[Federal Register: October 17, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 200)]
[Notices]               
[Page 58865]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2007-0003]

 
Temporary Relocation of the Coast Guard National Maritime Center 
(NMC)

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard National Maritime Center (NMC), which was 
located in Arlington, VA, has temporarily relocated to Kearneysville, 
WV, as part of a planned effort to restructure and centralize the 
Mariner Licensing and Documentation (MLD) Program. This notice provides 
information regarding both the NMC consolidation and the relocated NMC 
offices.

DATES: The temporary office in Kearneysville, WV, became operational on 
October 1, 2007. No further NMC operations are being carried out in 
Arlington, VA. In December 2007, the NMC will move to its permanent 
location in Martinsburg, WV.

ADDRESSES: The NMC's temporary address is: Commanding Officer, Coast 
Guard National Maritime Center, 130 East Burr Blvd., Kearneysville, WV 
25430. In December, 2007, the NMC's permanent address will be: 
Commanding Officer, Coast Guard National Maritime Center, 100 Forbes 
Drive, Martinsburg, WV 25404.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
call Mr. Jeffrey Brandt, National Maritime Center, telephone 304-724-
9559.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MLD Program restructuring and 
centralization plan, approved in 2005, will centralize many of the 
simultaneous efforts of 17 independently operating Regional Examination 
Centers (RECs) into one Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) processing 
center in Martinsburg, WV. Having one MMC processing center will allow 
for more consistent procedures, cost reduction, improved oversight, and 
improved mariner assistance.
    The NMC has been reorganized into five divisions consisting of the 
Operations and Oversight Division (NMC-1), Mariner Training and 
Assessment Division (NMC-2), Program Support Division (NMC-3), Mariner 
Records Division (NMC-4), and Mariner Services Division (NMC-5).
    We have temporarily relocated the NMC to Kearneysville, WV. On or 
about December 10, 2007, the NMC will relocate to its permanent address 
in Martinsburg, WV.

    Dated: October 4, 2007.
Howard L. Hime,
Acting Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards, United States 
Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. E7-20493 Filed 10-16-07; 8:45 am]

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