[Federal Register: May 26, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 102)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 30352-30353]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
49 CFR Chapter XII
Coast Guard
33 CFR Chapter I, 46 CFR Chapter I
[Docket Nos. TSA-2006-24191; USCG-2006-24196; USCG-2006-24371]
RIN 1652-AA41; 1625-AB02
Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)
Implementation in the Maritime Sector; Hazardous Materials Endorsement
for a Commercial Driver's License; Consolidation of Merchant Mariner
Qualification Credentials
AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: This notice provides the times and locations of the public
meetings which will be held by the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) and the Coast Guard (USCG) regarding the Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking entitled ``Transportation Worker Identification
Credential (TWIC) Implementation in the Maritime Sector; Hazardous
Materials Endorsement for a Commercial Driver's License'' and the
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled ``Consolidation of Merchant
Mariner Qualification Credentials'', both of which were published in
the Federal Register on May 22, 2006.
DATES: Public meetings will be held this year, on Wednesday, May 31, in
Newark, NJ; Thursday, June 1, in Tampa, FL; Tuesday, June 6, in St.
Louis, MO; and Wednesday, June 7 in Long Beach, CA.
ADDRESSES: The public meetings will be held at the following hotels: In
Newark, NJ, at the Sheraton Newark Airport Hotel, 128 Frontage Road,
Newark, NJ, 07114; in Tampa Bay, FL at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay Hotel,
2900 Bayport Drive, Tampa, FL, 33607; in St. Louis, MO at the
Renaissance St. Louis Hotel Airport, 9801 Natural Bridge Road, St.
Louis, MO, 63134; and in Long Beach, CA at the Renaissance Long Beach
Hotel, 111 East Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA, 90802.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions concerning the public
meetings, please contact LCDR Jonathan Maiorine, Commandant (G-PCP-2),
United States Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC
20593; toll free telephone 1(877) 687-2243.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 22, 2006, the Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking entitled ``Transportation Worker Identification Credential
(TWIC) Implementation in the Maritime Sector; Hazardous Materials
Endorsement for a Commercial Driver's License'' (the ``TWIC proposed
rule'') and the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled ``Consolidation
of Merchant Mariner Qualification Credentials'' (the ``MMC proposed
rule'') were published in the Federal Register (71 FR 29396 and 71 FR
29462, respectively). At the time of submission to the Office of the
Federal Register for publication, only the dates and cities of the
public meetings were known. Specific location information is now
available and is provided in this notice. Additionally, a typographical
error was made in the rulemaking documents with respect to the day of
the week for the St. Louis and Long Beach public meetings which are
corrected in this notice.
Interested individuals are encouraged to attend, provide comments
and ask questions about the TWIC and MMC rules.
Agenda of Meetings
These meetings will be held to take comments regarding both the
TWIC proposed rule (Docket Nos. TSA-2006-24191; USCG-2006-24196) and
the MMC proposed rule (Docket No. USCG-2006-24371). We will receive
comments organized by Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) Titles, in the
anticipated order of 49 CFR, then 33 CFR, and finishing with 46 CFR.
The meetings are expected to run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with the
exception of Long Beach which is planned from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. We may
end the meetings early if there are no additional comments or
questions.
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, please
contact the hotel where the meeting will be held, or the individual
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above.
Dated: May 22, 2006.
Howard L. Hime,
Acting Director of Standards, Assistant Commandant for Prevention, U.S.
Coast Guard.
Dated: May 23, 2006.
Mardi Ruth Thompson,
Deputy Chief Counsel, Transportation Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 06-4900 Filed 5-23-06; 3:21 pm]
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