[Federal Register: December 16, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 242)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG-2008-1149]
Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee Vacancies
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Request for applications.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard seeks applications for membership on the
Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee (HOGANSAC). This
committee advises and makes recommendations to the Coast Guard on
matters relating to the safe navigation of vessels to and from the
Ports of Galveston, Houston, and Texas City, and throughout Galveston
Bay, Texas.
DATES: Completed application forms should reach us on or before
February 14, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may request an application form by writing to Commander
(spw), Designated Federal Officer (DFO) of HOGANSAC, USCG Sector
Houston-Galveston, 9640 Clinton Drive, Houston, TX 77029; by calling LT
Sean Hughes at (713) 678-9001; by submitting a faxed request to 713-
671-5156; or by visiting HOGANSAC's Web site http://www.hogansac.org.
Send your completed application to the DFO at the street address above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CDR Hal R. Pitts, Executive Secretary
of HOGANSAC at (713) 671-5164 or LT Sean Hughes, Assistant to the
Executive Secretary of HOGANSAC at (713) 678-9001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HOGANSAC is a Federal Advisory Committee
subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. App. 2. This committee provides
local expertise to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Coast
Guard on such matters as communications, surveillance, traffic control,
anchorages, aids to navigation, and other related topics dealing with
navigation safety in the Houston/Galveston area. The committee meets at
least three times a year at various locations in the Houston/Galveston
area. It may also meet for extraordinary purposes.
We will consider applications for nineteen (19) positions that
expire or become vacant in September 2009. To be eligible, you should
have experience and particular expertise and knowledge regarding the
transportation, equipment, and techniques that are used to ship cargo
and to navigate vessels in the inshore and the offshore waters of the
Gulf of Mexico. Committee members represent a wide range of
constituencies. There are twelve membership categories: (1) Two members
who are employed by the Port of Houston Authority or have been selected
by that entity to represent them; (2) two members who are employed by
the Port of Galveston or the Texas City Port Complex or have been
selected by those entities to represent them; (3) two members from
organizations that represent shipowners, stevedores, shipyards, or
shipping organizations domiciled in the State of Texas; (4) two members
representing organizations that operate tugs or barges that utilize the
port facilities at Galveston, Houston, and Texas City; (5) two members
representing shipping companies that transport cargo from the ports of
Galveston and Houston on liners, break bulk, or tramp steamer vessels;
(6) two members representing those who pilot or command vessels that
utilize the ports of Galveston, Houston and Texas City; (7) two at-
large members who may represent a particular interest group but who use
the port facilities at Galveston, Houston or Texas City; (8) one member
representing labor organizations involved in the loading and unloading
of cargo at the ports of Galveston or Houston; (9) one member
representing licensed merchant mariners other than pilots, who perform
shipboard duties on vessels which utilize the port facilities of
Galveston, Houston or Texas City; (10) one member representing
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environmental interests; (11) one member representing the general
public and (12) one member representing recreational boaters. Each
member serves for a term of two (2) years and may serve two (2)
consecutive terms. Members serve voluntarily, without compensation from
the Federal Government for salary, travel, or per diem.
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 non-representative member, or as a member
who represents the general public, you will be appointed and serve as a
special Government employee (SGE) as defined in section 202(a) of title
18, United States Code. As a candidate for appointment as a SGE,
applicants are required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure
Report (OGE Form 450). A completed OGE Form 450 is not releasable 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). Only the
Designated Agency Ethics Official or the DAEO's designate may release a
Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
If you are interested in applying to become a member of the
Committee, send a completed application to Commander (spw) Designated
Federal Officer (DFO) of HOGANSAC, USCG Sector Houston-Galveston, 9640
Clinton Drive, Houston, TX 77029. Send the application in time for it
to be received by the DFO on or before February 14, 2009.
Dated: December 3, 2008.
Joel R. Whitehead,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. E8-29727 Filed 12-15-08; 8:45 am]
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