[Federal Register: June 21, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 118)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG 2004-18058]
Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee; Vacancies
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Request for applications.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is seeking applications for appointment to
membership on the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee
(MERPAC). MERPAC provides advice and makes recommendations to the Coast
Guard on matters related to the training, qualification, licensing,
certification, and fitness of seamen serving in the U. S. merchant
marine.
DATES: Applications should reach us on or before August 30, 2004.
ADDRESSES: You may request an application form by writing to Commandant
(G-MSO-1), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC
20593-0001. Please submit applications to the same address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commander Brian J. Peter, Executive
Director of MERPAC, or Mr. Mark C. Gould, Assistant to the Executive
Director, telephone 202-267-6890, fax 202-267-4570.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is available on the Internet at
http://dms.dot.gov/search/searchFormSimple.cfm under the docket number
[USCG-2004-18058]. The application form is also available on the
Internet at http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/advisory/app.pdf. You may also
obtain an application by calling Mr. Mark Gould at (202) 267-6890; by
e-mailing him at mgould@comdt.uscg.mil; by faxing him at (202) 267-
4570; or by writing him at the location in ADDRESSES above.
MERPAC is chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App. 2. It provides advice and makes recommendations to the
Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security and Environmental
Protection, on matters of concern to seamen serving in our merchant
marine, such as implementation of the International Convention on
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers,
1978 (STCW), as amended.
MERPAC meets normally twice a year, once at or near Coast Guard
Headquarters, Washington, DC, and once elsewhere in the country. Its
subcommittees and working groups may also meet to consider specific
tasks as required.
The Coast Guard will consider applications for seven positions that
expire or become vacant in January 2005. It needs applicants with one
or more of the following backgrounds to fill the positions:
(a) Shipping company representative;
(b) Licensed deck officer;
(c) Pilot;
(d) Licensed engineering officer;
(e) Unlicensed member of the deck department;
(f) Marine educator affiliated with state or federal maritime
academies; and
(g) Marine educator affiliated with a training institution other
than state or federal maritime academies.
Each member serves for a term of three years. MERPAC members serve
without compensation from the Federal Government; however, they do
receive travel reimbursement and per diem.
In support of the policy of the Department of Homeland Security on
gender and ethnic diversity, the Coast Guard encourages applications
from qualified women and members of minority groups.
Dated: June 14, 2004.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security and Environmental
Protection.
[FR Doc. 04-13976 Filed 6-18-04; 8:45 am]
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