes. 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. Members of the public may make presentations, oral
or written, at either meeting. Requests to make oral or written
presentations should reach the Coast Guard five (5) working days before
the meeting at which the presentation will be made. If you would like
to have written materials distributed to each member of the committee
in advance of the meeting, you should send your request along with
nineteen (19) copies of the materials to the Coast Guard at least ten
(10) working days before the meeting at which the presentation will be
made.
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 Secretary or
Assistant to the Executive Secretary as soon as possible.
Dated: July 25, 2007.
Joel R. Whitehead,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.
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