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that national security could be 

threatened. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

Deputy Director, Individual 

Assistance, Disaster Assistance 

Directorate, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking notification of 

and access to any record contained in 

this system of records, or seeking to 

contest its content, may submit a 

request in writing to FEMA’s FOIA 

Officer, 500 C Street, SW., Attn: FOIA 

Coordinator, Washington, DC 20472. 

When seeking records about yourself 

from this system of records or any other 

Departmental system of records your 

request must conform with the Privacy 

Act regulations set forth in 6 CFR part 

5. You must first verify your identity, 

meaning that you must provide your full 

name, current address and date and 

place of birth. You must sign your 

request, and your signature must either 

be notarized or submitted under 

28 U.S.C. 1746, a law that permits 

statements to be made under penalty of 

perjury as a substitute for notarization. 

While no specific form is required, you 

may obtain forms for this purpose from 

the Chief Privacy Officer and Chief 

Freedom of Information Act Officer, 

http://www.dhs.gov or 1–866–431–0486. 

In addition you should provide the 

following: 

• An explanation of why you believe 

the Department would have information 

on you; 

• Identify which component(s) of the 

Department you believe may have the 

information about you; 

• Specify when you believe the 

records would have been created; 

• Provide any other information that 

will help the FOIA staff determine 

which DHS component agency may 

have responsive records; and 

• If your request is seeking records 

pertaining to another living individual, 

you must include a statement from that 

individual certifying his/her agreement 

for you to access his/her records. 

Without this bulleted information the 

component(s) may not be able to 

conduct an effective search, and your 

request may be denied due to lack of 

specificity or lack of compliance with 

applicable regulations. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification procedure’’ above. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification procedure’’ above. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Records are obtained from registrants 

of NEFRLS and individuals searching 

NEFRLS, LEOs, and the third party 

authentication service indicating an 

individual has been approved or not 

approved. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

Dated: July 25, 2011. 

Mary Ellen Callahan, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–17–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DHS–2011–0081] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Department of 

Homeland Security ALL—034 

Emergency Care Medical Records 

System of Records Notice 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of 

Homeland Security proposes to 

establish a new Department of 

Homeland Security system of records 

titled, ‘‘Department of Homeland 

Security/ALL—034 Emergency Care 

Medical Records System of Records 

Notice.’’ This system of records will 

allow the Department of Homeland 

Security Office of Health Affairs to 

collect and maintain records on 

individuals who receive emergency care 

from Department Emergency Medical 

Services providers. Individuals in this 

system include anyone who experiences 

a medical emergency and is treated by 

an on-duty Departmental Emergency 

Medical Services medical care provider. 

This newly established system will be 

included in the Department of 

Homeland Security’s inventory of 

record systems. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

September 29, 2011. This new system 

will be effective September 29, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2011–0081 by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 703–483–2999. 

• Mail: Mary Ellen Callahan, Chief 

Privacy Officer, Privacy Office, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528. 

• Instructions: All submissions 

received must include the agency name 

and docket number for this rulemaking. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

• Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions please contact: Mary Ellen 

Callahan (703–235–0780), Chief Privacy 

Officer, Privacy Office, Department of 

Homeland Security, Washington, DC 

20528. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background 

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS) Office of 

Health Affairs (OHA) proposes to 

establish a new DHS system of records 

titled, ‘‘DHS/ALL—034 Emergency Care 

Medical Records.’’ 

The Assistant Secretary for Health 

Affairs and Chief Medical Officer 

(ASHA/CMO) exercises oversight over 

all medical and public health activities 

of DHS, with the exception of U.S. Coast 

Guard (USCG) medical and public 

health activities. Throughout its 

components, the DHS workforce 

includes approximately 3,500 

Emergency Medical Service (EMS) 

healthcare providers rendering 

emergency medical care in the prehospital environment, primarily to DHS 

employees and, when necessary, to 

individuals encountered in the course of 

duty in need of emergency care. These 

DHS EMS healthcare providers are 

employed by the following DHS 

components: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement (ICE), the United 

States Secret Service (USSS), 

Transportation Security Administration 

(TSA), U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS), Federal 

Law Enforcement Training Center 

(FLETC), Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA), and 

Science & Technology Directorate (S&T). 

OHA administers oversight of DHS 

EMS healthcare providers through its 

Medical Quality Management (MQM) 

program, to ensure DHS EMS providers 

deliver consistent, quality medical care. 

