[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 25, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 28233-28234] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-13156] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Coast Guard [USCG-1999-5702] Navigation Safety Advisory Council
Agency
Coast Guard, DOT.
Action
Notice of meetings.
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Summary
The Navigation Safety Advisory Council (NAVSAC) and its Committees on Navigation Equipment and Prevention Through People (PTP) will meet to discuss various issues relating to the safety of navigation. All meetings are open to the public.
Dates
NAVSAC will meet on Wednesday, June 9 and 10, 1999, from 8:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Committees on
Navigation Equipment and PTP will meet on Wednesday, June 9, 1999, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon. These meetings may close early if all business is finished. Written material and requests to make oral presentations should reach the Coast Guard on or before June 7, 1999. Requests to have a copy of your material distributed to each member of the Council should reach the Coast Guard on or before June 4, 1999.
Addresses
NAVSAC will meet in Leamy Hall at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 15 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320-4195. Committee meetings will be held at the same location. Send written material and requests to make oral presentations to Ms. Margie G. Hegy, Commandant (G-MW), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. This notice is available on the Internet at dms.dot.gov.
dms.dot.govFor Further Information Contact
Ms. Margie G. Hegy, Executive Director of NAVSAC, telephone 202-267-0415, fax 202-267-4700.
Supplementary Information
Notice of these meetings is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
Agendas of Meetings
Navigation Safety Advisory Council (NAVSAC). The agenda includes the following: (1) Introduction and swearing-in of new Chairperson and members. (2) Update on the Marine Transportation System Initiative. (3) Overview of Coast Guard's Research and Development Projects on Aids to Navigation and VTS/AIS. (4) Brief on the Formal Safety Assessment Process. (5) High Speed Craft--Overview of impacts to navigation safety. Committee on Navigation Equipment. The agenda includes the following: (1) Electronic Chart System (ECS) criteria for inland/domestic vessels not subject to SOLAS. (2) Universal Automatic Information System (AIS) carriage requirements. Committee on Prevention Through People (PTP). The agenda includes the following: (1) Communications Plan for deck personnel. (2) Funding and liability issues associated with near miss reporting. (3) Fatigue and work hours issues for inland waterway marine personnel.
Procedural
All meeting are open to the public. Please note that the meetings may close early if all business is finished. At the Chairs' discretion, members of the public may make oral presentations during the meetings. If you would like to make an oral presentation at a meeting, please notify the Executive Director no later than June 7, 1999. Written material for distribution at a meeting should reach the Coast Guard no later than June 4, 1999. If you would like a copy of your material distributed to each member of the Council in advance of a meeting, please submit 25 copies to the Executive Director no later than June 4, 1999.
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 Director as soon as possible.
Dated: May 18, 1999. Jeffrey P. High, Acting Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental Protection. [FR Doc. 99-13156 Filed 5-24-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-15-M