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1Public Law 117–286, section 3 placed FACA 

provisions in 5 U.S.C. chapter 10, and section. 7 

repealed FACA ‘‘except with respect to rights and 

duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, 

or proceedings that were begun before the date of 

enactment of’’ Public Law 117–286. 

d. Task Statement #07–23: Establish 

best practices for standard procedures 

and guidance for crew standing 

navigation watches. This should include 

a detailed crew orientation for each 

unique vessel, including the operation 

of critical equipment and establish clear 

and easily understood watchstanding 

orders to protect the safety of the vessel 

during its applicable operations. This 

could be accomplished as a 

standardized form or checklist. Submit 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Homeland Security. 

e. Task Statement #08–23: Evaluate 

and provide a comprehensive list of 

recommendations to the USCG, in the 

form of best practices (NVICs, policies, 

training), or amended or new 

regulations, regarding stability 

considerations which may pose severe 

risk to the safety of a fishing vessel such 

as icing, loading, the need for stability 

instructions, and vessel modifications. 

As part of this task, review the USCG’s 

current level of oversight, provide 

recommendations on its adequacy, and 

specify needed changes to areas of the 

fishing safety program that need 

additional attention. Submit 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Homeland Security. 

f. Task Statement #09–23: Evaluate 

and provide recommendations to the 

USCG for best practices to address the 

high degree of risk associated with 

fishing vessel operations and how the 

acceptance of risk is prevalent and 

accepted in the fishing industry. 

Specifically, the Marine Board 

recommends the committee focus on 

topics including icing, heavy weather 

avoidance in voyage planning, and 

formalizing the navigation watch duties 

via onboard familiarization and written 

standard orders to ensure the safety of 

vessel during its transit and during 

fishing operations. Submit 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Homeland Security. 

g. Task Statement #10–23: Evaluate 

and provide recommendations to the 

USCG to ensure the most effective 

means to widely disseminate critical 

safety information for the commercial 

fishing industry. Submit 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Homeland Security. 

h. Task Statement #11–23: Review 

and provide recommendations on the 

development of a publicly accessible 

website that contains all information 

related to fishing industry activities, 

including vessel safety, inspections, 

enforcement, hazards, training, 

regulations (including proposed 

regulations), outages of the Rescue 21 

system in Alaska and similar outages, 

and any other fishing-related activities. 

Submit recommendations to the 

Secretary of Homeland Security. 

i. Task Statement #12–23: Discuss and 

make recommendations requiring watch 

alarms on specific types of commercial 

fishing vessels. Submit 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Homeland Security. 

j. Task Statement #13–23: Examine 

and make recommendations to the 

USCG on a way to widely distribute 

personal location beacons at minimal 

expense. Ensure availability and access 

for crewmembers of these critical 

lifesaving devices which could be 

acquired by consortiums, associations, 

or other organizations for distribution to 

vessel crews through federally funded 

grant programs or other programs. 

Submit recommendations to the 

Secretary of Homeland Security. 

VIII. Subcommittee(s) Break Out and 

Discussions 

a. Action Items by Task 

IX. Public Comment Period 

X. Committee Discussion and Actions 

XI. Meeting Recess 

Day 3 

XII. Subcommittee Break Out and 

Discussions 

a. Action Items by Task 

XIII. Recommendations and Committee 

Actions 

XIV. Full Committee Open Discussion 

XV. Public Comment Period 

XVI. Present Recommendations on 

Taskings to the USCG 

XVII. Plans for Next Meeting 

XVIII. Closing Remarks (Committee and 

USCG) 

XIX. Adjournment of Meeting 

A copy of pre-meeting documentation 

will be available at https://

www.dco.uscg.mil/NCFSAC2023/no 

later than September 14, 2023. 

Alternatively, you may contact Mr. 

Jonathan Wendland as noted in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

above. 

There will be a public comment 

period scheduled each day of the 

meeting. Speakers are requested to limit 

their comments to 3 minutes. Please 

note that the public comment period 

may end before the period allotted, 

following the last call for comments. 

Please contact the individual listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

SECTION to register as a speaker. 

Dated: August 30, 2023. 

Amy M. Beach, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of 

Inspections and Compliance. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket Number: USCG–2023–0670] 

Area Maritime Security Advisory 

Committee (AMSC) Sector Columbia 

River 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Solicitation for membership. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard requests 

individuals interested in serving on the 

Area Maritime Security Advisory 

Committee (AMSC), Sector Columbia 

River submit their applications for 

membership to the U.S. Coast Guard 

Captain of the Port (COTP) Sector 

Columbia River. The Committee assists 

the Captain of the Port as the Federal 

Maritime Security Coordinator, Sector 

Columbia River, in developing, 

reviewing, and updating the Area 

Maritime Security Plan for their area of 

responsibility. 

DATES: Requests for membership should 

reach the U.S. Coast Guard COTP Sector 

Columbia River by September 19, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Applications for 

membership should be submitted to the 

Captain of the Port at the following 

address: USCG Sector Columbia River, 

6767 N Basin Ave., Portland, OR 97217. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about submitting an 

application, or about the AMSC in 

general, contact Mr. Stuart Blanchette, 

503–240–2467, stuart.h.blanchette@

uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Basis and Purpose 

Section 102 of the Maritime 

Transportation Security Act (MTSA) of 

2002 (Pub. L. 107–295, 116 Stat. 2064) 

added section 70112 of Title 46 of the 

U.S. Code and authorized the Secretary 

of the Department in which the Coast 

Guard is operating to establish Area 

Maritime Security Advisory Committees 

for any port area of the United States. 

