Notice2024-18878
National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee; September 2024 Virtual Meeting
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Published
August 22, 2024
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Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee (Committee) will conduct a virtual open meeting to discuss matters relating to medical certification determinations for issuance of licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariners' documents, medical standards, and guidelines for the physical qualifications of operators of commercial vessels, medical examiner education, and medical research. The virtual meeting will be open to the public.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67952-67953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18878]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2024-0433]
National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee; September
2024 Virtual Meeting
AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory committee virtual meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee
(Committee) will conduct a virtual open meeting to discuss matters
relating to medical certification determinations for issuance of
licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariners' documents,
medical standards, and guidelines for the physical qualifications of
operators of commercial vessels, medical examiner education, and
medical research. The virtual meeting will be open to the public.
DATES:
Meeting: The Committee will meet virtually on Wednesday, September
11, 2024, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The
virtual meeting may adjourn early if the Committee has completed its
business.
Comments and supporting documentation: To ensure your comments are
received by the Committee before the virtual meeting, submit your
written comments no later than September 3, 2024.
ADDRESSES: To join the virtual meeting or to request special
accommodations, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section no later than 1 p.m. EDT on September 3,
2024, to obtain the specific meeting information. The number of virtual
lines is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served
basis.
The 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
the individual in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above as
soon as possible.
Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time,
including orally at the virtual meeting as time permits, but if you
want Committee members to review your comment before the virtual
meeting, please submit your comments no later than September 3, 2024.
We are particularly interested in comments on the issues 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-2024-0433 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-2024-0433.
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#4f3f2e222a232e6125612220203d2a0f3a3c2c2861222623"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d8a8b9b5bdb4b9f6b2f6b5b7b7aabd98adabbbbff6b5b1b4">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of the virtual meeting is in
compliance
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with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 117-286, 5 U.S.C. ch.
10). The Committee is authorized on December 4, 2018, by section 601 of
the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 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
virtually on Wednesday, September 11, 2024:
(1) Introduction.
(2) Designated Federal Officer Remarks.
(3) Remarks from U.S. Coast Guard Leadership.
(4) Swearing In of New Members.
(5) Roll call of Committee members and determination of a quorum.
(6) Acceptance of Minutes from NMEDMAC Meeting 7.
(7) Presentation of New Task--Task Statement 24-X4, Mariner
Credentialing Program (MCP) Transformation.
Following presentation of the new task, the Committee will request
public feedback, deliberate on any questions raised, and then vote on
acceptance of the task.
(8) U.S. Coast Guard Presentations.
(9) Subcommittee Briefings (six).
The Subcommittee Chairs for the six subcommittees listed below will
brief the Committee on the status of their work on their assigned Task
Statement. Following each subcommittee briefing, the Committee will
request public feedback, deliberate on any proposed recommendations,
and then vote on the proposed recommendations.
The following six subcommittees will brief the Committee.
(a) Task Statement 21-01, Recommendations on Mariner Mental Health
Subcommittee;
(b) Task Statement 21-02, Communication Between External
Stakeholders and the Mariner Credentialing Program Subcommittee;
(c) Task Statement 23-01, Directed Review of the COMDTINST
M16721.48, Merchant Mariner Medical Manual Subcommittee;
(d) Task Statement 24-01, Sharing Committee Recommendations for
Mariner Health and Wellness through Proceedings Magazine Subcommittee;
(e) Task Statement 24-02, Review of the 1978 STCW Convention and
Code Seafarer Medical Standards Subcommittee; and
(f) Task Statement 24-03, Recommendations for Seafarer Training
Requirements in Mental Health and Women's Health Subcommittee.
(10) Committee public comment period (opportunity for public
comment regarding the full Committee meeting).
(11) Closing remarks.
(12) 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) no later than
September 3, 2024. Alternatively, you may contact the individual noted
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above.
Public comments can be made after each subcommittee briefing and at
the end of the full Committee meeting. Each public comment in the
plenary session will be limited to 3 minutes per speaker. Please
contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section to register as a speaker.
Dated: August 19, 2024.
Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2024-18878 Filed 8-21-24; 8:45 am]
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