
[Federal Register: December 16, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 242)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2008-1149]

 
Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee Vacancies

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Request for applications.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard seeks applications for membership on the 
Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee (HOGANSAC). This 
committee advises and makes recommendations to the Coast Guard on 
matters relating to the safe navigation of vessels to and from the 
Ports of Galveston, Houston, and Texas City, and throughout Galveston 
Bay, Texas.

DATES: Completed application forms should reach us on or before 
February 14, 2009.

ADDRESSES: You may request an application form by writing to Commander 
(spw), Designated Federal Officer (DFO) of HOGANSAC, USCG Sector 
Houston-Galveston, 9640 Clinton Drive, Houston, TX 77029; by calling LT 
Sean Hughes at (713) 678-9001; by submitting a faxed request to 713-
671-5156; or by visiting HOGANSAC's Web site http://www.hogansac.org. 
Send your completed application to the DFO at the street address above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CDR Hal R. Pitts, Executive Secretary 
of HOGANSAC at (713) 671-5164 or LT Sean Hughes, Assistant to the 
Executive Secretary of HOGANSAC at (713) 678-9001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HOGANSAC is a Federal Advisory Committee 
subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. App. 2. This committee provides 
local expertise to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Coast 
Guard on such matters as communications, surveillance, traffic control, 
anchorages, aids to navigation, and other related topics dealing with 
navigation safety in the Houston/Galveston area. The committee meets at 
least three times a year at various locations in the Houston/Galveston 
area. It may also meet for extraordinary purposes.
    We will consider applications for nineteen (19) positions that 
expire or become vacant in September 2009. To be eligible, you should 
have experience and particular expertise and knowledge regarding the 
transportation, equipment, and techniques that are used to ship cargo 
and to navigate vessels in the inshore and the offshore waters of the 
Gulf of Mexico. Committee members represent a wide range of 
constituencies. There are twelve membership categories: (1) Two members 
who are employed by the Port of Houston Authority or have been selected 
by that entity to represent them; (2) two members who are employed by 
the Port of Galveston or the Texas City Port Complex or have been 
selected by those entities to represent them; (3) two members from 
organizations that represent shipowners, stevedores, shipyards, or 
shipping organizations domiciled in the State of Texas; (4) two members 
representing organizations that operate tugs or barges that utilize the 
port facilities at Galveston, Houston, and Texas City; (5) two members 
representing shipping companies that transport cargo from the ports of 
Galveston and Houston on liners, break bulk, or tramp steamer vessels; 
(6) two members representing those who pilot or command vessels that 
utilize the ports of Galveston, Houston and Texas City; (7) two at-
large members who may represent a particular interest group but who use 
the port facilities at Galveston, Houston or Texas City; (8) one member 
representing labor organizations involved in the loading and unloading 
of cargo at the ports of Galveston or Houston; (9) one member 
representing licensed merchant mariners other than pilots, who perform 
shipboard duties on vessels which utilize the port facilities of 
Galveston, Houston or Texas City; (10) one member representing

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environmental interests; (11) one member representing the general 
public and (12) one member representing recreational boaters. Each 
member serves for a term of two (2) years and may serve two (2) 
consecutive terms. Members serve voluntarily, without compensation from 
the Federal Government for salary, travel, or per diem.
    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 non-representative member, or as a member 
who represents the general public, you will be appointed and serve as a 
special Government employee (SGE) as defined in section 202(a) of title 
18, United States Code. As a candidate for appointment as a SGE, 
applicants are required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure 
Report (OGE Form 450). A completed OGE Form 450 is not releasable 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). Only the 
Designated Agency Ethics Official or the DAEO's designate may release a 
Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
    If you are interested in applying to become a member of the 
Committee, send a completed application to Commander (spw) Designated 
Federal Officer (DFO) of HOGANSAC, USCG Sector Houston-Galveston, 9640 
Clinton Drive, Houston, TX 77029. Send the application in time for it 
to be received by the DFO on or before February 14, 2009.

    Dated: December 3, 2008.
Joel R. Whitehead,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. E8-29727 Filed 12-15-08; 8:45 am]

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