To support MQM, OHA operates the 

electronic Patient Care Record (ePCR), 

an electronic encounter-based database 

designed for EMS management. After 

administering emergency care, DHS 

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EMS medical care providers manually 

enter emergency medical care 

information into ePCR. ePCR captures 

all aspects of patient care, from the 

initial dispatch of a vehicle and 

personnel to a designated site, 

demographics, vital signs (initial 

assessment), treatment, and transfer of 

care and/or patient transport. The 

system captures patient data such as 

name, date of birth, and medical 

information. Concurrent with the 

publication of this notice, DHS is 

publishing a Privacy Impact Assessment 

(PIA) describing the ePCR system. This 

PIA will be available at the DHS Privacy 

Office Web site at http://www.dhs.gov/ 

privacy. ePCR improves MQM at the 

Department by allowing OHA to track 

and trend data quality, including 

documentation review, clinical 

performance, and performance 

improvement initiatives. This system 

assists OHA in assessing overall quality 

of care provided while ensuring that a 

high standard of care is continually met. 

This includes electronic data in ePCR 

operated by OHA as well as those same 

EMS encounter records when kept by 

the EMS provider, in paper form. 

Individuals covered by this system 

include members of the public who are 

treated by on-duty DHS Emergency 

Medical Services (EMS) healthcare 

provider. When patients are DHS or 

other federal employees, their records 

are considered part of the OPM/GOVT– 

10—Employee Medical File System 

Records, 71 FR 3560 (Jun. 19, 2006.) 

When patients are not Federal 

employees, such as members of the 

public, their records are considered part 

of this system. 

OHA has primary responsibility 

within the Department for ‘‘ensuring 

internal and external coordination of all 

medical preparedness and response 

activities of the Department, including 

training, exercises, and equipment 

support.’’ See Section 516(c)(3) of the 

Post Katrina Emergency Management 

and Reform Act, Public Law109–295, 6 

U.S.C. 321e(c). In addition, the 

Secretary has delegated to OHA 

responsibility for providing oversight 

for all medical and health activities of 

the Department. See DHS Delegation to 

the Assistant Secretary of Health Affairs 

and Chief Medical Officer, No. 5001 

(signed July 28, 2008). As per internal 

DHS directive, OHA ensures the MQM 

program is appropriately implemented 

within the department and that health 

care service standards are consistently 

applied across the department. This 

includes exercising oversight for 

development of quality assurance 

activities (quality improvement, risk 

management documentation, and 

medical record management) within 

DHS. The responsibility of MQM 

necessitates a patient care reporting 

system to gather records of pre-hospital 

emergency medical care rendered by 

DHS employees, as part of their official 

DHS duties. 

Due to the sensitive and private 

nature of patient medical records, ePCR 

has been evaluated to identify risks and 

corresponding mitigation strategies. 

Risks may include unauthorized 

disclosures, incorrect data entry, 

software viruses, unauthorized access to 

the system, sharing of data with private 

sector entities, and data security 

breaches. Mitigation activities involve 

privacy and security awareness training 

for all users, enforcement of role-based 

access to varied aspects of ePCR (e.g., 

end-users have access only to their 

component-specific patient data and 

any other patient encounter reports for 

which they have been identified as 

providing care). 

Designated persons (Component 

Medical Director, Component EMS 

Coordinators, and ePCR Administrator) 

within the components will have full 

administrative review access to all 

records for quality assurance purposes. 

The OHA Medical Quality Management 

Branch and the OHA Medical First 

Responder Coordination Branch will 

have rights to run ad hoc reports and 

query data as it relates to quality 

assurance tracking and trending 

indicators (completeness of record, 

adherence to standards of care/protocols 

and training) on all component data. 

Audit logs are periodically reviewed for 

inconsistencies. Any inconsistencies are 

immediately addressed through the 

Component Medical Director, EMS 

coordinators, or Component Information 

Technology (IT) and Security 

Compliance Officer to correct or resolve 

any issues and concerns. The purpose of 

ePCR is to support OHA’s MQM 

program, and this purpose is supported 

by routine uses for sharing this data for 

notification of medical hazard, worker’s 

compensation claims, through formal 

legal channels, and other limited 

administrative purposes. 

This newly established system will be 

included in DHS’s inventory of record 

systems. 

II. Privacy Act 

The Privacy Act embodies fair 

information practice principles in a 

statutory framework governing the 

means by which the U.S. Government 

collects, maintains, uses, and 

disseminates individuals’ records. The 

Privacy Act applies to information that 

is maintained in a ‘‘system of records.’’ 

