[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47889-47890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22750]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[USCG 1999-6154]


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 Tuesday, September 28, 1999, from 8 a.m. to 
4 p.m. and on Wednesday, September 29, from 8 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. These 
meetings may close early if all business is finished. Written material 
and requests to make oral presentations should reach the Coast Guard on 
or before September 14, 1999. 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 September 14, 1999.

ADDRESSES: MERPAC will meet on both days in the Liberty Room of the 
Academic Building, MEBA Engineering School, 27050 St. Michaels Rd., 
Easton, MD 20593-0001. Further directions regarding the location of the 
MEBA Engineering School may be obtained by contacting Mr. Lee Kincaid 
of MEBA at (410) 822-5228 or (410) 822-9600. 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: 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 September 28, 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), 
specifically addressing the Assessment of Proficiencies as Mandated by 
the Amended 1995 STCW Convention; and the working group addressing 
evidence of five-year recency in the four elements of basic training. 
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 September 29, 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) STCW developments
    (c) Assessment of Proficiencies as Mandated by the Amended 1995 
STCW Convention
    (d) Other items brought up for discussion by the committee or the 
public

Procedural

    All meetings are open to the public. Please note that the meetings 
may close 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 September 14, 1999. Written 
material for distribution at a meeting should also reach the Coast 
Guard no later than September 14, 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 September 7, 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

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meetings, contact the Executive Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: Aug 25, 1999.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 99-22750 Filed 8-31-99; 8:45 am]
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