[Federal Register: March 25, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 57)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[USCG-1999-5380]

 
National Boating Safety Advisory Council

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The National Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC) and its 
subcommittees on boat occupant protection, navigation lights, and 
personal flotation device-life saving index will meet to discuss 
various issues relating to recreational boating safety. All meetings 
will be open to the public.

DATES: NBSAC will meet on Monday, April 26, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 
p.m. and Tuesday, April 27 from 8:30 a.m. to noon. The Personal 
Flotation Device-Life Saving Index and Navigation Light Subcommittees 
will meet on Saturday, April 24, 1999, from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. The 
Boat Occupant Protection Subcommittee will meet on Sunday, April 25, 
1999, from 9:00 a.m. to 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 April 15, 1999. 
Requests to have a copy of your material distributed to each member of 
the committee or subcommittees should reach the Coast Guard on or 
before April 9, 1999.

ADDRESSES: NBSAC will meet at the Doubletree Hotel Columbia River, 1401 
N. Hayden Island Drive, Portland, Oregon. The subcommittee meetings 
will be held at the same address. Send written material and requests to 
make oral presentations to Mr. Albert J. Marmo, Commandant (G-OPB-1), 
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW, Washington, DC 
20593-0001. You may obtain a copy of this notice by calling the U.S. 
Coast guard Infoline at 1-800-368-5647. This notice is available on the 
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov or at the Web Site for the Office of 
Boating Safety at URL address www.uscgboating.org/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on this notice, contact 
Albert J. Marmo, Executive Director of NBSAC, telephone 202-267-0950, 
fax 202-267-4285. For questions on viewing the docket, contact Dorothy 
Walker, Chief, Dockets, Department of Transportation, 202-366-9329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.

Agendas of Meetings

    National Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC). The agenda 
includes the following:
    (1) Executive Director's report.
    (2) Chairman's session.
    (3) Personal Flotation Device-Life Saving Index Subcommittee 
report.
    (4) Navigation Light Subcommittee report.
    (5) Boat Occupant Protection Subcommittee report.
    (6) Recreational Boating Safety Program report.
    (7) Report on an evaluation of commercially available propeller 
injury protection devices.
    (8) Presentation on the results of personal flotation device (PFD) 
wear rate study.
    (9) Inflatable personal flotation device update.
    (10) Report on the Canadian experience in mandatory operator 
competency.
    (11) National Association of State Boating Law Administrators 
report.
    (12) Vessel Identification System demonstration and discussion.
    (13) Report on canoe and kayak safety issues.
    (14) Report on fire extinguisher carton labeling.
    Boat Occupant Protection Subcommittee. The agenda includes the 
following:
    (1) Review and discuss results of test and evaluation of propeller 
safety devices.
    (2) Discuss risk management and human factors initiatives.
    (3) Discuss personal watercraft off-throttle steering test and 
evaluation.
    (4) Discussion manufacturer compliance seminars.
    Navigation Light Subcommittee. The agenda includes the following:
    (1) Review and discussion rulemaking to replace navigation lights 
under regulatory control, including certification implementation 
strategy.
    (2) Discussion International Organization for Standardization 
navigation light standard development.
    (3) Discuss status of navigation light lens size study.
    Personal Flotation Device-Life Saving Index Subcommittee. The 
agenda includes the following:
    (1) Discuss status of development of the life saving index.
    (2) Discuss the status of inflatable PFD inflation systems, and 
approval of automatic inflating PFDs.
    (3) Discuss the ``Standards Technical Panel'' process.
    (4) Discuss strategies for improving public awareness of the 
capabilities of the different types of personal flotation devices.

Procedural

    All meetings 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 April 15, 1999. Written 
material for distribution at a meeting should reach the Coast Guard no 
later than April 15, 1999. If you would like a copy of your material 
distributed to each member of the committee or subcommittee in advance 
of a meeting, please submit 25 copies to the Executive Director no 
later than April 9, 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: March 17, 1999.
Ernest R. Riutta,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Operations.
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