Meetings: National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee,

[Federal Register: March 9, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 45)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG-1999-5179]

National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee

agency: Coast Guard, DOT.

action: Notice of meetings.

summary: The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (NOSAC) will meet to discuss various issues relating to offshore safety. The meeting will be open to the public. dates: NOSAC will meet on Thursday, April 8, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The meeting may close early if all business is finished. Written material and requests to make oral presentations should reach the Coast Guard on or before March 25, 1999. Requests to have a copy of your material distributed to each member of the committee should reach the Coast Guard on or before March 25, 1999.

addresses: NOSAC will meet in rooms 6244-6248, of the NASSIF Building, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC. Send written material and requests to make oral presentations to Captain R. L. Skewes, Commandant (G-MSO), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. This notice is available on the Internet at http:// dms.dot.gov.

for further information contact: For questions on this notice, contact Captain R. L. Skewes, Executive Director of NOSAC, or Mr. Jim Magill, Assistant to the Executive Director, telephone 202-267-0214, fax 202- 267-4570. For questions on viewing the docket, contact Dorothy Walker, Chief, Dockets, Department of Transportation, 202-366-9329.

supplementary information: Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.

Agenda of Meeting

National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (NOSAC). The agenda includes the following:

(1) Introduction and swearing-in of new members.

(2) Progress report from the Prevention Through People Subcommittee.

(3) Progress report from the Subcommittee on Pipeline-Free Anchorages for Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, Liftboats and Vessels.

(4) Status report on revision of 33 CFR Subchapter ``N'', Outer Continental Shelf Regulations.

(5) Report on the new regulations for large offshore supply vessels and crewboats, (supplementary 46 CFR Subchapter ``L'').

(6) Report on issues concerning the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the International Organization of Standardization (ISO).

(7) Status report from Incident Reporting Subcommittee.

(8) Report from Platform/Ship Collision Avoidance Subcommittee.

(9) MODUs--U.S. Flag to Foreign Flag Movement.

Procedural

The meeting is open to the public. Please note that the meeting 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 Executive Director no later than March 25, 1999. Written material for distribution at the meeting should reach the Coast Guard no later than March 25, 1999. If you would like a copy of your material distributed to each member of the committee or subcommittee in advance of the meeting, please submit 25 copies to the Executive Director no later than March 25, 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: February 22, 1999. Joseph J. Angelo, Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.

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