[Federal Register: August 27, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 166)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2003-15981]

 
National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (NOSAC) will 
meet to discuss various issues relating to offshore safety and 
security. The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: NOSAC will meet on Thursday, October 2, 2003, from 9 a.m. to 3 
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 September 18, 2003. Requests to have a copy of your 
material distributed to each member of the committee should reach the 
Coast Guard on or before September 18, 2003.

ADDRESSES: NOSAC will meet in the Grand Ballroom A, of the Radisson

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Hotel New Orleans, 1500 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70112. Send 
written material and requests to make oral presentations to Captain D. 
L. Scott, 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: Captain D. L. Scott, Executive 
Director of NOSAC, or Mr. Jim Magill, Assistant to the Executive 
Director, telephone 202-267-1082, fax 202-267-4570.

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

Agenda of Meeting

    The agenda includes the following items:
    (1) Report on issues concerning the International Maritime 
Organization and the International Organization for Standardization.
    (2) Report by the Coast Guard and subcommittee chairman on public 
meetings held and development of maritime and offshore security rules.
    (3) Report from Task Force on development and implementation of the 
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 
(STCW) Convention for offshore supply vessels (OSVs).
    (4) Progress report from the Subcommittee on Pipeline-Free 
Anchorages.
    (5) Status report on Coast Guard/Minerals Management Service 
Inspection of Fixed Facilities.
    (6) Revision of 33 CFR chapter I, subchapter N, Outer Continental 
Shelf activities.
    (7) Revision of 33 CFR chapter I, subchapter NN, Deepwater Ports 
rules, and status of submissions for LNG deepwater ports.

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 September 18, 2003. Written 
material for distribution at the meeting should reach the Coast Guard 
no later than September 18, 2003. If you would like a copy of your 
material distributed to each member of the committee in advance of the 
meeting, please submit 25 copies to the Executive Director no later 
than September 18, 2003.

Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities

    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact 
the Executive Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: August 21, 2003.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security and Environmental 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 03-21955 Filed 8-26-03; 8:45 am]

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