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[Federal Register: April 16, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 73)]
[Notices]               
[Page 18667]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[CGD08-02-009]

 
Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee Meetings

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Houston / Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee 
(HOGANSAC) and its working groups will meet to discuss waterway 
improvements, aids to navigation, area projects impacting safety on the 
Houston Ship Channel, and various other navigation safety matters in 
the Galveston Bay area. All meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: The next meeting of HOGANSAC will be held on Thursday, May 23, 
2002 from 9 a.m. to 12 a.m. (noon). The meeting of the Committee's 
working groups will be held on Thursday, May 9, 2002 at 9 a.m. to 11 
a.m. The meetings may adjourn early if all business is finished. 
Members of the public may present written or oral statements at either 
meeting.

ADDRESSES: The full Committee meeting will be held at the Houston Yacht 
Club, 3620 Miramar Drive, La Porte, Texas (281-471-1255). The working 
groups' meeting will be held at the Offices of the Houston Pilots, 8150 
South Loop East, Houston, Texas (713-645-9620).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Captain Kevin Cook, Executive Director 
of HOGANSAC, telephone (713) 671-5199, Commander Peter Simons, 
Executive Secretary of HOGANSAC, telephone (713) 671-5164, or 
Lieutenant Junior Grade Kelly Tobey, assistant to the Executive 
Secretary of HOGANSAC, telephone (713) 671-5103, e-mail 
<A HREF="mailto:katobey@vtshouston.uscg.mil">katobey@vtshouston.uscg.mil</A>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given pursuant to 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.

Agendas of the Meetings

    Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee (HOGANSAC). 
The tentative agenda includes the following:
    (1) Opening remarks by the Committee Sponsor (RADM Casto) (or the 
Committee Sponsor's representative), Executive Director (CAPT Cook) and 
Chairman (Tim Leitzell).
    (2) Approval of the February 7, 2002 minutes.
    (3) Old Business:
    (a) Dredging projects.
    (b) Electronic navigation.
    (c) AtoN Knockdown Working Group.
    (d) Mooring subcommittee report.
    (e) Bolivar Roads anchorage areas.
    (f) Recreational boating education initiative.
    (g) Port Security Subcommittee report.
    (h) Bridge Allision Working Group.
    (i) Hurricane Port Condition Management.
    (4) New Business:
    (a) Swimmers near Lynchburg.
    (b) Corps of Engineers survey data reporting.
    Working Groups Meeting. The tentative agenda for the working groups 
meeting includes the following:
    (1) Presentation by each working group of its accomplishments and 
plans for the future.
    (2) Review and discuss the work completed by each working group.

Procedural

    Working groups have been formed to examine the following issues: 
dredging and related issues, electronic navigation systems, AtoN 
knockdowns, impact of passing vessels on moored ships, recreational 
boater education issues, and port security. Not all working groups will 
necessarily report out at this session, however, working group 
discussions not reported out at this May meeting will be addressed at a 
future meeting of HOGANSAC. Further, working group reports may not 
necessarily include discussions on all issues within the particular 
working group's area of responsibility. All meetings are open to the 
public. Please note that the meetings may adjourn early if all business 
is finished. Members of the public may make presentations, oral or 
written, at either meeting.

Information on Services for the Handicapped

    For information on facilities or services for the handicapped or to 
request special assistance at the meetings, contact the Executive 
Director, Executive Secretary, or assistant to the Executive Secretary.

    Dated: April 4, 2002.
Roy J. Casto,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 02-9133 Filed 4-15-02; 8:45 am]
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