[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 147 (Tuesday, August 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43505-43506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12272]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG 2006-25432]


Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee; Vacancies

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Request for applications.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is seeking applications for appointment to 
membership on the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee 
(MERPAC). MERPAC provides advice and makes recommendations to the Coast 
Guard on matters related to the training, qualification, licensing, 
certification, and fitness of seamen serving in the U.S. merchant 
marine.

DATES: Applications should reach us on or before October 15, 2006.

ADDRESSES: You may request an application form by writing to Commandant 
(G-PSO-1), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20593-0001. Please submit applications to the same address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mark C. Gould, Assistant to the

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Executive Director, telephone 202-372-1409, fax 202-372-1926.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is available on the Internet at 
http://dms.dot.gov/search/searchFormSimple.cfm under the docket number 
[USCG-2006-25432]. The application form is also available on the 
Internet at http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/advisory/index.htm. You may also 
obtain an application by calling Mr. Mark Gould at (202) 372-1409; by 
e-mailing him at [email protected]; by faxing him at (202) 372-
1926; or by writing him at the location in ADDRESSES above.
    MERPAC is chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 
U.S.C. App. 2 (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770, as amended). It provides 
advice and makes recommendations to the Assistant Commandant for 
Prevention on matters of concern to seamen serving in our merchant 
marine, such as implementation of the International Convention on 
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 
1978 (STCW), as amended.
    MERPAC normally meets twice a year, once at or near Coast Guard 
Headquarters, Washington, DC, and once elsewhere in the country. Its 
subcommittees and working groups may also meet to consider specific 
tasks as required.
    The Coast Guard will consider applications for seven positions that 
expire or become vacant in January 2007. It needs applicants with one 
or more of the following backgrounds to fill the positions:
    (a) Public member;
    (b) Licensed deck officer;
    (c) Licensed engineering officer;
    (d) Unlicensed member of the engine department;
    (e) Marine educator not affiliated with either state or federal 
maritime academies; and
    (f) Two (2) Marine educators affiliated with state maritime 
academies.

Each member serves for a term of three years. MERPAC members serve 
without compensation from the Federal Government; however, they do 
receive travel reimbursement and per diem.
    In support of the policy of the Department of Homeland Security on 
gender and ethnic diversity, the Coast Guard encourages applications 
from qualified women and members of minority groups.

    Dated: July 20, 2006.
Lorne W. Thomas,
Acting Director of National and International Standards, Assistant 
Commandant for Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-12272 Filed 7-31-06; 8:45 am]
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