[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 192 (Monday, October 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53483-53484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26576]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[USCG-1998-4514]
National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of meetings..
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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, November 5, 1998, 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 October 29, 1998. Requests to have a copy
of your material distributed to each member of the committee should
reach the Coast Guard on or before October 22, 1998.
ADDRESSES: NOSAC will meet in room 1242, Hale Boggs Federal Building,
501 Magazine Street, New Orleans, Louisiana (Magazine Street, New
Orleans, Louisiana (Magazine Street at intersection with Poydras
Street). 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, or submitting material to, the docket, contact Dorothy Walker,
Chief, Dockets,
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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.
(10) Jackup MODUs--Inclining Test and Dead-weight Survey issues due
to modifications.
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 October 29, 1998. Written
material for distribution at the meeting should reach the Coast Guard
no later than October 29, 1998. 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 October 22, 1998.
Information on Services of 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: September 24, 1998.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 98-26576 Filed 10-2-98; 8:45 am]
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