[Federal Register: January 29, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 19)]
[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. USCG-2008-0008]
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 in Galveston, Texas 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 Tuesday, February
26, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The meeting of the Committee's working
groups will be held on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 12
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 five (5) working days before the meeting at which the
presentation will be made. Requests to have a copy of your materials
distributed to each member of the committee or working group 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 meet at Marine Safety Unit
Galveston, 2101 FM 2004, Texas City, Texas 77591, (409)-978-2700. The
working groups meeting will be held at the Houston Pilots Association,
8150 South Loop East, Houston, Texas 77011-1747, (713)-645-9620. Send
written material and requests to make oral presentations to LT Sean
Hughes, Assistant to the Executive Secretary of HOGANSAC, 9640 Clinton
Drive, Houston, Texas 77029. This notice is available in our online
docket, USCG-2008-0008, http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commander Hal R. Pitts, Executive
Secretary of HOGANSAC, telephone (713) 671-5164, e-mail
hal.r.pitts@uscg.mil 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings 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. Tava Foret).
(2) Approval of the 13 September, 2007 and 27 November, 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:
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. Please note that meetings may
close early if all business is finished. At the chairs discretion
members of the public may make oral presentations during the meetings.
Requests to make oral presentations should reach the Coast Guard five
(5) working days before the meeting at which the presentation will be
made. Written material for distribution at a meeting should reach the
Coast Guard no later than ten (10) working days before the meeting at
which the presentation will be made. If you would like a copy of your
material distributed to each member of the committee in advance of the
meetings, please submit 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 Individuals With Disabilities
For information on facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meetings, contact
the Executive Secretary or Assistant to the Executive Secretary as soon
as possible.
Dated: January 14, 2008.
J.H.Korn,
Captain. U.S. Coast Guard Commander, 8th Coast Guard District, Acting.
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