(See 33 U.S.C. 1226; 46 U.S.C. 70112; 33 

CFR 1.05–1, 6.01; DHS Delegation No. 

00170.1(II)(71), Revision No. 01.3. The 

MTSA includes a provision exempting 

these AMSCs from the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92– 

436, 86 Stat. 470 (5 U.S.C. App. 2).1 The 

AMSCs shall assist the Federal Maritime 

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development, review, update, and 

exercising of the Area Maritime Security 

Plan for their area of responsibility. 

Such matters may include, but are not 

limited to, the following: 

(1) Identifying critical port 

infrastructure and operations; 

Identifying risks (threats, 

vulnerabilities, and consequences). 

(2) Determining mitigation strategies 

and implementation methods. 

(3) Developing strategies to facilitate 

the recovery of the MTS after a 

Transportation Security Incident. 

(4) Developing and describing the 

process to continually evaluate overall 

port security by considering 

consequences and vulnerabilities, how 

they may change over time, and what 

additional mitigation strategies can be 

applied; and 

(5) Providing advice to and assisting 

the Federal Maritime Security 

Coordinator in developing and 

maintaining the Area Maritime Security 

Plan. 

II. AMSC Membership 

Members of the AMSC should have at 

least five years of experience related to 

maritime or port security operations. 

The Sector Columbia River AMSC has 

20 members, and we are seeking to fill 

additional vacancies with this 

solicitation. 

Applicants may be required to pass an 

appropriate security background check 

prior to appointment to the committee. 

Applicants must register with and 

remain active as a Coast Guard 

Homeport user if appointed. Terms of 

office will be for five years; however, a 

member is eligible to serve additional 

terms of office. Members will not 

receive any salary or other 

compensation for their service on an 

AMSC. In accordance with 33 CFR 103, 

members may be selected from Federal, 

Territorial, or Tribal governments; State 

government and political subdivisions 

of the State; local public safety, crisis 

management, and emergency response 

agencies; law enforcement and security 

organizations; maritime industry, 

including labor; other port stakeholders 

having a special competence in 

maritime security; and port stakeholders 

affected by security practices and 

policies. 

The Coast Guard does not 

discriminate in selecting committee 

members on the basis of race, color, 

religion, sex, national origin, political 

affiliation, sexual orientation, gender 

identity, marital status, disability, 

genetic information, age, membership in 

an employee organization, or any other 

non-merit factor. The Coast Guard 

strives to achieve a widely diverse 

candidate pool for all its recruitment 

actions. 

III. Request for Applications 

Those seeking membership are not 

required to submit formal applications 

to the local Captain of the Port, 

however, because we do have an 

obligation to ensure that a specific 

number of members have the 

prerequisite maritime security 

experience, we encourage the 

submission of resumes highlighting 

experience in the maritime and security 

industries. 

Dated: August 29, 2023. 

Justin W. Noggle, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port Sector Columbia River and Federal 

Maritime Security Coordinator Sector 

Columbia River. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2023–0023; OMB No. 

1660–0114] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection, 

Comment Request; FEMA 

Preparedness Grants: Port Security 

Grant Program (PSGP) 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice of revision and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA), as part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public to take this 

opportunity to comment on an 

extension, with change, of a currently 

approved information collection. In 

accordance with the requirements of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice seeks comments concerning the 

information collection activities 

required to administer the Port Security 

Grant Program (PSGP) and an additional 

new form to facilitate extension 

requests. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 6, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate 

submissions to the docket, please 

submit comments at 

www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 

FEMA–2023–0023. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

All submissions received must 

include the agency name and Docket ID. 

Regardless of the method used to 

submitting comments or material, all 

submissions will be posted, without 

change, to the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, 

and will include any personal 

information you provide. Therefore, 

submitting this information makes it 

public. You may wish to read the 

Privacy and Security Notice that is 

available via a link on the homepage of 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Duane Davis, Section Chief, FEMA, 

Grant Programs Directorate, 202–680– 

4060, duane.davis@fema.dhs.gov. You 

may contact the Information 

Management Division for copies of the 

proposed collection of information at 

email address: FEMA-InformationCollections-Management@fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

102 of the Maritime Transportation 

Security Act of 2002, as amended (46 

U.S.C. 70107), authorizes the PSGP to 

provide for the risk-based allocation of 

funds to implement Area Maritime 

Transportation Security Plans and 

facility security plans among port 

authorities, facility operators, and State 

and local government agencies required 

to provide port security services and to 

train law enforcement personnel under 

46 U.S.C. 70132. Before awarding a 

grant under the program, the Secretary 

for Homeland Security shall provide for 

review and comment by the appropriate 

Federal Maritime Security Coordinators 

and the Maritime Administrator. In 

administering the grant program, the 

Secretary shall consider national 

economic, energy, and strategic defense 

concerns based upon the most current 

risk assessments available. 

Any information collected by FEMA 

for this program is in accordance with 

general reporting requirements, for 

example, see 2 CFR 200.329; or in 

accordance with 46 U.S.C. 70107(g), as 

amended by Section 112(c) of the 

Security and Accountability For Every 

(SAFE) Port Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109– 

347), which provides that entities 

subject to an Area Maritime 

Transportation Security Plan may 

submit an application for a grant under 

this program at such time, in such form, 

and containing such information and 

assurances as the Secretary may require. 

2 CFR 200.329 requires grant 

recipients to report on the status of their 

grant funded activities including 

potential or real setbacks in 

performance. 

The GPD-Extension form, FEMA Form 

FF–207–FY–23–110 is newly added and 


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