[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-2007-0055, formerly CGD08-07-029]
Lower Mississippi River Safety Advisory Committee; Vacancies
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Request for applications; extension of application deadline.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard extends the deadline for applications for
membership in the Lower Mississippi River Safety Advisory Committee.
This Committee advises and makes recommendations to the Coast Guard on
matters relating to navigation safety on the Lower Mississippi River.
DATES: Application forms should reach us on or before February 28,
2008.
ADDRESSES: You may request an application form by writing U.S. Coast
Guard, Sector New Orleans, Attn: Waterways Management, 1615 Poydras
Street, New Orleans, LA 70112-2711 or by calling 504-565-5108. Send
your application in written form to the above street address. A copy of
this notice and the application form are available in our online
docket, CGD08-07-029, at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://regulations.govhttp://regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LTJG Tonya Harrington, Assistant to
Executive Director of Lower Mississippi River Waterway Safety Advisory
Committee at 504-565-5108.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 30, 2007, we published a request
in the Federal Register (72 FR 61362) for applications for membership
in the Lower Mississippi River Safety Advisory Committee. The deadline
for applications announced in that notice is being extended until
February 28, 2008. If you applied in response to the initial notice,
you do not need to send another application form.
The Lower Mississippi River Waterway Safety Advisory Committee is a
Federal advisory committee under 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463). This
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committee provides local expertise on communication, surveillance,
traffic control, anchorages, aids to navigation and other topics
relating to navigational safety on the Lower Mississippi River to the
Coast Guard.
The Committee meets at least four times a year in the New Orleans
area. It may also meet for extraordinary purposes. Its subcommittees
and working groups may meet to consider specific problems as required.
We will consider applications for twenty-four positions that expire
or become vacant on May 30, 2008. To be eligible you should have
expertise in navigation safety, waterways management, vessel traffic
service and management, shipboard operations or facility operations.
Each member serves for a term of 2 years. A few members may serve
consecutive terms. All members serve at their own expense and receive
no salary, reimbursement of travel expenses, or any other compensation
from the Federal Government.
Vacancies to be filled are for:
(1) Five members representing River Port Authorities between Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, and the Head of Passes of the Lower Mississippi
River, of which one member shall be from the Port of St. Bernard and
one member from the Port of Plaquemines.
(2) Two members representing vessel owners or ship owners domiciled
in the State of Louisiana.
(3) Two members representing organizations that operate harbor tugs
or barge fleets in the geographical area covered by the Committee.
(4) Two members representing companies which transport cargo or
passengers on the navigable waterways in the geographical area covered
by the Committee.
(5) Three members representing State Commissioned Pilot
organizations, with one member each representing the New Orleans/Baton
Rouge Steamship Pilots Association, and the Associated Branch Pilots
Association.
(6) Two at-large members who utilize water transportation
facilities located in the geographical area covered by the Committee.
(7) Three members representing consumers, shippers, or importers/
exporters that utilize vessels that operate on the navigable waterways
covered by the Committee.
(8) Two members representing those licensed merchant mariners,
other than pilots, who perform shipboard duties on vessels which
utilize the navigable waterways covered by the Committee.
(9) One member representing an organization that serves in a
consulting or advisory capacity to the maritime industry.
(10) One member representing an environmental organization.
(11) One member representing the general public.
In support of the policy of the Coast Guard on gender and ethnic
diversity, we encourage qualified women and members of minority groups
to apply.
If you are selected as a member who represents the general public,
we will require you to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure
Report (OGE Form 450). We may not release the report or the information
in it to the public, except under an order issued by a Federal court or
as otherwise provided under the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a).
Dated: January 9, 2007.
J.H. Horn,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 8th Coast Guard District, Acting.
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