[Federal Register: June 4, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 107)]
[Notices]
[Page 33514]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG 2003-15234]
Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee; Vacancies
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Request for applications.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is seeking applications for appointment to
membership on the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee
(MERPAC). MERPAC provides advice and makes recommendations to the Coast
Guard on matters related to the training, qualification, licensing,
certification, and fitness of seamen serving in the U. S. merchant
marine.
DATES: Applications should reach us on or before August 30, 2003.
ADDRESSES: You may request an application form by writing to Commandant
(G-MSO-1), U. S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC
20593-0001. Please submit applications to the same address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commander Brian J. Peter, Executive
Director of MERPAC, or Mr. Mark C. Gould, Assistant to the Executive
Director, telephone 202-267-6890, fax 202-267-4570.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is available on the Internet at
http://dms.dot.gov/search/searchFormSimple.cfm under the docket number
[USCG-2003-15234]. The application form is also available on the
Internet at http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/advisory/app.pdf. You may also
obtain an application by calling Mr. Mark Gould at (202) 267-6890; by
e-mailing him at mgould@comdt.uscg.mil; by faxing him at (202) 267-
4570; or by writing him at the location in ADDRESSES above.
MERPAC is chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App. 2. It provides advice and makes recommendations to the
Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security and Environmental
Protection, on matters of concern to seamen serving in our merchant
marine, such as implementation of the International Convention on
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers,
1978 (STCW), as amended.
MERPAC meets normally twice a year, once at or near Coast Guard
Headquarters, Washington, DC, and once elsewhere in the country. Its
subcommittees and working groups may also meet to consider specific
tasks as required.
The Coast Guard will consider applications for seven positions that
expire or become vacant in January 2004. It needs applicants with one
or more of the following backgrounds to fill the positions:
(a) Licensed deck officer;
(b) Marine educator;
(c) Licensed engineer;
(d) Member of the public;
(e) Unlicensed member of the engine department; and
(f) Two marine educators affiliated with state maritime academies.
Each member serves for a term of three years. No member may serve
more than two consecutive three-year terms. MERPAC members serve
without compensation from the Federal Government; however, they do
receive travel reimbursement and per diem.
In support of the policy of the Department of Homeland Security on
gender and ethnic diversity, the Coast Guard encourages applications
from qualified women and members of minority groups.
If you are selected as a member who represents the general public,
we will require you to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure
Report (OGE Form 450). Neither the report nor the information it
contains may be released to the public, except under an order issued by
a Federal court or as otherwise provided under the Privacy Act [5
U.S.C. 552a].
Dated: May 28, 2003.
Howard L. Hime,
Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security and Environmental
Standards.
[FR Doc. 03-14009 Filed 6-3-03; 8:45 am]
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