[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75640-75641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30747]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2011-0138]


Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee: Intercessional 
Meeting

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Working Group Meeting.

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SUMMARY: A working group of the Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory 
Committee (MEDMAC) will meet to discuss Task Statement 1, ``Revision of 
Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) 04-08.'' The meeting 
will be open to the public.

DATES: The working group will meet Tuesday, January 8 and Wednesday, 
January 9, 2013, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please note that the 
meeting may close early if the working group has completed its 
business. Written comments to be distributed to working group members 
are due by December 28, 2012.

ADDRESSES: The working group will meet at the Simulation, Training, 
Assessment, and Research (STAR) Center, Room 217, 2 West Dixie Highway, 
Dania Beach, FL 33004. For further information about the STAR Center 
hotel facilities or services for individuals with disabilities or to 
request special assistance, contact Mr. Graeme Holman at (954) 921-7254 
Ext. 7172. Please be advised that in order to gain access to the STAR 
Center, you must provide identification in the form of a government-
issued picture identification card. If you plan to attend, please 
notify the individual listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, no 
later than December 28, 2012 so that administrative access into the 
STAR Center can be processed prior to arrival.
    To facilitate public participation, we are inviting public comment 
on the issues to be considered by the working group as listed in the 
``Agenda'' section below. Comments must be submitted in writing to the 
Coast Guard on or before December 28, 2012 and must be identified by 
USCG-2011-0138 and may be submitted by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments (preferred method to 
avoid delays in processing).
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     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.
     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.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the words 
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number for this 
action. Comments received will be posted without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. You 
may review a Privacy Act notice regarding our public dockets in the 
January 17, 2008, issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316). Please 
provide an electronic copy to the contact listed in FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT below no later than December 28, 2012. Your 
material will be placed on the MEDMAC Web site https://homeport.uscg.mil to be made available to the members of the working 
group and the public.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments related to this notice, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    A public comment period will be held on January 8, 2013, 8:15 a.m.-
8:30 a.m., and January 9, 2013 4:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m. Speakers are 
requested to limit their comments to 5 minutes. Please note that the 
public comment period may end before the time indicated, following the 
last call for comments. Additionally, public comment will be sought 
throughout the meeting as specific issues are discussed by the working 
group.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Ashley Holm, the MEDMAC 
Alternate Designated Federal Officer (ADFO), at telephone 202-372-1128 
or email [email protected]. If you have any questions on viewing 
or submitting material to the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463). The 
MEDMAC is authorized by 46 U.S.C. 7115 as amended by section 210 of the 
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-281) and advises the 
Secretary

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on matters related to (a) Medical certification determinations for 
issuance of licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariners' 
documents; (b) medical standards and guidelines for the physical 
qualifications of operators of commercial vessels; (c) medical examiner 
education; and (d) medical research.

Agenda

Day 1

    The agenda for the January 8, 2013, working group meeting is as 
follows:
    (1) Opening comments by Working Group Chairman.
    (2) Working Group addresses the following task statement:
    Task Statement 1, Revision of Navigation and Vessel Inspection 
Circular (NVIC) 04-08. The NVIC can be found at http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/nvic/ Medical and Physical Guidelines for Merchant Mariner 
Credentials. The working group will continue to review Enclosures 6 
(Medical Review Process, 4 (Medications), and 3 (Medical Conditions 
Subject to Further Review) of NVIC 04-08 with the goal to finish all 
work on the NVIC recommendations. The working group recommendations 
will be presented at the next full Committee meeting.
    (3) Public comment period.
    (4) Closing remarks.

Day 2

    The agenda for the January 9, 2013, working group meeting is as 
follows:
    (1) Continue work on Task Statement 1.
    (2) Discuss and prepare final draft recommendations for the full 
committee to consider.
    (3) Public comment period.
    (4) Closing remarks/plans for next meeting.

    Dated: December 14, 2012.
P.F. Thomas,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Inspections and Compliance.
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