83 FR 7063 - Towing Safety Advisory Committee
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Coast Guard Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 33 (February 16, 2018)
U.S. Coast Guard
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 33 (February 16, 2018)
| Page Range | 7063-7063 | |
| FR Document | 2018-03221 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2018)] [Notices] [Page 7063] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-03221] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Coast Guard [Docket No. USCG-2018-0050] Towing Safety Advisory Committee AGENCY: U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Towing Safety Advisory Committee and its subcommittees will meet in Charleston, South Carolina to review and discuss recommendations from its subcommittees and to receive briefs on items listed in the agenda. All meetings will be open to the public. DATES: Meetings. The subcommittees of the Towing Safety Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to conduct work-group sessions. The full Committee will meet on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. These meetings may end early if the subcommittees or the Committee has completed its business, or the meetings may be extended based on the number of public comments. Comments and supporting documentation. To ensure your comments are reviewed by Committee members comment before the meetings, submit your written comments no later than March 6, 2018. ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held at the Charleston Marriott 170 Lockwood Boulevard, Charleston, South Carolina 29403; http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/chsmc-charleston-marriott/. For information on facilities or services for individuals with disabilities, or to request special assistance at the meetings, contact the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section as soon as possible. Written comments must be submitted using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. If you encounter technical difficulties with comment submission, contact the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below. Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time, including orally at the meetings, but if you want Committee members to review your comment before the meetings, please submit your comments no later than March 6, 2018. We are particularly interested in comments on the issues in the ``Agenda'' section below. You must include ``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number USCG-2018- 0050. Comments received will be posted without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. For more about privacy and the docket, review the Privacy and Security Notice for the Federal Docket Management System at https://www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice. Docket Search: For access to the docket or to read documents or comments related to this notice, go to http://www.regulations.gov, insert USCG-2018-0050 in the Search box, press Enter, and then click on the item you wish to view. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commander Jose Perez, Designated Federal Officer of the Towing Safety Advisory Committee, Commandant (CG-OES-2), U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509; telephone 202-372-1410, fax 202- 372-8382 or email [email protected], or Mr. Kenneth Doyle, telephone 202-372-1363 or email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Title 5 United States Code Appendix. The Towing Safety Advisory Committee provides advice and recommendations to the Department of Homeland Security on matters relating to shallow-draft inland and coastal waterway navigation and towing safety. Agenda of Meetings On March 20 and 21, 2018, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Towing Safety Advisory Committee and its subcommittees will meet to review, discuss, deliberate, and formulate recommendations, as appropriate, on the following tasks:Subchapter M Implementation (Task 16-01) Inland Firefighting (Task 16-02) Towing Liquefied Natural Gas Barges (Task 16-03) Regulatory Reform (Task 17-01) Load Line Exemption Review for River Barges on Lakes Erie and Ontario (Task 17-02) All current Towing Safety Advisory Committee tasks can be found at https://homeport.uscg.mil/Lists/Content/DispForm.aspx?&ID=574&Source=https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/ports-and-waterways/safety-advisory-committees/tsac/recommendations-reports. A copy of all meeting documentation, including any draft final reports, will be available at https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/ports-and-waterways/safety-advisory-committees/tsac/announcements no later than March 13, 2018. Alternatively, you may contact Mr. Kenneth Doyle as noted in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above. Public comments or questions will be taken throughout the meeting as the Committee discusses the issues and prior to deliberations and voting. There will also be a public comment period at the end of the meeting. Speakers are requested to limit their comments to 3 minutes. Please note that the public comment period may end before the period allotted, following the last call for comments. Please contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above to register as a speaker. Notices of Future 2018 Towing Safety Advisory Committee Meetings To receive automatic email notices of future Towing Safety Advisory Committee meetings in 2018, go to the online docket, USCG-2018-0050 (http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=USCG-2018-0050), and select the Sign-up-for-Email-Alerts option. We plan to use the same docket number for all Towing Safety Advisory Committee meeting notices in 2018, so when the next meeting notice is published you will receive an email alert from http://www.regulations.gov when the notice appears in this docket, in addition to notices of other items being added to the docket. Dated: February 13, 2018. Jeffrey G. Lantz, Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards. [FR Doc. 2018-03221 Filed 2-15-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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Contact Person: Jay R. Radke, Ph.D., INFORMATION CONTACT section as soon as • Inland Firefighting (Task 16–02)
Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review possible.
Program, Division of Extramural Activities, • Towing Liquefied Natural Gas Barges
Written comments must be submitted (Task 16–03)
Room #3G11B, National Institutes of Health, using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
NIAID, 5601 Fishers Lane, MSC–9823,
http://www.regulations.gov. If you • Regulatory Reform (Task 17–01)
Bethesda, MD 20892–9823, (240) 669–5046,
jay.radke@nih.gov. encounter technical difficulties with • Load Line Exemption Review for
comment submission, contact the River Barges on Lakes Erie and
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Nos. 93.855, Allergy, Immunology, individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER Ontario (Task 17–02)
and Transplantation Research; 93.856, INFORMATION CONTACT section below.
