Notice2023-17284
National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee; September 2023 Meetings
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Published
August 11, 2023
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Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (Committee) will conduct a series of meetings over two days in Bronx, NY to discuss issues relating to personnel in the United States Merchant Marine including the training, qualifications, certification, documentation, and fitness of mariners.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 154 (Friday, August 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54631-54632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17284]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2023-0585]
National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee; September
2023 Meetings
AGENCY: U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice of Federal advisory committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee
(Committee) will conduct a series of meetings over two days in Bronx,
NY to discuss issues relating to personnel in the United States
Merchant Marine including the training, qualifications, certification,
documentation, and fitness of mariners.
DATES:
Meetings: The National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee
is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, from 9:00 a.m.
until 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time Zone (EDT) and Thursday,
September 7, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:45 p.m. EDT. The Committee
meeting on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, will include periods during
which the Committee will break into subcommittees. These meetings 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 meeting, submit your written
comments no later than August 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Maritime Academic Center at
the State University of New York Maritime College, additional
information about the facility can be found at: <a href="https://www.sunymaritime.edu/aboutpublic-programsconference-services/conference-and-meeting-rentals">https://www.sunymaritime.edu/aboutpublic-programsconference-services/conference-and-meeting-rentals</a>.
The National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee is
committed to ensuring all participants have equal access regardless of
disability status. If you require reasonable accommodation due to a
disability to fully participate, please email Mrs. Megan Johns Henry at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e4898183858aca87ca8e8b8c8a97a491978783ca898d88"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a272f2d2b2464296420252224390a3f39292d64272326">[email protected]</span></a> or call at (202) 372-1255 as soon as possible.
Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time,
including orally at the meetings as time permits, but if you want
Committee members to review your comment before the meeting, please
submit your comments no later than August 30, 2023. We are particularly
interested in comments on the topics in the ``Agenda'' section below.
We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. If your material cannot be
submitted using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, email the individual in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for
alternate instructions. You must include the docket number USCG-2023-
0585. Comments received will be posted without alteration at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal information provided. You
may wish to review the Privacy and Security Notice found via a link on
homepage of <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. 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 comments, will be in our online
docket at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> 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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2b464e4c4a4505480541444345586b5e58484c05464247"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b9d4dcded8d797da97d3d6d1d7caf9cccadade97d4d0d5">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is in compliance
with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 117-286, 5 U.S.C. ch.
10). The National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee is
authorized by section 601 of the Frank LoBiondo Act of 2018 (Pub. L.
115-282, 132 Stat. 4192) and is codified in 46 U.S.C. 15103. The
Committee operates under the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act and 46 U.S.C. 15109. The National Merchant Marine
Personnel Advisory Committee provides advice and recommendations to the
Secretary of Homeland Security through the Commandant of the United
States 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 Wednesday, September 6, 2023, and Thursday, September 7,
2023 to review, discuss, deliberate and formulate recommendations, as
appropriate on the following topics:
Day 1
The agenda for the September 6, 2023 meeting is as follows:
(1) The full Committee will meet briefly to discuss the
subcommittees business and task statements, which are listed under
paragraph (10) under Day 2 below.
(2) During the morning session of the meeting, subcommittees will
separately address and work on the following task statements, which are
available for viewing at <a href="https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/federal-advisory-committees/national-merchant-marine-personnel-advisory-committee-">https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/federal-advisory-committees/national-merchant-marine-personnel-advisory-committee-</a>(nmerpac)/task-statements:
(a) Task Statement 21-2, Communications Between External
Stakeholders and the Mariner Credentialing Program;
(b) Task Statement 23-X2, Critical Skills for Navigation Using
Nautical
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Charts and Training and Assessments of Skills Using Electronic
Navigational Charts; and
(c) Task Statement 23-X3, Critical Skills for Radar Navigation and
Collision Avoidance and Training and Assessment of Skills Using Radar
and Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA).
