[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10422-10423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5449]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[USCG 1998 3559]


Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) will 
conduct two meetings to discuss various issues relating to the training 
and fitness of merchant marine personnel. MERPAC advises the Secretary 
of Transportation on matters relating to the training, qualifications, 
licensing, certification and fitness of seamen serving in the U.S. 
merchant

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marine. Both meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: MERPAC will conduct a working group meeting of the full 
committee on Monday, March 30, 1998, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will 
conduct an official full committee meeting on Tuesday, March 31, 1998, 
from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Written material and requests to make oral 
presentations should reach the Coast Guard on or before March 16, 1998.

ADDRESSES: MERPAC will meet on both days in room 2415 of U.S. Coast 
Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. 
Send written material and requests to make oral presentations to 
Commander Steven J. Boyle, Commandant (G-MSO-1), U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Commander Steven J. Boyle, 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 [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.

Agenda of March 31, 1998, Public Meeting

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC)

    The agenda includes the following:

(1) Introduction.
(2) Progress report from the working group on the International 
Convention on the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping 
(STCW).
(3) Progress report from the working group on the National Maritime 
Center.
(4) Other items to be discussed:
    (a) Standing Committee--Preventon Through People
    (b) Regional Examination Center activities
    (c) National Maritime Center activities
    (d) STCW developments
    (e) One person bridge watchstanding proposal-report from 
subcommittee on meeting held March 7, 1998.

Procedural

    Both meetings are open to the public. 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 March 16, 1998. Written 
material for distribution at a meeting should also reach the Coast 
Guard no later than March 16, 1998. If you would like a copy of your 
material distributed to each member of the committee or subcommittee in 
advance of a meeting, please submit 25 copies to the Executive Director 
no later than March 16, 1998.

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 Executive Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: February 24, 1998.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 98-5449 Filed 3-2-98; 8:45 am]
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