[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 152 (Friday, August 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42475-42476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21189]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[USCG 1998-4273]
Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) and
its working groups will meet to discuss various issues relating to the
training and fitness of merchant marine personnel. MERPAC advises the
Secretary of Transportation on matters relating to the training,
qualifications, licensing, certification and fitness of seamen serving
in the U.S. merchant marine. All meetings will be open to the public.
DATES: MERPAC will meet on Wednesday, September 2, 1998, from 8
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a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Thursday, September 3, 1998, from 8 a.m. to 3
p.m. These meetings may adjourn early if all business is finished.
Written material and requests make oral presentations should reach the
Coast Guard on or before August 19, 1998. Requests to have a copy of
your material distributed to each member of the committee or
subcommittee should reach the Coast Guard on or before August 19, 1998.
ADDRESSES: MERPAC will meet on both days at the Calhoon MEBA School,
27050 St. Michael's Road, Easton, MD 21601. Send written material and
requests to make oral presentations to Commander Steven J. Boyle,
Commandant (G-MSO-1), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street
SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. This notice is available on the
Internet at http:dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on this notice, contact
Commander Steven J. Boyle, Executive Director of MERPAC, or Mr. Mark C.
Gould, Assistant to the Executive Director, telephone 202-267-0229, fax
202-267-4570, or e-mail [email protected]. For questions on viewing
or submitting material to the docket, contact Dorothy Walker, Chief,
Dockets, Department of Transportation, 202-366-9329.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
Agenda of September 2, 1998, Meeting
The full committee will meet to discuss the objectives for the
meeting. The committee will then break up into the following working
groups: the working group on the International Convention on the
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW); the
working group on the National Maritime Center/Licensing Re-Engineering
Team; and the working group on the Assessment of Proficiencies as
Mandated by the Amended 1995 STCW Convention. At the end of the day,
the working groups will make a report to the full committee on what has
been accomplished in their meetings. No action will be taken on these
reports on this date.
Agenda of September 3, 1998, Meeting
Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC)
The agenda includes the following:
(1) Introduction.
(2) Working Group Reports.
(3) Other items to be discussed:
(a) Standing Committee--Prevention Through People
(a) STCW developments
(b) Outcome of committee's recommendations to USCG on one person
bridge watchstanding proposal
(c) Report from NMC on changes in licensing requirements for
Offshore Supply Vessels
(d) Other items brought up for discussion by the committee or the
public
Procedural
Both meetings are open to the public. Please note that the meetings
may adjourn early if all business is finished. At the Chair's
discretion, members of the public may make oral presentations during
the meetings. If you would like to make an oral presentation at a
meeting, please notify the Executive Director no later than August 19,
1998. Written material for distribution at a meeting should also reach
the Coast Guard no later than August 19, 1998. If you would like a copy
of your material distributed to each member of the committee or
subcommittee in advance of a meeting, please submit 25 copies to the
Executive Director no later than August 19, 1998.
Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities
For information on facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meetings, contact
the Executive Director as soon as possible.
Dated: July 29, 1998.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 98-21189 Filed 8-6-98; 8:45 am]
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