[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 4 (Thursday, January 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 802-803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-248]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[USCG 1999-6722]
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, January 25, 2000, from 8 a.m. to 4
p.m. and on Wednesday, January 26, 2000, from 8 a.m. to 4 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 January 11, 2000. 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 January 4, 2000.
ADDRESSES: MERPAC will meet on both days in Room A-300 of the Maritime
Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS), 5700 Hammonds
Ferry Road, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090. Further directions regarding
the location of MITAGS may be obtained by contacting Ms. Kate Gossard
of MITAGS at (410) 859-5700. 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 January 25, 2000, 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; the working group on the Methods of
Demonstrating Competence in Crisis Management and Human Behavior, and;
the working group on Simulator Standards for Demonstrating Competence
in Ratings Forming Part of a Navigational Watch. 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 January 26, 2000, Meeting
The agenda includes the following:
(1) Introduction.
(2) Working Group Reports.
(a) Assessment of Proficiencies as Mandated by the Amended 1995
STCW Convention
(b) Methods of Demonstrating Competence in Crisis Management and
Human Behavior
(c) Simulator Standards for Demonstrating Competence in Ratings
Forming Part of a Navigational Watch
(3) Other items to be discussed:
(a) Standing Committee--Prevention Through People
(b) STCW developments
(c) 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 January 11,
2000. Written material for distribution at a meeting should also reach
the Coast Guard no later than January 11, 2000. If you would like a
copy of your material distributed to each member of the
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committee or subcommittee in advance of a meeting, please submit 25
copies to the Executive Director no later than January 4, 2000.
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: December 21, 1999.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
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