[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 234 (Thursday, December 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62844-62845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26499]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0875]


Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee; Vacancies

AGENCY: U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Request for applications.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard seeks applications for membership on the 
Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee. The Committee provides 
advice and recommendations to the Secretary on matters related 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.

DATES: Completed applications should be submitted to the U.S. Coast 
Guard on or before February 4, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Applicants should send a cover letter expressing interest in 
an appointment to the Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee that 
identifies the applicant's preferred membership, along with a resume 
detailing the applicant's experience by one of the following methods:
     By Email: [email protected], (preferred) Subject 
line: The Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee;
     By Fax: 202-372-8382 ATTN: Mr. Davis J. Breyer, Alternate 
Designated Federal Officer; or
     By Mail: Mr. Davis J. Breyer, Alternate Designated Federal 
Officer of the Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee, Commandant, 
(CG-MMC-2)/MEDMAC, U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave 
SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC, 20593-7509.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Davis J. Breyer, Alternate 
Designated Federal Officer of the Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory 
Committee, Commandant, (CG-MMC-2)/MEDMAC, U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin 
Luther King Jr. Ave SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC, 20593-7509, 
telephone 202-372-1445, fax 202-372-8382 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory 
Committee is a federal advisory committee established in accordance 
with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Title 5 
U.S.C. Appendix) and 46 U.S.C. 7115.
    The Committee meets at least twice each year. Its subcommittees and 
working groups may hold additional meetings as needed to consider 
specific tasks.
    Except for vacancy appointments, Committee members serve a term of 
office of five years. Members may serve a maximum of two consecutive 
terms. All members serve at their own expense and receive no salary or 
other compensation from the Federal Government. Members may be 
reimbursed for travel and per diem in accordance with Federal Travel 
Regulations.
    We will consider applications for the following six positions that 
will be vacant on April 18, 2019. Federal employees, in accordance with 
46 U.S.C. 7115(b)(1), and registered lobbyists, as described below, are 
not eligible for these positions.
    (1) Professional mariner membership positions. To be eligible, you 
must have experience as a merchant mariner and have significant 
knowledge and experience in the duties of the various positions aboard 
ship and the nature of the environment in which these duties are 
performed; and
    (2) Health-care professionals. To be eligible, you must have 
particular expertise, knowledge, or experience

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regarding the medical examinations of merchant mariners or occupational 
medicine.
    Each member will be appointed and serve as a Special Government 
Employee as defined in section 202(a) of Title 18, U.S.C. As a 
candidate for appointment as a Special Government Employee, applicants 
are required to complete a new entrant Confidential Financial 
Disclosure Reports (OGE Form 450). The U.S. Coast Guard may not release 
the reports or the information in them 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). Only the Designated U.S. Coast Guard 
Ethics Official or his or her designee may release a Confidential 
Financial Disclosure Report. Applicants can obtain this form by going 
to the website of the Office of Government Ethics (www.oge.gov), or by 
contacting the individual listed above in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT. All applications must be accompanied by a completed OGE Form 
450.
    Registered lobbyists are not eligible to serve on Federal Advisory 
Committees in an individual capacity. See ``Revised Guidance on 
Appointment of Lobbyist to Federal Advisory Committees, Boards and 
Commissions'' (79 FR 47482, August 13, 2014). The positions we listed 
above will be someone appointed in their individual capacity and would 
be designated a Special Government Employee as defined in 202 (a) of 
Title 18, United States Code. Registered lobbyists are lobbyists as 
defined in Title 2 U.S.C. 1602 who are required by Title 2 U.S.C. 1603 
to register with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives.
    The Department of Homeland Security does not discriminate in 
selection of Committee members on the basis of race, color, religion, 
sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender 
identity, marital status, disabilities and genetic information, age, 
membership in an employee organization, or any other non-merit factor. 
The Department of Homeland Security strives to achieve a widely diverse 
candidate pool for all of its recruitment actions.
    If you are interested in applying to become a member of the 
Committee, send your cover letter and resume, and be prepared to 
complete a OGE Form 450, as instructed, to Mr. Davis J. Breyer, 
Alternate Designated Federal Officer of the Merchant Mariner Medical 
Advisory Committee via one of the transmittal methods in the ADDRESSES 
section by the deadline in the DATES section of this notice.
    All email submittals will receive email receipt confirmations.

    Dated: November 30, 2018.
Benjamin J. Hawkins,
Deputy Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2018-26499 Filed 12-4-18; 8:45 am]
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