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The Coast Guard announced in the Federal Register that the National Towing Safety Advisory Committee will meet to review and discuss matters relating to shallow-draft inland navigation, coastal waterway navigation, and towing safety. The meeting will be open to the public.

The Committee will meet on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, from 8 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT). Please note the meeting may close early if the Committee has completed its business.

To ensure your comments are received by Committee members before the meeting, submit your written comments no later than September 16, 2022.

The meeting will be held at the San Jacinto College Maritime Technology and Training Center located at 3700 Old Highway 146, La Porte, Texas 77571 ( https://www.sanjac.edu/​programs-courses/​maritime.)

For more 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 Matthew.D.Layman@uscg.mil.

The full notice can be viewed on the Federal Register under Docket number USCG-2022-0573.

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