A ‘‘system of records’’ is a group of any 

records under the control of an agency 

for which information is retrieved by 

the name of an individual or by some 

identifying number, symbol, or other 

identifying particular assigned to the 

individual. In the Privacy Act, an 

individual is defined to encompass U.S. 

citizens and lawful permanent 

residents. As a matter of policy, DHS 

extends administrative Privacy Act 

protections to all individuals where 

systems of records maintain information 

on U.S. citizens, lawful permanent 

residents, and visitors. 

Below is the description of the DHS/ 

OHA–002 Emergency Care Medical 

Records System of Records. 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), 

DHS has provided a report of this 

system of records to the Office of 

Management and Budget and to 

Congress. 

III. Health Insurance Portability and 

Accountability Act 

For this collection of health 

information, OHA and participating 

components are not subject to the 

provisions of the Health Insurance 

Portability and Accountability Act 

(HIPAA) of 1996 regulation, ‘‘Standards 

for Privacy of Individually Identifiable 

Health Information’’ (Privacy Rule), 45 

CFR parts 160 and 164. OHA does not 

meet the statutory definition of a 

covered entity under HIPAA, 42 U.S.C. 

1320d–1. Because OHA and 

participating components are not a 

covered entity, the restrictions 

prescribed by the HIPAA Privacy Rule 

are not applicable. 

SYSTEM OF RECORDS

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/ 

Office of Health Affairs (OHA)—002 

Emergency Care Medical Records (ECMR) 

SYSTEM NAME: 

DHS/OHA—002 Emergency Care 

Medical Records. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Records are maintained in the 

electronic Patient Care Record (ePCR) 

system at the OHA Headquarters in 

Washington, DC. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Individuals covered by this system 

include members of the public, 

including federal contractors, who are 

treated by an on-duty DHS Emergency 

Medical Services (EMS) healthcare 

provider. When patients are DHS or 

other federal employees, their records 

are considered part of the OPM/GOVT– 

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10—Employee Medical File System 

Records, 71 FR 35360 (Jun. 19, 2006.) 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

• Patient name. 

• Patient case/identification number 

(not Social Security Number). 

• Account of the illness or injury. 

• Date of birth and age. 

• Gender. 

• Location. 

• Address (residential or business, if/ 

as relevant). 

• Type of injury. 

• Current medications. 

• Allergies. 

• Past medical history. 

• Assessment of injury. 

• Chief complaint. 

• Vital signs. 

• Treatment provided and/or 

procedures. 

• Transfer of care, refusal of care, 

and/or transportation mode and 

destination. 

• Medication dispensed. 

• Discharge instructions for follow-on 

care. 

• If necessary, patient’s guardian or 

legal representative. 

• Patient’s health insurance 

information, if any. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

OHA has primary responsibility 

within the Department for ‘‘ensuring 

internal and external coordination of all 

medical preparedness and response 

activities of the Department, including 

training, exercises, and equipment 

support.’’ See Section 516(c)(3) of the 

Post Katrina Emergency Management 

and Reform Act, Pub. L. 109–295, 

6 U.S.C. 321e(c). In addition, the 

Secretary has delegated to OHA 

responsibility for providing oversight 

for all medical and health activities of 

the Department. See DHS Delegation to 

the Assistant Secretary of Health Affairs 

and Chief Medical Officer, No. 5001 

(signed July 28, 2008). As per internal 

DHS directive, OHA ensures the MQM 

program is appropriately implemented 

within the department and that health 

care service standards are consistently 

applied across the department. This 

includes exercising oversight for 

development of quality assurance 

activities (quality improvement, risk 

management documentation, and 

medical record management) within 

DHS. The responsibility of MQM 

necessitates a patient care reporting 

system to gather records of pre-hospital 

emergency medical care rendered by 

DHS employees, as part of their official 

DHS duties. 

PURPOSE(S): 

The purpose of this system is to 

support MQM oversight to ensure 

consistent quality medical care and 

standardize the documentation of care 

rendered by DHS EMS medical care 

providers in diverse environments. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b) of the Privacy Act, all or a 

portion of the records or information 

contained in this system may be 

disclosed outside DHS as a routine use 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as 

follows: 

A. To the Department of Justice (DOJ), 

including U.S. Attorney Offices, or other 

federal agency conducting litigation or 

in proceedings before any court, 

adjudicative or administrative body, 

when it is necessary to the litigation and 

one of the following is a party to the 

litigation or has an interest in such 

litigation: 

1. DHS or any component thereof; 

2. Any employee of DHS in his/her 

official capacity; 

3. Any employee of DHS in his/her 

individual capacity where DOJ or DHS 

has agreed to represent the employee; or 

4. The U.S. or any agency thereof, is 

a party to the litigation or has an interest 

in such litigation, and DHS determines 

that the records are both relevant and 

necessary to the litigation and the use of 

such records is compatible with the 

purpose for which DHS collected the 

records. 

