[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 189 (Thursday, September 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66977-66978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23515]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG-2016-0499]
National Maritime Security Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Maritime Security Advisory Committee will meet in
Leesburg, VA to discuss various issues relating to national maritime
security. This meeting will be open to the public.
DATES: The Committee will meet on Tuesday, October 18, 2016, from 1:15
p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Wednesday, October 19, 2016, from 8 a.m. to 12
Noon. Either session may close early if all business is finished.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Belmont A and B Room at The
National Conference Center, 18980 Upper Belmont Place, Leesburg, VA
20176. The location's Web site is http://www.conferencecenter.com.
This meeting will be broadcast via a web enabled interactive online
format and teleconference line. To participate via teleconference, dial
1-855-475-2447; the pass code to join is 764 990 20#. Additionally, if
you would like to participate in this meeting via the online web
format, please log onto https://share.dhs.gov/nmsac/ and follow the
online instructions to register for this meeting.
For information on facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact
the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section as
soon as possible.
Instructions: To facilitate public participation, we are inviting
public comment on the issues to be considered by the Committee, as
listed in the ``Agenda'' section below. Written comments must be
submitted no later than October 10, 2016, if you want Committee members
to be able to review your comments before the meeting. You must include
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number [USCG-2016-
0499]. Written comments may be submitted using Federal eRulemaking
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. For assistance with technical
difficulties, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
All 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 the Federal Docket Management
System in the March 24, 2005 issue of the Federal Register (70 FR
15086)
Docket Search: For access to the docket to read documents or
comments related to this Notice, go to http://www.regulations.gov
insert ``USCG-2016-0499'' in the ``Search'' box, press Enter and then
click on the item you wish to view.
Public oral comments will be sought throughout the meeting by the
Designated Federal Officer as specific issues are discussed by the
Committee. Additionally, public oral comment periods will be held
during the meetings on October 18, 2016, from 4 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., and
October 19, 2016, from 11:30 a.m. to 12 Noon. Speakers are requested to
limit their comments to 3 minutes. Please note that the public comment
period will end following the last call for comments, even if the
entire scheduled period has not elapsed. Contact the person listed in
the FOR
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FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below to register as a speaker.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ryan Owens, Alternate Designated
Federal Officer for the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee,
2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593, Stop
7581, Washington, DC 20593-7581; telephone 202-372-1108 or email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is in compliance with
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Title 5, United States Code
Appendix. The National Maritime Security Advisory Committee operates
under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 70112. The Committee provides advice
to, consults with, and makes recommendations to the Secretary of
Homeland Security, via the Commandant of the Coast Guard, on matters
relating to national maritime security.
A copy of all meeting documentation will be available at https://homeport.uscg.mil/NMSAC by October 17, 2016. Alternatively, you may
contact the person in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
above.
Agenda of Meeting
Day 1
The Committee will meet to review, discuss, and formulate
recommendations on the following issues:
(1) Extremely Hazardous Cargo Strategy. In July, the Coast Guard
tasked the Committee to work with the Chemical Transportation Advisory
Committee to assist in the development of an Extremely Hazardous Cargo
Strategy Implementation Plan. The Committee will receive an update from
the Extremely Hazardous Cargo Working Group on their efforts.
(2) Transportation Worker Identification Credential. The Committee
will receive a brief and provide comment on current Transportation
Worker Identification Credential efforts.
(3) Facility Security Officer Regulation and Training. The
Committee will receive a brief and provide comment on current
regulation and training efforts
(4) Regulatory Update. The Committee will receive an update brief
on regulatory efforts to date.
(5) Public Comment period.
Day 2
The Committee will meet to review, discuss and formulate
recommendations on the following issues:
(1) Future Maritime Security Concerns. The Committee will be tasked
with developing a long term list of maritime concerns for potential
future taskings.
(2) Joint Port Recovery Protocols. The Committee will receive a
brief and provide recommendations on the efforts to update the United
States Coast Guard/Customs and Border Protection Joint Port Recovery
Protocols.
(3) Transportation Security Administration's Intermodal Security
Training and Exercise Program ``Maritime Active Shooter Tabletop
Exercises'' for Large Passenger Vessel Operations. The Committee will
receive a brief and provide recommendations on the efforts to update on
this training program
(4) Public comment period.
Dated: September 24, 2016.
V.B. Gifford, Jr.,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Inspections and Compliance.
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