[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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