[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21893-21894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07828]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2022-0160]


National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee Meeting; 
May 2022 Teleconference

AGENCY: U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice of Federal advisory committee teleconference meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee 
(Committee) will meet via teleconference to discuss issues relating to 
personnel in the United States Merchant Marine including the training, 
qualifications, certification, documentation, and fitness of mariners.

DATES: 
    Meeting: The National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee 
will meet by teleconference on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. 
until 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time). The teleconference may adjourn 
early if the Committee has completed its business.
    Comments and supporting documentation: To ensure your comments are 
received by Committee members before the teleconference, submit your 
written comments no later than April 19, 2022.

ADDRESSES: To join the teleconference or to request special 
accommodations, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section no later than 1 p.m. on April 19, 2022, to 
obtain the needed information. The number of individuals on a 
teleconference line is limited and will

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be available on a first-come, first served basis.
    Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time, 
including orally at the meeting, but if you want Committee members to 
review your comment before the meeting, please submit your comments no 
later than April 19, 2022. We are particularly interested in comments 
on the issues in the ``Agenda'' section below. We encourage you to 
submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking portal at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be submitted using https://www.regulations.gov, email the individual in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate 
instructions. You must include the words ``Department of Homeland 
Security'' and the docket number [USCG-2022-0160]. Comments received 
will be posted without alteration at https://www.regulations.gov, 
including any personal information provided. For more about privacy and 
submissions in response to this document, see DHS's eRulemaking System 
of Records notice (85 FR 14226, March 11, 2020). If you encounter 
technical difficulties with comment submission, contact the individual 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
    Docket Search: Documents mentioned in this notice as being 
available in the docket, and all public comment, will be in our online 
docket at https://www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by following 
that website's instructions. Additionally, if you go to the online 
docket and sign-up for email alerts, you will be notified when comments 
are posted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Megan Johns Henry, Alternate 
Designated Federal Officer of the National Merchant Marine Personnel 
Advisory Committee, telephone (202) 372-1255, or email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is in compliance with 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix). The National 
Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee is authorized by section 
601 of the Frank LoBiondo Act of 2018 and is codified in 46 U.S.C. 
15103, and makes recommendations to the Secretary of Homeland Security 
through the Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard on matters relating to 
personnel in the United States Merchant Marine including the training, 
qualifications, certification, documentation, and fitness of mariners.

Agenda

    The National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee will meet 
on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 to review and discuss recommendations, as 
appropriate on the following topics:
    The agenda for the May 3, 2022, meeting is as follows:
    (1) Introduction.
    (2) Designated Federal Officer Remarks.
    (3) Roll call of Committee members and determination of a quorum.
    (4) Remarks from U.S. Coast Guard Leadership and Swearing-in of new 
Committee member.
    (5) Acceptance of Meeting 1 Minutes.
    (6) Introduction of New Tasks.
    (7) Presentation from the Office of Merchant Mariner Credentialing.
    (8) Presentation from the National Maritime Center.
    (9) Reports on Subcommittees and Discussion of Subcommittee 
recommendations.
    The Committee will review the information presented on each of the 
following issues and deliberate on recommendations presented by the 
Subcommittees, approve/formulate recommendations and close any 
completed tasks. Official action on these recommendations may be taken:
    (a) Task Statement 21-1, Review of IMO Model Courses Being 
Validated by the IMO HTW Subcommittee;
    (b) Task Statement 21-2, Communication Between External 
Stakeholders and the Mariner Credentialing Program;
    (c) Task Statement 21-3, Military Education, Training and 
Assessment for STCW and National Mariner Endorsements;
    (d) Task Statement 21-4, STCW Convention and Code Review;
    (e) Task Statement 21-5, Review of Merchant Mariner Rating and 
Officer Endorsement Job Task Analyses;
    (f) Task Statement 21-6, Sea Service for Merchant Mariner 
Credential Endorsements;
    (g) Task Statement 21-8, Remote Operators of Maritime Autonomous 
Surface Ships; and
    (h) Task Statement 21-9, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault-
Prevention and Culture Change in the Merchant Marine.
    (10) Public comment period.
    (11) Closing remarks.
    (12) Adjournment of meeting.
    A copy of all meeting documentation will be available at: https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/federal-advisory-committees/national-merchant-marine-personnel-advisory-committee-(nmerpac) by April 19, 
2022. Alternatively, you may contact the individual noted in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above.
    Public comments or questions will be taken throughout the meeting 
as the Committee discusses the issues and prior to deliberations and 
voting. There will also be a public comment period at the end of the 
meeting. 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. Contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section above, to register as a speaker.

    Dated: April 7, 2022.
Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2022-07828 Filed 4-12-22; 8:45 am]
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