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[FR Doc No: 94-10447]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[CGD 94-036]

 

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee; Meetings

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) and 
working groups will meet to discuss various issues. Agenda items 
include discussions of physical standards and licensing requirements. 
All meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: The working groups will meet on June 14, 1994, from 8:30 a.m. to 
4 p.m. The full committee will meet on June 15, 1994, from 9 a.m. to 
p.m. Written material should be submitted not later than June 1, 1994.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held in room 2415, U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593. Written 
material should be submitted to CDE Scott J. Glover, MERPAC Executive 
Director, Commandant (G-MVP), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20593.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commander Scott J. Glover, Commandant 
(G-MVP), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20593, telephone (202) 267-0213.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given pursuant to 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 section 1 et seq. 
The agenda will include discussion of the following topics:
    (1) Review of the recommendations from the Focus Group report, 
``Licensing 2000 and Beyond'', including discussion on the use of 
simulator based training and testing, and the Coast Guard examination 
process.
    (2) Review of the recommendations from the Coast Guard report, 
``Review of Marine Safety Issues Related to Uninspected Towing 
Vessels.''
    (3) Physical standards for merchant mariners.
    (4) Revision of the MERPAC's charter to allow representation of the 
river, inland, and near coastal mariners on the committee.
    Attendance is open to the public. With advance notice, and the 
Chairman's discretion, members of the public may make oral 
presentations during the meeting. Persons wishing to maker oral 
presentations should notify the Executive Director, listed above under 
ADDRESSES, no later than the day before the meeting. Written material 
may be submitted at any time for presentation to the Committee. 
However, to ensure advance distribution to each Committee member, 
persons submitting written material are asked to provide 20 copies to 
the Executive Director no later than June 1, 1994.

    Dated: April 25, 1994.
J. F. McGowan,
Captain, US Coast Guard, Acting Chief, Office of Marine Safety, 
Security and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 94-10447 Filed 4-29-94; 8:45 am]
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