[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 213 (Thursday, November 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68202-68203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28440]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2004-17914]


MERPAC and MMMAC Recommendations on the STCW SNPRM

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the availability of recommendations 
from the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee in response to 
Task Statement 75, in which the Coast Guard requested review of the 
Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled, ``Implementation 
of the Amendments to the International Convention on Standards of 
Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, and 
Changes to Domestic Endorsements'' (STCW SNPRM). The Coast Guard also 
announces the availability of recommendations from the Merchant Mariner 
Medical Advisory Committee after its review of the STCW SNPRM.

DATES: Comments and related material must either be submitted to our 
online docket via http://www.regulations.gov on or before December 5, 
2011 or reach the Docket Management Facility by that date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2004-17914 using any one of the following methods:
    (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Fax: (202) 493-2251.
    (3) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (4) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone 
number is (202) 366-9329.

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    To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four methods. 
See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion of 
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for instructions on 
submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call or email Mr. Rogers W. Henderson, U.S. Coast Guard, Maritime 
Personnel Qualifications Division; telephone: (202) 372-1408, email: 
[email protected]. If you have questions on viewing or 
submitting material to the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone: (202) 366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    All comments received will be posted, without change, to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any personal information you have 
provided.
    Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include the 
docket number for this notice (USCG-2004-17914) and provide a reason 
for each suggestion or recommendation. You may submit your comments and 
material online, or by fax, mail or hand delivery, but please use only 
one of these means. We recommend that you include your name and a 
mailing address, an email address, or a telephone number in the body of 
your document so that we can contact you if we have questions regarding 
your submission.
    To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov, 
click on the ``submit a comment'' box, which will then become 
highlighted in blue. In the ``Document Type'' drop down menu select 
``Notices'' and insert ``USCG-2004-17914'' in the ``Keyword'' box. 
Click ``Search'' then click on the balloon shape in the ``Actions'' 
column. If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit 
them in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable 
for copying and electronic filing. If you submit them by mail and would 
like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped, 
self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and 
material received during the comment period.
    Viewing the Docket: To view comments and the MERPAC and MMMAC 
recommendations on the STCW SNPRM, go to http://www.regulations.gov, 
click on the ``read comments'' box, which will then become highlighted 
in blue. In the ``Keyword'' box insert ``USCG-2004-17914'' and click 
``Search.'' Click the ``Open Docket Folder'' in the ``Actions'' column. 
If you do not have access to the internet, you may view the docket 
online by visiting the Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 on 
the ground floor of the Department of Transportation West Building, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. We have an 
agreement with the Department of Transportation to use the Docket 
Management Facility.
    Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of comments 
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review a 
Privacy Act, system of records notice regarding our public dockets in 
the January 17, 2008, issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

Background

    On August 1, 2011, the Coast Guard published a Supplemental Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) in the Federal Register entitled, 
``Implementation of the Amendments to the International Convention on 
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 
1978, and Changes to Domestic Endorsements'' (STCW) (76 FR 45908). In 
response to Coast Guard Task Statement 75, the Merchant Marine 
Personnel Advisory Committee reviewed the SNPRM and made 
recommendations. The Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee also 
reviewed the SNPRM and has issued recommendations. The recommendations 
from both committees are available to the public by following the 
directions in the ``Viewing the Docket'' section above.
    This notice is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 33 CFR 
1.05-1.

    Dated: October 28, 2011.
Russell C. Proctor,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of Operating & Environmental 
Standards.
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