[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 152 (Friday, August 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42475-42476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21189]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[USCG 1998-4273]


Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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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 Transportation 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 Wednesday, September 2, 1998, from 8

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a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Thursday, September 3, 1998, from 8 a.m. to 3 
p.m. These meetings may adjourn early if all business is finished. 
Written material and requests make oral presentations should reach the 
Coast Guard on or before August 19, 1998. 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 August 19, 1998.

ADDRESSES: MERPAC will meet on both days at the Calhoon MEBA School, 
27050 St. Michael's Road, Easton, MD 21601. 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. This notice is available on the 
Internet at http:dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on this notice, 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]. For questions on viewing 
or submitting material to the docket, contact Dorothy Walker, Chief, 
Dockets, Department of Transportation, 202-366-9329.

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

Agenda of September 2, 1998, Meeting

    The full committee will meet to discuss the objectives for the 
meeting. The committee will then break up into the following working 
groups: the working group on the International Convention on the 
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW); the 
working group on the National Maritime Center/Licensing Re-Engineering 
Team; and the working group on the Assessment of Proficiencies as 
Mandated by the Amended 1995 STCW Convention. 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 September 3, 1998, Meeting

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC)

    The agenda includes the following:
(1) Introduction.
(2) Working Group Reports.
(3) Other items to be discussed:
    (a) Standing Committee--Prevention Through People
    (a) STCW developments
    (b) Outcome of committee's recommendations to USCG on one person 
bridge watchstanding proposal
    (c) Report from NMC on changes in licensing requirements for 
Offshore Supply Vessels
    (d) 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 August 19, 
1998. Written material for distribution at a meeting should also reach 
the Coast Guard no later than August 19, 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 August 19, 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: July 29, 1998.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 98-21189 Filed 8-6-98; 8:45 am]
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