[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 18188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10084]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD 96-022]


Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) Working 
Group Meeting Concerning Implementation of the 1995 Amendments to the 
International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification, and 
Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 (STCW)

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: MERPAC's STCW working group will meet to discuss various 
issues relating to implementation of the 1995 Amendments to STCW. The 
meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The MERPAC STCW working group meeting will be held on Thursday, 
May 16, 1996, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m..

ADDRESSES: The MERPAC STCW working group meeting will be held at the 
MEBA Engineering School, 27050 St. Michaels Road, Easton, MD 31601-
7550. The telephone number is (410) 822-9737.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Commander Jon Sarubbi, Executive Director, or Mr. Mark Gould, Assistant 
to the Executive Director, Commandant (G-MOS-1), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 
Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001; telephone (202) 267-
0229, fax (202) 267-4570.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given pursuant to 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., App. Sec. 1 et seq. The 
agenda for the MERPAC STCW working group meeting will include 
discussion of the following topics:

    (1) Electronic technician (Global Maritime Distress and Safety 
System (GMDSS) and non-GMDSS) requirement;
    (2) Training record book requirement; and,
    (3) Rest hours requirement.
    With advance notice, and at the working group chairman's 
discretion, members of the public may make oral presentations during 
the meeting. Persons wishing to make oral presentations should notify 
Mr. Gould, listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, no less 
than five days before the meeting. Written material may be submitted 
any time for presentation to the subcommittee. However, to ensure 
advance distribution to each subcommittee member, persons submitting 
written material are asked to provide 30 copies to Mr. Gould no later 
than May 9, 1996.

    Dated: April 16, 1996.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director for Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection 
Directorate.
[FR Doc. 96-10084 Filed 4-23-96; 8:45 am]
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