Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 168 / Tuesday, September 1, 2009 / Notices 45231 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2009–0760] 

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory 

Committee; Meeting 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Merchant Marine 

Personnel Advisory Committee 

(MERPAC) will meet in Martinsburg, 

WV, to discuss various issues relating to 

the training and fitness of merchant 

marine personnel. This meeting is open 

to the public. 

DATES: MERPAC will meet on Tuesday, 

September 22, 2009, from 8 a.m. until 4 

p.m., and Wednesday, September 23, 

2009, from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. This 

meeting may close early if all business 

is finished. Written material and 

requests to make oral presentations 

should reach the Coast Guard on or 

before September 9, 2009. Requests to 

have a copy of your material distributed 

to each member of the committee 

should reach the Coast Guard on or 

before September 9, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet in 

Room #335, the Dales-Larsen Training 

Room at the U. S. Coast Guard National 

Maritime Center, 100 Forbes Drive, 

Martinsburg, WV. Send written material 

and requests to make oral presentations 

to Mr. Mark Gould, Assistant to the 

Designated Federal Officer (ADFO) of 

MERPAC, at COMMANDANT (CG– 

5221), ATTN MERPAC, U.S. COAST 

GUARD, 2100 2nd ST., SW., STOP 

7126, WASHINGTON, DC 20593–7126. 

This notice may be viewed in our online 

docket, USCG–2009–0760, at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mark Gould, Assistant to the DFO of 

MERPAC, at 202–372–1409. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

(Pub. L. 92–463). Please be advised that 

in order to gain admittance to the 

National Maritime Center building, you 

must provide identification in the form 

of a government-issued picture 

identification card. 

Agenda of Meeting 

The agenda for the September 22, 

2009, Committee meeting is as follows: 

(1) The full committee will meet to 

discuss the objectives for the meeting. 

(2) Working groups addressing the 

following task statements may meet to 

deliberate— 

(a) Task Statement 30, concerning 

Utilizing Military Sea Service for 

Standards of Training, Certification and 

Watchkeeping (STCW) Certifications; 

(b) Task Statement 58, concerning 

Stakeholder Communications During 

the Mariner Licensing and 

Documentation (MLD) Program 

Restructuring and Centralization; 

(c) Task Statement 64, concerning 

Recommendations on Areas in the 

STCW Convention and the STCW Code 

Identified for Comprehensive Review; 

and 

(d) Task Statement 71, concerning 

Review of Coast Guard/International 

Maritime Organization (IMO) 

Operational Level Examination 

Questions for Both Deck and Engine 

Licenses. 

(3) New working groups may be 

formed to address issues proposed by 

the Coast Guard, MERPAC members, or 

the public. 

(4) At the end of the day, the working 

groups will make a report to the full 

committee on what has been 

accomplished in their meetings. No 

action will be taken on these reports on 

this date. 

The agenda for the September 23, 

2009, Committee meeting is as follows: 

(1) Introduction; 

(2) Reports from working groups 

working on the following; 

(a) Task Statement 30, concerning 

Utilizing Military Sea Service for STCW 

Certification; 

(b) Task Statement 58, concerning 

Stakeholder Communications During 

MLD Program Restructuring and 

Centralization; 

(c) Addendum to Task Statement 64, 

concerning Recommendations on Areas 

in the STCW Convention and the STCW 

Code Identified for Comprehensive 

Review; and 

(d) Task Statement 71, concerning 

Review of Coast Guard/IMO Operational 

Level Examination Questions for Both 

Deck and Engine Licenses. 

(3) Other items which may be 

discussed: 

(a) Standing Committee-Prevention 

through People. 

(b) Briefings concerning on-going 

projects or topics of interest to 

MERPAC. 

(c) Other items brought up for 

discussion by the Committee or the 

public. 

(4) At the end of the day, the working 

groups will make a report and, if 

applicable, recommendations for the 

full committee to consider for 

presentation to the Coast Guard. Official 

action on these recommendations may 

be taken on this date. 

Procedural 

This meeting will be open to the 

public. However, please be advised that 

in order to gain admittance to the 

National Maritime Center building, you 

must provide identification in the form 

of a government-issued picture 

identification card. Please note that the 

meeting may close early if all business 

is finished. At the Chair’s discretion, 

members of the public may make oral 

presentations during the meeting. If you 

would like to make an oral presentation 

at a meeting, please notify the Assistant 

to the DFO no later than September 9, 

2009. Written material for distribution 

at a meeting should reach the Coast 

Guard no later than September 9, 2009. 

If you would like a copy of your 

material distributed to each member of 

the committee in advance of a meeting, 

please submit 25 copies to the Assistant 

to the DFO no later than September 9, 

2009. 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact the Assistant to the 

DFO as soon as possible. 

Dated: August 24, 2009. 

J.G. Lantz, 

Director of Commercial Regulations and 

Standards. 

[FR Doc. E9–21021 Filed 8–31–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5280–N–34] 

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities 

To Assist the Homeless 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies 

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and 

surplus Federal property reviewed by 

HUD for suitability for possible use to 

assist the homeless. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Ezzell, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Room 7266, Washington, 

DC 20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; 

TTY number for the hearing- and 

speech-impaired (202) 708–2565 (these 

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or 

call the toll-free Title V information line 

at 800–927–7588. 

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