Instructions: You are free to submit All current Towing Safety Advisory
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS) comments at any time, including orally Committee tasks can be found at https://
at the meetings, but if you want homeport.uscg.mil/Lists/Content/
Dated: February 12, 2018. DispForm.aspx?&ID=574&
Committee members to review your
Natasha M. Copeland, Source=https://homeport.uscg.mil/
comment before the meetings, please
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory submit your comments no later than missions/ports-and-waterways/safety-
Committee Policy. advisory-committees/tsac/
March 6, 2018. We are particularly
[FR Doc. 2018–03186 Filed 2–15–18; 8:45 am] recommendations-reports.
interested in comments on the issues in
BILLING CODE 4140–01–P the ‘‘Agenda’’ section below. You must A copy of all meeting documentation,
include ‘‘Department of Homeland including any draft final reports, will be
Security’’ and the docket number available at https://homeport.uscg.mil/
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND USCG–2018–0050. Comments received missions/ports-and-waterways/safety-
SECURITY will be posted without alteration at advisory-committees/tsac/
http://www.regulations.gov, including announcements no later than March 13,
U.S. Coast Guard any personal information provided. For 2018. Alternatively, you may contact
more about privacy and the docket, Mr. Kenneth Doyle as noted in the FOR
[Docket No. USCG–2018–0050]
review the Privacy and Security Notice FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
Towing Safety Advisory Committee for the Federal Docket Management above.
System at https://www.regulations.gov/
AGENCY: U.S. Coast Guard, Department privacyNotice. Public comments or questions will be
of Homeland Security. Docket Search: For access to the taken throughout the meeting as the
docket or to read documents or Committee discusses the issues and
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory
comments related to this notice, go to prior to deliberations and voting. There
Committee meeting.
http://www.regulations.gov, insert will also be a public comment period at
SUMMARY: The Towing Safety Advisory USCG–2018–0050 in the Search box, the end of the meeting. Speakers are
Committee and its subcommittees will press Enter, and then click on the item requested to limit their comments to 3
meet in Charleston, South Carolina to you wish to view. minutes. Please note that the public
review and discuss recommendations FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: comment period may end before the
from its subcommittees and to receive Commander Jose Perez, Designated period allotted, following the last call
briefs on items listed in the agenda. All Federal Officer of the Towing Safety for comments. Please contact the
meetings will be open to the public. Advisory Committee, Commandant individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
DATES: Meetings. The subcommittees of (CG–OES–2), U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 INFORMATION CONTACT section above to
the Towing Safety Advisory Committee Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, Stop register as a speaker.
will meet on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 7509, Washington, DC 20593–7509; Notices of Future 2018 Towing Safety
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to conduct work- telephone 202–372–1410, fax 202–372– Advisory Committee Meetings
group sessions. The full Committee will 8382 or email jose.a.perez3@uscg.mil, or
meet on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, Mr. Kenneth Doyle, telephone 202–372– To receive automatic email notices of
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. These meetings 1363 or email kenneth.j.doyle@uscg.mil. future Towing Safety Advisory
may end early if the subcommittees or SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of Committee meetings in 2018, go to the
the Committee has completed its this meeting is in compliance with the online docket, USCG–2018–0050
business, or the meetings may be Federal Advisory Committee Act, Title 5 (http://www.regulations.gov/#
extended based on the number of public United States Code Appendix. The !docketDetail;D=USCG-2018-0050), and
comments. Towing Safety Advisory Committee select the Sign-up-for-Email-Alerts
Comments and supporting provides advice and recommendations option. We plan to use the same docket
documentation. To ensure your to the Department of Homeland Security number for all Towing Safety Advisory
comments are reviewed by Committee on matters relating to shallow-draft Committee meeting notices in 2018, so
members comment before the meetings, inland and coastal waterway navigation when the next meeting notice is
submit your written comments no later and towing safety. published you will receive an email
than March 6, 2018. alert from http://www.regulations.gov
Agenda of Meetings
ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held at when the notice appears in this docket,
the Charleston Marriott 170 Lockwood On March 20 and 21, 2018, from 8 in addition to notices of other items
Boulevard, Charleston, South Carolina a.m. to 5 p.m., the Towing Safety being added to the docket.
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
29403; http://www.marriott.com/hotels/ Advisory Committee and its
subcommittees will meet to review, Dated: February 13, 2018.
travel/chsmc-charleston-marriott/.
For information on facilities or discuss, deliberate, and formulate Jeffrey G. Lantz,
services for individuals with recommendations, as appropriate, on Director of Commercial Regulations and
disabilities, or to request special the following tasks: Standards.
assistance at the meetings, contact the • Subchapter M Implementation (Task [FR Doc. 2018–03221 Filed 2–15–18; 8:45 am]
individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER 16–01) BILLING CODE 9110–04–P
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| Dates | Meetings. The subcommittees of the Towing Safety Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to conduct work-group sessions. The full Committee will meet on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. These meetings may end early if the subcommittees or the Committee has completed its business, or the meetings may be extended based on the number of public comments. | |
| Contact | Commander Jose Perez, Designated Federal Officer of the Towing Safety Advisory Committee, Commandant (CG-OES-2), U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509; telephone 202-372-1410, fax 202- 372-8382 or email [email protected], or Mr. Kenneth Doyle, telephone 202-372-1363 or email [email protected] | |
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