[Federal Register: August 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 155)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG-2003-15836]
Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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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 Homeland Security 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 Thursday, September 18, 2003, from 8 a.m. to
4 p.m. and on Friday, September 19, 2003, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. These
meetings may adjourn early if all business is finished. Requests to
make oral presentations should reach the Coast Guard on or before
September 4, 2003. Written material and 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 September 4, 2003.
ADDRESSES: MERPAC will meet on both days in the Fourth Floor Boardroom
of the Port of Houston Authority Building, 111 East Loop North,
Houston, TX 77029. Further directions regarding the location of the
Port of Houston Authority Building may be obtained by contacting Mr.
Alistair McNab at (713) 678-4300. Send written material and requests to
make oral presentations to Commander Brian J. Peter, 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
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on this notice, contact
Commander Brian J. Peter, 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 mgould@comdt.uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
Agenda of Meeting on September 18, 2003
The full committee will meet to discuss the objectives for the
meeting. The committee will then break up into the following working
groups: Task statement 36, concerning the recommendations on a training
program for officers in charge of an engineering watch coming up
through the hawsepipe; and Task statement 37, concerning credit for sea
service on vessels with no, or limited, underway time.
New working groups may be formed to address the following issues:
Recommendations concerning training requirements and certification
requirements needed to obtain STCW certification as Ship's Security
Officer (and Company/Port Facility Security Officer); Competency needed
to obtain STCW certification as an able-bodied seaman; Security issues
with the new merchant mariner's document; and Practical competency
demonstrations needed to obtain STCW certification as Master and Chief
Mate on ships of between 500 and 3000 Gross Tonnage, as measured under
the International Tonnage Convention on both international and near
coastal voyages. 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 Meeting on September 19, 2003
The agenda comprises the following:
(1) Introduction.
(2) Working Groups' Reports--
(a) Task Statement 36, concerning the recommendations on a training
program for officers in charge of an engineering watch coming up
through the hawsepipe;
(b) Task Statement 37, concerning credit for sea service on vessels
with no, or limited, underway time; and
(c) Other task statements which may have been adopted for
discussion and action.
(3) Other items to be discussed--
(a) Standing Committee--Prevention Through People, and
(b) 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 September
4, 2003. Written material for distribution at a meeting should reach
the Coast Guard no later than September 4, 2003. If you would like a
copy of your material distributed to each member of the committee or
subcommittee in advance of the meeting, please submit 25 copies to the
Executive Director no later than September 4, 2003.
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 Assistant Executive Director as soon as possible.
Dated: August 5, 2003.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security and Environmental
Protection.
[FR Doc. 03-20468 Filed 8-11-03; 8:45 am]
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