[Federal Register: May 25, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 100)]
[Notices]               
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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

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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 
http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR 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]
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