[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 39 (Monday, March 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10058-10059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4999]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[USCG 1999-5139]


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) 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, March 31, 1999, from 8 a.m. to 4 
p.m. and on Thursday, April 1, 1999, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. These 
meetings may adjourn early if all business is finished. Written 
material and requests to make oral presentations should reach the Coast 
Guard on or before March 17, 1999. Requests to have a copy of your 
material distributed to

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each member of the committee or subcommittee should reach the Coast 
Guard on or before March 12, 1999.

ADDRESSES: MERPAC will meet on both days in Room 2415, 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. 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 
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 March 31, 1999 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. New working groups may be 
formed to address any new issues or tasks. 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 April 1, 1999 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
    (b) STCV developments
    (c) Improving communications with the maritime industry
    (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 March 17, 
1999. Written material for distribution at a meeting should also reach 
the Coast Guard no later than March 17, 1999. 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 12, 1999.

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 23, 1999.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 99-4999 Filed 2-26-99; 8:45 am]
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