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Oceans And Fisheries Subcommittee News

19 Mar 2002

Chairman Announces Hearing on USCG Budget

U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings, Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, announced an Oceans and Fisheries Subcommittee hearing on the Coast Guard budget on Tuesday, March 19, 2002, at 3:00 pm in Room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. Sen. John Kerry will preside.

05 May 2000

Legal Briefs

Avondale Industries, Inc. has agreed to pay $357,750 in penalties for safety and health violations at its shipyard in Avondale, La., and implement a revised safety and health program as part of a settlement agreement announced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). "We are pleased Avondale has agreed to resolve this matter," said Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman. "Avondale's new management has shown they are serious about eliminating safety hazards. OSHA originally inspected the shipyard in October 1998 following union complaints of possible imminent danger from falls, and other health issues. Based on that inspection, OSHA issued 60 citations against the shipbuilder last April and proposed fines of $537,000.

27 Aug 1999

Proposed Fees Under Attack

Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), chairwoman of the Senate Oceans and Fisheries Subcommittee, told USCG Commandant James Loy the Administration's proposal to impose new taxes on commercial vessel operators will not be considered by Congress. Contained in the USCG's FY 00 budget proposal, the navigational assistance user fee is the same as that proposed and rejected by Congress last year. Charirwoman Snowe took issue with the Administration for sending such a proposal to the Congress as part of the FY 00 budget, when just four months earlier, the Congress enacted legislation prohibiting the USCG from planning, implementing or finalizing any regulation that would promulgate a new user fee on the industry.