[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 31, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 32436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11560]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2022--0253]
National Towing Safety Advisory Committee; June 2022 Virtual
Meeting
AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee virtual meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Towing Safety Advisory Committee (Committee) will
conduct a virtual meeting to review and discuss matters relating to
shallow-draft inland navigation, coastal waterway navigation, and
towing safety. The Committee will also discuss new and existing tasking
to include the Final Report for National Towing Safety Advisory
Committee Task 21-01, that sought to identify the parameters Coast
Guard officials should use to determine whether a vessel inspected
under subchapters other than Subchapter M is performing ``Occasional
Towing''. This virtual meeting will be open to the public.
DATES: Meeting: The Committee will meet virtually on Tuesday, June 14,
2022, from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). This
virtual meeting may close early if all business is finished.
Comments and supporting documentation: To ensure your comments are
received by Committee members before the virtual meeting, submit your
written comments no later than June 07, 2022.
ADDRESSES: To join the virtual meeting or to request special
accommodations, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section no later than 1 p.m. EDT on June 7, 2022,
to obtain the needed information. The number of virtual meeting lines
are limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time,
including orally at the meeting as time permits, but if you want
Committee members to review your comment before the meeting, please
submit your comments no later than June 7, 2022. We are particularly
interested in comments on the issues in the ``Agenda'' section below.
We encourage you to submit comments through Federal eRulemaking Portal
at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be submitted
using https://www.regulations.gov, call or email the individual in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate
instructions. You must include the docket number [USCG-2022-0253].
Comments received will be posted without alteration at https://www.regulations.gov including any personal information provided. For
more about the privacy and submissions in response to this document,
see DHS's eRulemaking System of Records notice (85 FR 14226, March 11,
2020). If you encounter technical difficulties with comment submission,
contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this notice.
Docket Search: Documents mentioned in this notice as being
available in the docket, and all public comments, will be in our online
docket at https://www.regulations.gov, and can be viewed by following
that website's instructions. Additionally, if you go to the online
docket and sign-up for email alerts, you will be notified when comments
are posted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Matthew D. Layman, Designated
Federal Officer of the National Towing Safety Advisory Committee, 2703
Martin Luther King Jr Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509,
telephone 202-372-1421, or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is in compliance with
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, (5, U. S. C., appendix). The
Committee was established on December 4, 2018, by Sec. 601 of the
Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018, (Pub. L. 115-282,
132 Stat. 4190), and codified in 46 U.S.C. 15108. The Committee
operates under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, (5
U.S.C. appendix), and 46 U.S.C. 15109. The National Towing Safety
Advisory Committee provides advice and recommendations to the
Department of Homeland Security, via the Commandant of the Coast Guard,
on matters related to shallow-draft inland navigation, coastal waterway
navigation, and towing safety.
Agenda
The agenda for the National Towing Safety Advisory Committee is as
follows:
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
I. Opening
a. Call to order/DFO Remarks
b. NTSAC Chairperson Remarks
c. Roll Call
d. Coast Guard Leadership Remarks
II. Administration
a. Adoption of Meeting Agenda
b. Approval of Meeting Minutes for December 7th, 2021, Inaugural
Meeting
III. Old Business
a. Final Report for Task #21-01, Recommendations for the Criteria
Used to Apply the Term ``Occasional Towing''
b. Update from NTSAC Subcommittees
(1) Task #21-03, Report On the Anticipated Challenges Expected to
Impact the Towing Vessel Industry
(2) Task #21-04, Report on the Challenges Faced by the Towing
Vessel Industry as a Result of the Covid-19 Pandemic
IV. New Business
a. NTSAC Planning
b. New Task Consideration for the NTSAC Vetting Committee
IV. NTSAC Committee Discussion
V. Public Comments
VI. Adjourn
A copy of all pre-meeting documentation will be available at
https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/Commercial-Regulations-standards-CG-5PS/Office-of-Operating-and-Environmental-Standards/vfos/TSAC/. Alternatively, you
may contact Mr. Matthew Layman as noted above in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section.
There will be a public comment period at the end of the meeting.
Speakers are requested to limit their comments to 3 minutes. Please
note that the public comment period may end before the period allotted,
following the last call for comments. Contact Mr. Matthew Layman to
register as a speaker.
Dated: May 24, 2022.
Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2022-11560 Filed 5-27-22; 8:45 am]
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