Notice2024-10629
National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee; June 2024 Meeting 7
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Published
May 15, 2024
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Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee (Committee) and its subcommittees will conduct a series of meetings over 2 days in Galveston, Texas to discuss issues relating to medical certification determinations for issuance of licenses, certificates of registry, merchant mariners' documents, and merchant mariner credentials; medical standards and guidelines for the physical qualifications of operators of commercial vessels; medical examiner education; and medical research.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42480-42482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10629]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2024-0338]
National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee; June 2024
Meeting 7
AGENCY: U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice of open of Federal advisory committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee
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(Committee) and its subcommittees will conduct a series of meetings
over 2 days in Galveston, Texas to discuss issues relating to medical
certification determinations for issuance of licenses, certificates of
registry, merchant mariners' documents, and merchant mariner
credentials; medical standards and guidelines for the physical
qualifications of operators of commercial vessels; medical examiner
education; and medical research.
DATES: Meetings: The National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory
Committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, from 9 a.m.
until 4:30 p.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT) and Thursday, June 6, 2024,
from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. (CDT). Committee meetings on Wednesday,
June 5 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 May 27, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Waterfront Pavilion at Texas
A&M Maritime Academy, Galveston, Texas. Additional information about
the facility can be found at: <a href="https://www.tamug.edu/directions.html">https://www.tamug.edu/directions.html</a>.
The National Merchant Mariner Medical 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 Ms. Pamela Moore at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1b6b7a767e777a357135767474697e5b6e68787c35767277"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d0a0b1bdb5bcb1febafebdbfbfa2b590a5a3b3b7febdb9bc">[email protected]</span></a> or call at (202) 372-1361 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 May 27, 2024. We are particularly
interested in comments on the topics in the ``Agenda'' section below.
We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal Decision-Making
Portal at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. To do so, go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> type USCG-2024-0338 in the search box and click
``Search''. Next, look for this document in the Search Results column,
and click on it. Then click on the Comment option. 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-2024-0338. 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 link on the homepage <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and 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: Ms. Pamela Moore, Alternate Designated
Federal Officer of the National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory
Committee, telephone (202) 372-1361, or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2757464a424b46094d094a484855426752544440094a4e4b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a9d9c8c4ccc5c887c387c4c6c6dbcce9dcdacace87c4c0c5">[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 Committee was established by section 601 of the Frank LoBiondo
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-282, 132 Stat.
4190), and is codified in 46 U.S.C. 15104. The Committee operates under
the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and 46 U.S.C
15109. The Committee advises the Secretary of Homeland Security through
the Commandant, Coast Guard on matters relating 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: The National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee
will meet on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, and Thursday, June 6, 2024, to
review, discuss, deliberate, and formulate recommendations, as
appropriate on the following topics:
Day 1
The agenda for the June 5, 2024, meeting is as follows:
(1) The full Committee will meet briefly to discuss the
subcommittees' Business and open task statements, which are listed
under paragraph (11) under Day 2 below.
(2) The full Committee will meet briefly to introduce the new task
statements, which are listed under paragraph (6) under Day 2 below.
(3) During 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-mariner-medical-advisory-committee-">https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/federal-advisory-committees/national-merchant-mariner-medical-advisory-committee-</a>(nmedmac)/task-
statements:
(a) Task Statement 23-01, Directed Review and Revision of COMDTINST
M16721.48, Merchant Mariner Medical Manual;
(b) Task Statement 24-X2, Review of the 1978 STCW Convention and
Code Seafarer Medical Standards; and
(c) Task Statement 24-X3, Recommendations for Seafarer Training
Requirements in Mental Health and Women's Health.
(4) 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.
(5) Adjournment of meeting.
Day 2
The agenda for the June 6, 2024, meeting is as follows:
(1) Introduction.
(2) Designated Federal Officer remarks.
(3) Roll call of Committee members and determination of a quorum.
(4) Adoption of the agenda.
(5) Acceptance of Minutes from Committee Meeting 6.
(6) Presentation of New Tasks:
(a) Task Statement 24-X1, Sharing National Merchant Mariner Medical
Advisory Committee Recommendations for Mariner Health and Wellness
through Proceedings Magazine;
(b) Task Statement 24-X2, Review of the 1978 STCW Convention and
Code Seafarer Medical Standards; and
(c) Task Statement 24-X3, Recommendations for Seafarer Training
Requirements in Mental Health and Women's Health.
(7) Office of Merchant Mariner Credentialing Update.
(8) Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Prevention Update.
(9) National Maritime Center Update.
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(10) U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS)--
Mariner Mental Health Workgroup Presentation--Call to Action.
(11) 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 21-01, Recommendations on Mariner Mental Health;
(b) Task Statement 21-02, Communication Between External
Stakeholders and the Mariner Credentialing Program;
(c) Task Statement 22-01, Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment
Prevention and Culture Change in the Merchant Marine;
(d) Task Statement 23-01, Directed Review and Revision of COMDTINST
M16721.48, Merchant Mariner Medical Manual;
(e) Task Statement 24-X1, Sharing National Merchant Mariner Medical
Advisory Committee Recommendations for Mariner Health and Wellness
through Proceedings Magazine;
(f) Task Statement 24-X2, Review of the 1978 STCW Convention and
Code Seafarer Medical Standards; and
(g) Task Statement 24-X3, Recommendations for Seafarer Training
Requirements in Mental Health and Women's Health.
(12) Public comment period.
(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-mariner-medical-advisory-committee-">https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/federal-advisory-committees/national-merchant-mariner-medical-advisory-committee-</a>(nmedmac) by May 27, 2024.
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 June 6, 2024, after reports of the subcommittees, at approximately
1:00 p.m. (CDT). Public comment will be limited to 3 minutes per
speaker. Please note that the public comment 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: May 10, 2024.
Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2024-10629 Filed 5-14-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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