The National Towing Safety Advisory Committee will meet in person along with the four subcommittees: The Rulemaking Improvements to Subchapter M Subcommittee, The Statutory Information Requirements Within Accommodations Spaces on Merchant Vessels Subcommittee, The Master Key Control Requirements Aboard Merchant Vessels Subcommittee, and The Maritime Administration (MARAD) Maritime Workforce Group Report on the Maritime Workforce Subcommittee. The Committee and the four Subcommittees will meet in public over two days in Portland, Maine, to review and discuss matters relating to shallow-draft inland navigation, coastal waterway navigation, and towing safety. These meetings will be open to the public.
The National Towing Safety Advisory Committee will be called to order and have four open Subcommittee meetings on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The Rulemaking Improvements to Subchapter M Subcommittee will meet from 8:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. (EDT), The Statutory Information Requirements Within Accommodations Spaces on Merchant Vessels Subcommittee will meet from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.(EDT), The Master Key Control Requirements Aboard Merchant Vessels Subcommittee will meet from 10:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. (EDT), and The MARAD Maritime Workforce Group Report on the Maritime Workforce Subcommittee will meet from 12:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. (EDT). The full committee will meet on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. (EDT). Please note that if a Subcommittee meeting ends early the next Subcommittee meeting will not start prior to its listed time. If the full Committee has completed its business the meeting may end early.
These meetings will be held at the AC Hotel Portland Downtown/Waterfront, 158 Fore Street Portland, ME 04101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Matthew D. Layman, Designated Federal Officer of the National Towing Safety Advisory Committee, telephone 202-372-1421, or Matthew.D.Layman@uscg.mil.
Federal Register link: 2024-19044.pdf (govinfo.gov)