Meetings: Towing Safety Advisory Committee,

[Federal Register: June 13, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 112)]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2005-21399]

Towing Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

SUMMARY: The Towing Vessel Inspection Working Group of the Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) will meet to discuss matters relating to those specific issues of towing safety. The meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: The Towing Vessel Inspection Working Group will meet on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Thursday, June 23, 2005 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The 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 15, 2005. Requests to have a copy of your material distributed to each member of the Working Group should reach the Coast Guard on or before June 15, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The Working Group will meet at George Mason University, Arlington Campus, 3301 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201. Please bring a government-issued ID with photo (e.g., driver's license). Send written material and requests to make oral presentations to Mr. Gerald Miante, Commandant (G-MSO-1), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. This notice and related documents are available on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov under the

docket number USCG-2004-21399.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Gerald Miante, Assistant Executive Director of TSAC, telephone 202-267-0214, fax 202-267-4570, or e-mail gmiante@comdt.uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770, as amended).

Agenda of Working Group Meetings: The agenda for the Towing Vessel Inspection Working Group tentatively includes the following items:

(1) What proposed equipment standards should be included in a subchapter devoted to the inspection for certification of towing vessels; and

(2) Which standards found in existing regulations, if any, are suitable for inclusion in a subchapter devoted to the inspection for certification of towing vessels?

Procedural

The meetings are open to the public. Please note that the meetings may close early if all business is finished. At the Chair's discretion, members of the public may make oral presentations during the meeting. If you would like to make an oral presentation at the meeting, please notify the Assistant Executive Director (as provided above in for further information contact) no later than June 15, 2005. Written material for distribution at the meeting should reach the Coast Guard no later than June 15, 2005.

Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities

For information on facilities or services for individuals with disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact Mr. Miante at the number listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT as soon as possible.

Dated: June 3, 2005. Raymond Petow, Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security and Environmental Protection.

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