[Federal Register: April 18, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 75)]
[Notices]               
[Page 19217]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[USCG-2003-14888]

 
Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: A subcommittee of the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory 
Committee (MERPAC) will meet to discuss a specific task statement 
relating to the training of merchant-marine personnel. MERPAC advises 
the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on matters 
relating to the training, qualifications, licensing, certification, and 
fitness of seamen serving in the U.S. merchant marine. All meetings 
will be open to the public.

DATES: The MERPAC subcommittee will meet on Wednesday, April 30, 2003, 
and on Thursday, May 1, 2003, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. These meetings may 
adjourn early if all business is finished. Requests to make oral 
presentations, written material for distribution, and requests for 
distribution of this material all should reach the Coast Guard on or 
before April 23, 2003.

ADDRESSES: MERPAC will meet on both days in Room FOB-90 of the Old 
Federal Building located at 909 1st Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104. Further 
directions regarding the location of the Old Federal Building may be 
obtained by contacting the Property Management Office at (206) 220-
5055. Send written material and requests to make oral presentations to 
Commander Brian J. Peter, Commandant (G-MSO-1), U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. We 
request that members of the public who plan to attend this meeting 
notify Mr. Mark Gould at 202-267-6890 or by e-mail at 
mgould@comdt.uscg.mil so that he may notify building security 
officials. In order to gain entry to the Old Federal Building, you will 
be required to show a valid Federal or State picture identification 
card. This notice is available on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on this notice, 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, or the e-mail address under ADDRESSES.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2. Agenda of Meetings on 
April 30 and May 1, 2003:
    The subcommittee will meet to discuss Task Statement 36: 
Recommendations on a Training Program for Officers in Charge of an 
Engineering Watch (OICEW) Coming Up Through the Hawsepipe. The 
subcommittee will develop recommendations and a proposed training 
program to be used by a mariner entering the maritime industry after 
August 1, 1998, who participates in an approved program of study, other 
than a State or Federal maritime academy. The recommendations and 
proposed training program will be forwarded to the full MERPAC for 
consideration and possible adoption at the next regular meeting.

Procedural

    Both meetings are open to the public. Please note that the meetings 
may adjourn early if all business is finished. At the Chair's 
discretion, members of the public may make oral presentations during 
the meetings. If you would like to make an oral presentation at a 
meeting, your request should reach the Executive Director no later than 
April 23, 2003. Written material for distribution at a meeting should 
reach him no later than April 23, 2003. If you would like a copy of 
your material distributed to each member of the subcommittee in advance 
of the meeting, please submit 25 copies to him no later than April 23, 
2003.

Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities

    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meetings, contact 
the Assistant Executive Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: April 8, 2003.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security & Environmental 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 03-9648 Filed 4-17-03; 8:45 am]

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