(3) During the afternoon session of the meeting, subcommittees will
separately address and work on the following task statements, which are
available for viewing at <a href="https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/federal-advisory-committees/national-merchant-marine-personnel-advisory-committee-">https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/federal-advisory-committees/national-merchant-marine-personnel-advisory-committee-</a>(nmerpac)/task-statements:
(a) Task Statement 22-1, Propulsion Power Limitations;
(b) Task Statement 23-X2, Critical Skills for Navigation Using
Nautical Charts and Training and Assessments of Skills Using Electronic
Navigational Charts; and
(c) Task Statement 23-X3, Critical Skills for Radar Navigation and
Collision Avoidance and Training and Assessment of Skills Using Radar
and Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA).
(d) Report of subcommittees. At end of the day, the Chair or Co-
Chairs of the subcommittees will report to the full Committee on what
was accomplished. The full Committee will not take action on this date
and the Chair or Co-Chairs of the subcommittees will present a full
report to the Committee on Day 2 of the meeting.
(4) Adjournment of meeting.
Day 2
The agenda for the September 7, 2023 meeting is as follows:
(1) Introduction.
(2) Designated Federal Officer and Coast Guard Leadership remarks.
(3) Swearing In of New Members.
(4) Roll call of Committee members and determination of a quorum.
(5) Adoption of the agenda.
(6) Election of Vice Chair.
(7) Acceptance of Minutes from Committee Meeting Four (March 31,
2023).
(8) Introduction of new tasks.
(9) Public comment period.
(10) Reports from the subcommittee Chair or Co-Chairs.
The Committee will review the information presented on the
following Task Statements and deliberate on any recommendations
presented by the subcommittees. Recommendations may be approved and
completed tasks may be closed. Official action on these topics 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, including amendment
Task Statement 21-2A, Reviewing Assessments in NVICS for STCW;
(c) Task Statement 21-3, Military Education, Training, and
Assessment for STCW and National Mariner Endorsement;
(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, including amendment Task
Statement 21-5A, JTA to Mass Mapping;
(f) Task Statement 21-6, Sea Service for Merchant Mariner
Credential Endorsements;
(g) Task Statement 21-8, Remote Operators of Maritime Autonomous
Surface Ships;
(h) Task Statement 21-9, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault-
Prevention and Culture Change in the Merchant Marine, including
amendment Task Statement 21-9A, Training for Sexual Assault and Sexual
Harassment Prevention and Response;
(i) Task Statement 22-1, Propulsion Power Limitations; and
(j) Task Statement 22-2, Alternative Methods for Meeting STCW
Training Requirements at the Operational Level;
(k) Task Statement 23-1, Review of Navigation and Vessel Inspection
Circular (NVIC) 03-14, Guidelines for Approval of Training Courses and
Programs;
(l) Task Statement 23-X2, Critical Skills for Navigation Using
Nautical Charts and Training and Assessments of Skills Using Electronic
Navigational Charts; and
(m) Task Statement 23-X3, Critical Skills for Radar Navigation and
Collision Avoidance and Training and Assessment of Skills Using Radar
and Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA).
(11) Office of Merchant Mariner Credentialing update presentation.
(12) National Maritime Center update presentation.
(13) Closing remarks.
(14) Adjournment of meeting.
A copy of all meeting documentation will be available at <a href="https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/federal-advisory-committees/national-merchant-marine-personnel-advisory-committee-">https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/federal-advisory-committees/national-merchant-marine-personnel-advisory-committee-</a>(nmerpac) by August 30,
2023. Alternatively, you may contact the individual noted in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above.
Public comments or questions will be taken throughout the meetings
as the Committee discusses the issues, and prior to deliberations and
voting. There will also be a public comment period during the meeting
on September 7, 2023 at approximately 12:30 p.m. EDT. Public comments
will be limited to 3 minutes per speaker. Please note that the public
comments period will end following the last call for comments.
Please contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section to register as a speaker.
Dated: August 8, 2023.
Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2023-17284 Filed 8-10-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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