Notice2024-26211
National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee; December 2024 Virtual Meeting
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Published
November 13, 2024
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (Committee) will conduct a virtual meeting to discuss issues relating to personnel in the United States Merchant Marine including the training, qualifications, certification, documentation, and fitness of mariners. The virtual meeting will be open to the public. Anyone wishing to attend should contact the individual noted in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89653-89654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26211]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2024-0885]
National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee; December
2024 Virtual Meeting
AGENCY: U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory committee virtual meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee
(Committee) will conduct a virtual meeting to discuss issues relating
to personnel in the United States Merchant Marine including the
training, qualifications, certification, documentation, and fitness of
mariners. The virtual meeting will be open to the public. Anyone
wishing to attend should contact the individual noted in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
DATES:
Meetings: The National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee
is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, from 9 a.m. until
4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Zone (EST). The virtual meeting 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 virtual meeting, submit your
written comments no later than November 27, 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. EST on November 27,
2024, to obtain the needed information. The number of virtual lines is
limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis.
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#1d70787a7c73337e33777275736e5d686e7e7a33707471"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3a575f5d5b5414591450555254497a4f49595d14575356">[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 virtual meeting as time permits, but if you
want Committee members to review your comment before the virtual
meeting, please submit your comments
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no later than November 27, 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 2024-0855 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-2024-0855. 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 the homepage of <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://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#25484042444b0b460b4f4a4d4b5665505646420b484c49"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="026f6765636c2c612c686d6a6c7142777161652c6f6b6e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this virtual meeting 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 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 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, December 11, 2024.
(1) Introduction.
(2) Designated Federal Officer remarks.
(3) Roll call of Committee members.
(4) Adoption of the agenda.
(5) Acceptance of Minutes from Committee Meeting 8 (September 5, 2024).
(6) Introduction of new task.
(7) Recommendations report on TS 21-5, Review of Merchant Mariner
Rating and Officer Endorsement Job Task Analyses from NMERPAC Meeting.
(8) Public comment, deliberation, and voting.
(9) U. S. Coast Guard Response on Recommendations to the U.S. Coast
Guard from the National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee.
(10) Public comment, deliberation, and voting.
(11) Public comment period.
(12) Closing remarks.
(13) 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 November 27,
2024. Alternatively, you may contact the individual noted in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above.
There will also be a public comment period during the meeting on
December 11, 2024, at approximately 12:30 p.m. (EST). Public comments
will be limited to 3 minutes per speaker and limited to one comment per
person. 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: November 6, 2024.
Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2024-26211 Filed 11-12-24; 8:45 am]
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