
[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 225 (Friday, November 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82392-82393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25912]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2023-0872]


National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee; December 
2023 Virtual Meeting

AGENCY: United States 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.

DATES: 
    Meeting: The Committee will meet virtually on Tuesday, December 12, 
2023, from 10:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, (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 December 5, 2023.

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 December 5, 
2023, to obtain the needed information.
    The 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 
Ms. Pamela Moore [email protected] or call 202-372-1361 as soon 
as possible.
    Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time, 
including orally at the meeting as time permits, but if you want 
Committee members to review your comment before the virtual meeting, 
please submit your comments no later than December 5, 2023. We are 
particularly interested in comments regarding the topics in the 
``Agenda'' section below. We encourage you to submit comments through 
the Federal Decision Making Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. To 
do so, go to https://www.regulations.gov, type USCG-2023-0872 in the 
search box and click ``Search.'' Next, look for this

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document in the Search Results column, and click on it. If your 
material cannot be submitted using https://www.regulations.gov, email 
the individual in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 
document for alternate instructions. You must include the docket number 
USCG-2023-0872. Comments received will be posted without alteration at 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. You may wish to review the Privacy and Security Notice, found 
via link on the homepage https://www/regulations.gov. 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 https://www.regulations.gov 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: Ms. Pamela Moore, Alternate Designated 
Federal Officer of the National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory 
Committee, telephone 202-372-1361 or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is in compliance with 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 117-286, 5 U.S.C., ch. 10). 
The Committee is authorized by section 601 of the Frank LoBiondo Coast 
Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-282, 132 Stat. 4192), 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 Committee advises the Secretary of Homeland Security through the 
Commandant, U.S. Coast 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 Tuesday, December 12, 2023.
    The agenda for the December 12, 2023, meeting is as follows:

(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 5.
(6) U.S. Coast Guard Presentations:
    (a) 2023 Report on Recommendations to the U.S. Coast Guard from the 
National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee;
    (b) Presentation of New Merchant Mariner Credential.
(7) Public comment period.
(8) Closing remarks.
(9) Adjournment of meeting.

    A copy of all meeting documentation will be available at https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/federal-advisory-committees/national-merchant-marine-personnel-advisory-committee-(nmerpac) no later than 
December 5, 2023. Alternatively, you may contact the individual noted 
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section above.
    During the December 12, 2023 meeting, a public comment period will 
be held immediately after the U.S. Coast Guard Presentations, 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 9, 2023.
Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2023-25912 Filed 11-22-23; 8:45 am]
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