

[Federal Register: January 29, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 19)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2007-0055, formerly CGD08-07-029]

 
Lower Mississippi River Safety Advisory Committee; Vacancies

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Request for applications; extension of application deadline.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard extends the deadline for applications for 
membership in the Lower Mississippi River Safety Advisory Committee. 
This Committee advises and makes recommendations to the Coast Guard on 
matters relating to navigation safety on the Lower Mississippi River.

DATES: Application forms should reach us on or before February 28, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: You may request an application form by writing U.S. Coast 
Guard, Sector New Orleans, Attn: Waterways Management, 1615 Poydras 
Street, New Orleans, LA 70112-2711 or by calling 504-565-5108. Send 
your application in written form to the above street address. A copy of 
this notice and the application form are available in our online 
docket, CGD08-07-029, at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://regulations.govhttp://regulations.gov.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LTJG Tonya Harrington, Assistant to 
Executive Director of Lower Mississippi River Waterway Safety Advisory 
Committee at 504-565-5108.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 30, 2007, we published a request 
in the Federal Register (72 FR 61362) for applications for membership 
in the Lower Mississippi River Safety Advisory Committee. The deadline 
for applications announced in that notice is being extended until 
February 28, 2008. If you applied in response to the initial notice, 
you do not need to send another application form.
    The Lower Mississippi River Waterway Safety Advisory Committee is a 
Federal advisory committee under 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463). This

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committee provides local expertise on communication, surveillance, 
traffic control, anchorages, aids to navigation and other topics 
relating to navigational safety on the Lower Mississippi River to the 
Coast Guard.
    The Committee meets at least four times a year in the New Orleans 
area. It may also meet for extraordinary purposes. Its subcommittees 
and working groups may meet to consider specific problems as required.
    We will consider applications for twenty-four positions that expire 
or become vacant on May 30, 2008. To be eligible you should have 
expertise in navigation safety, waterways management, vessel traffic 
service and management, shipboard operations or facility operations.
    Each member serves for a term of 2 years. A few members may serve 
consecutive terms. All members serve at their own expense and receive 
no salary, reimbursement of travel expenses, or any other compensation 
from the Federal Government.
    Vacancies to be filled are for:
    (1) Five members representing River Port Authorities between Baton 
Rouge, Louisiana, and the Head of Passes of the Lower Mississippi 
River, of which one member shall be from the Port of St. Bernard and 
one member from the Port of Plaquemines.
    (2) Two members representing vessel owners or ship owners domiciled 
in the State of Louisiana.
    (3) Two members representing organizations that operate harbor tugs 
or barge fleets in the geographical area covered by the Committee.
    (4) Two members representing companies which transport cargo or 
passengers on the navigable waterways in the geographical area covered 
by the Committee.
    (5) Three members representing State Commissioned Pilot 
organizations, with one member each representing the New Orleans/Baton 
Rouge Steamship Pilots Association, and the Associated Branch Pilots 
Association.
    (6) Two at-large members who utilize water transportation 
facilities located in the geographical area covered by the Committee.
    (7) Three members representing consumers, shippers, or importers/
exporters that utilize vessels that operate on the navigable waterways 
covered by the Committee.
    (8) Two members representing those licensed merchant mariners, 
other than pilots, who perform shipboard duties on vessels which 
utilize the navigable waterways covered by the Committee.
    (9) One member representing an organization that serves in a 
consulting or advisory capacity to the maritime industry.
    (10) One member representing an environmental organization.
    (11) One member representing the general public.
    In support of the policy of the Coast Guard on gender and ethnic 
diversity, we encourage qualified women and members of minority groups 
to apply.
    If you are selected as a member who represents the general public, 
we will require you to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure 
Report (OGE Form 450). We may not release the report or the information 
in it to the public, except under an order issued by a Federal court or 
as otherwise provided under the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a).

    Dated: January 9, 2007.
J.H. Horn,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 8th Coast Guard District, Acting.
[FR Doc. E8-1564 Filed 1-28-08; 8:45 am]

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