Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) and CTAC Subcommittee on Marine Vapor Control Systems Meetings

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[CGD 94-109]

Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) and CTAC

Subcommittee on Marine Vapor Control Systems Meetings

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: CTAC and its Subcommittee on Marine Vapor Control Systems will

meet to discuss various issues relating to the marine transport of

hazardous materials in bulk.Agenda items include discussion of

amendments to domestic regulations, hazardous substance response plans,

and international activities. Both meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: The CTAC meeting will be held on Monday, January 9, 1995, from

(9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Subcommittee on Marine Vapor Control Systems

meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 10, 1995, from 9:30 a.m. to 5

p.m. Persons wishing to make oral presentations should notify the

Executive Director, listed below under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT,

on or before January 3, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The CTAC meeting will be held in Room 2415, U.S. Coast Guard

Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The

Subcommittee on Marine Vapor Control Systems meeting will be held in

Room 4315, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters. Written material should be

submitted to Commander K.J. Eldridge, Executive Director, Commandant

(G-MTH-1), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC

20593-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commander K.J. Eldridge, Executive

Director, or Lieutenant R.J. Raksnis, Executive Assistant, Commandant

(G-MTH-1), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC

20593-0001, telephone (202) 267-1217.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is given pursuant

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 Sec. 1 et seq.

The agenda for the CTAC meeting will include the following topics:

(1) Introduction and swearing in of new members and election of a

new chair;

(2) Discussion of issues such as the status of revisions to 46 CFR

Parts 151 and 152, status of maritime regulatory reform, and results of

the inert gas systems field survey;

(3) Reports from Revisions to 46 CFR Parts 151 and 152, Marine

Occupational Safety and Health, and Marine Vapor Control Systems

Subcommittee;

(4) New tasking regarding the development of hazardous substance

response plans for facilities and vessels;

(5) Discussions of international activities, including tank filling

limits, air pollution from ships, and the rewrite of Annex II to

MARPOL; and

(6) Discussions on human factors in the Coast Guard, chemical

compatibility update, and marine vapor control systems for hazardous

air pollutants.

The Subcommittee on Marine Vapor Control Systems will review the

results of the hazard and operability studies that were conducted to

identify safety hazards that may exist when using a vapor control

system during tank barge cleaning operations.

Attendance at both meetings is open to the public. With advance

notice, and at the Chairman's discretion, members of the public may

make oral presentations during the meetings. Persons wishing to make

oral presentations should notify the Executive Director, listed above

under ADDRESSES, no later than January 3, 1995. Written material may be

submitted at any time for presentation to the Committee or

Subcommittee.

Dated: December 8, 1994.

N.W. Lemley,

Acting Chief, Office of Marine Safety, Security and Environmental

Protection.

[FR Doc. 94-30799 Filed 12-14-94; 8:45 am]

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