July 24, 2003
The next meeting of the MTSNAC Safety and Environmental Protection Subcommittee will be held on July 24, 2003, from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm. The meeting will be hosted by Subcommittee member Jonathan Benner at the law offices of Troutman Sanders, 401 9th Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004 (phone: 202-274-2880).
Please RSVP to Kathy Metcalf (kmetcalf@knowships.org) as to whether you or a member of your organization will be attending. We strongly urge you or your designated representative to attend in order to assure full representation of the many MTS sectors in the future work of this subcommittee. Recipients of this message are also invited to submit to Kathy Metcalf any additional issues of interest for inclusion onto this draft agenda.
A tentative agenda for this meeting is as follows:
* Introduction
* Report of the May 12/13, 2003 MTSNAC meeting held in Washington, DC
* Criminalization of Marine Accidents - Status and Future Action
* SEA-21 Initiative (MTSNAC Report to the Secretary) - Discussion
* ICMTS Report - "National Strategy for the Marine Transportation
System" - Briefing by ICMTS Representative
* SAFETEA - Summary and Discussion
* New Business
* Public Comment Period
* Next Meeting
* Adjournment