[Federal Register: March 23, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 55)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[USCG-1998-3635]

 
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 and Tuesday, April 27 and 28, 1998, 
from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Personal Flotation Device-Life Saving 
Index and Navigation Light Subcommittees will meet on Saturday, April 
25, 1998, from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Boat Occupant Protection 
Subcommittee will meet on Sunday, April 26, 1998, from 9:00 a.m. to 
noon. Written material and requests to make oral presentations should 
reach the Coast Guard on or before April 15, 1998. 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 10, 1998.

addresses: NBSAC will meet at the Adam's Mark Hotel-Tulsa, 100 East 2nd 
Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma. 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.

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 this docket, contact Carol Kelly, 
Coast Guard Dockets Team Leader, or Paulette Twine, Chief, Documentary 
Services Division, U.S. Department of Transportation, 202-366-9329. You 
may obtain a copy of this notice by calling the U.S. Coast Guard 
Infoline at 1-800-368-5647, or read it on the Internet, at the Web Site 
for the Office of Boating Safety at URL address www.uscgboating.org/or 
at the Web Site for the Documentary Services Division at http://
dms.dot.gov.

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) NBSAC recreational boating safety Federal regulations review 
status report.
    (8) Status report regarding Federal Register requests for comments 
on Federal requirements for wearing personal flotation devices and 
education in recreational boating safety.
    (9) Industry presentation on inflatable personal flotation device 
approval.
    (10) Waterborne risk management assessment and overview.
    (11) Recreational boating safety outreach update and discussion.
    (12) Hull Identification Number rulemaking update.
    (13) Presentation on Department of Transportation waterway 
transportation management initiative.

Boat Occupant Protection Subcommittee

    The agenda includes the following:
    (1) Review and discuss boat occupant protection research study 
results and issues.
    (2) Discuss risk avoidance alternatives.
    (3) Discuss horsepower, weight and persons capacity standards.
    (4) Discuss proposals regarding requirements to wear a helmet on 
personal watercraft (PWC), and for installation of a shroud on PWC 
extending from the engine cowling.

Navigation Light Subcommittee

    The agenda includes the following:
    (1) Review and discuss status of rulemaking to place navigation 
lights under regulatory control.
    (2) Discuss a study to improve the visibility and display of 
navigation lights focusing on hardware issues.
    (3) Review any new standards which address design, construction, 
and installation of navigation lights applicable to recreational boats.

Personal Flotation Device-Life Saving Index Subcommittee

    The agenda includes the following:
    (1) Discuss issues associated with the development of a consensus 
standard for application of the life saving index to various types of 
personal flotation devices.
    (2) Discuss personal flotation device (PFD) conspicuity issues.
    (3) Discuss the status of inflatable PFD inflation systems, and 
approval of automatic inflating PFDs.

Procedural

    All meetings are open to the public. At the Chair's 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, 1998. Written 
material for distribution at a meeting should reach the Coast Guard no 
later than April 15, 1998. If you would like a copy of your material 
distributed to each member of the committee or subcommittees in advance 
of a meeting, please submit 25 copies to the Executive Director no 
later than April 10, 1998.

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 16, 1998.
Ernest R. Riutta,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Operations.
[FR Doc. 98-7453 Filed 3-20-98; 8:45 am]
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