
[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 158 (Thursday, August 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56029-56030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17698]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0394]


National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee; September 2023 
Meetings

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice of federal advisory committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (Committee) 
will conduct a series of meetings over 2 days in Katy, Texas to discuss 
matters relating to activities directly involved with, or in support 
of, the exploration of offshore mineral and energy resources, to the 
extent that such matters are within the jurisdiction of the United 
States Coast Guard. All meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: Meetings: The Subcommittees will meet on Tuesday, September 12, 
2023, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT). These 
subcommittee meetings will be for 90 minutes each and will start with 
Occasional Towing, from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. (CDT); followed by the 
Subchapter N, from 12:30 p.m. until 2 p.m. (CDT); and the SEACOR POWER 
subcommittee from 2 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. (CDT). The full Committee will 
meet on September 13, 2023, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. (CDT). Please note 
these meetings may close early if the subcommittees or full Committee 
have completed their business.
    Comments and supporting documents: To ensure your comments are 
reviewed by Committee members before the meetings, submit your written 
comments no later than August 28, 2023.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Det Norske Veritas (DNV) 
conference facility located at 1400 Ravello Drive, Katy, Texas 77449. 
All attendees will be required to register with DNV security upon 
arrival at the facility.
    The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee is committed to 
ensuring all participants have equal access regardless of disability 
status. If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to 
fully participate, please email Mr. Patrick Clark at 
[email protected] as soon as possible.
    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 August 28, 2023. We are particularly 
interested in comments on the topics in the ``Agenda'' section below. 
We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be 
submitted using https://www.regulations.gov, email the individual in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for 
alternate instructions. You must include the docket number USCG-2023-
0394. Comments received will be posted without alteration at https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. You 
may wish to review the Privacy and Security Notice found via a link on 
the homepage of https://www.regulations.gov. 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. Patrick W. Clark, Designated 
Federal Officer of the National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee, 
2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-
7509, telephone 202-372-1358, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given pursuant to 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, (Pub. L. 117-286, 5 U.S.C., ch. 
10). The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee was established on 
December 4, 2018, by section 601 of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard 
Authorization Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-282, 132 Stat. 4192), and 
amended by section 8331 of the Elijah E. Cummings Coast Guard 
Authorization Act of 2022 (Pub. L. 116-283). That authority is codified 
in 46 U.S.C. 15106. The Committee operates under the provisions of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, and 46 U.S.C. 15109. The Committee 
provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Homeland 
Security on matters relating to activities directly involved with, or 
in support of, the exploration of offshore mineral and energy 
resources, to the extent that such matters are within the jurisdiction 
of the United States Coast Guard.

Agenda

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

    Three subcommittees will meet to discuss the following task 
statements.
    (1) Task Statement 2022-01: Occasional Towing.
    (2) Task Statement 2023-02: 33 CFR Subchapter N.
    (3) Task Statement 2023-01: SEACOR POWER.
    The task statements and other subcommittee information are 
available on the NOSAC Homeport page at https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/federal-advisory-committees.national-offshore-safety-advisory-committee-(nosac)/committee-meetings.

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

    The agenda for the September 13, 2023 full Committee meeting is as 
follows:
    (1) Call to Order.
    (2) Roll call and determination of quorum.
    (3) Adoption of previous meeting minutes and agenda.
    (4) Opening remarks.
    (5) Final Report from the Occasional Towing Subcommittee.
    (6) Update from the 33 CFR Subchapter N Subcommittee.
    (7) Update from the SEACOR POWER Subcommittee.
    (8) New Business.
    (9) Public Comment period.
    (10) Closing remarks/plans for next meeting.
    (11) Adjournment of meeting.
    A copy of all meeting documentation will be available on the NOSAC 
Homeport page at https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/federal-advisory-
committees.national-offshore-

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safety-advisory-committee-(nosac)/committee-meetings no later than 
August 29, 2023. Alternatively, you may contact Mr. Patrick Clark as 
noted in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above.
    During the September 13, 2023, Committee meeting, a public comment 
period will be held from approximately 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. (CDT). 
Speakers are requested to limit their comments to 3 minutes. Please 
note that this public comment period may start before 4:30 p.m. (CDT) 
if all other agenda items have been covered and may end before 5 p.m. 
(CDT) if all of those wishing to comment have done so. Please contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 
register as a speaker.

    Dated: August 9, 2023.
Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2023-17698 Filed 8-16-23; 8:45 am]
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