B. To a congressional office from the 

record of an individual in response to 

an inquiry from that congressional office 

made at the request of the individual to 

whom the record pertains. 

C. To the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) or 

other federal government agencies 

pursuant to records management 

inspections being conducted under the 

authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. 

D. To an agency, organization, or 

individual for the purpose of performing 

audit or oversight operations as 

authorized by law, but only such 

information as is necessary and relevant 

to such audit or oversight function. 

E. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when: 

1. DHS suspects or has confirmed that 

the security or confidentiality of 

information in the system of records has 

been compromised; 

2. DHS has determined that as a result 

of the suspected or confirmed 

compromise there is a risk of harm to 

economic or property interests, identity 

theft or fraud, or harm to the security or 

integrity of this system or other systems 

or programs (whether maintained by 

DHS or another agency or entity) or 

harm to the individual that rely upon 

the compromised information; and 

3. The disclosure made to such 

agencies, entities, and persons is 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with DHS’s efforts to 

respond to the suspected or confirmed 

compromise and prevent, minimize, or 

remedy such harm. 

F. To contractors and their agents, 

grantees, experts, consultants, and 

others performing or working on a 

contract, service, grant, cooperative 

agreement, or other assignment for DHS, 

when necessary to accomplish an 

agency function related to this system of 

records. Individuals provided 

information under this routine use are 

subject to the same Privacy Act 

requirements and limitations on 

disclosure as are applicable to DHS 

officers and employees. 

G. To appropriate federal, State, local, 

tribal, or foreign governmental agencies 

or multilateral governmental 

organizations for the purpose of 

protecting the vital interests of a data 

subject or other persons or to comply 

with laws governing reporting of 

communicable disease, including to 

assist such agencies or organizations in 

preventing exposure to or transmission 

of a communicable or quarantinable 

disease or to combat other significant 

public health threats; appropriate notice 

will be provided of any identified health 

threat or risk. 

H. To hospitals, physicians, medical 

laboratories and testing facilities, and 

other medical service providers, for the 

purpose of diagnosing and treating 

medical conditions or arranging the care 

of patients who have been treated by 

DHS EMS providers. 

I. To foreign governments for the 

purpose of coordinating and conducting 

the removal or return of aliens from the 

United States to other nations when 

disclosure of information about the 

alien’s health is necessary or advisable 

to safeguard the public health, to 

facilitate transportation of the alien, to 

obtain travel documents for the alien, to 

ensure continuity of medical care for the 

alien, or is otherwise required by 

international agreement or law. 

J. To immediate family members and 

attorneys or other agents acting on 

behalf of a patient to assist those 

individuals in determining the current 

medical condition and/or location of a 

patient to whom DHS has provided 

emergency medical care, provided they 

can present adequate verification of a 

familial or agency relationship with the 

patient. 

K. To independent standardization 

and medical quality management 

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repositories, such as the National 

Emergency Medical Services 

Information System (NEMSIS), in deidentified, aggregate form only, to 

promote DHS compliance with 

emergency medical care industry 

standards and best practices. 

L. To any person who is responsible 

for the care of the individual, to the 

extent necessary to assure payment of 

benefits to which the individual is 

entitled, when an individual to whom a 

record pertains is mentally incompetent 

or under other legal disability. 

M. To the patient’s health insurance 

company to facilitate any payment and 

billing negotiations between the patient, 

the insurance carrier and the agency. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

None. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Records in this system are stored 

electronically or on paper in secure 

facilities in a locked drawer behind a 

locked door. The records are stored on 

magnetic disc, tape, digital media, and 

CD–ROM. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records may be retrieved by any of 

the fields listed in the Categories of 

Records listed above. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Records in this system are 

safeguarded in accordance with 

applicable rules and policies, including 

all applicable DHS automated systems 

security and access policies. Strict 

controls have been imposed to minimize 

the risk of compromising the 

information that is being stored. Access 

to the computer system containing the 

records in this system is limited to those 

individuals who have a need to know 

the information for the performance of 

their official duties and who have 

appropriate clearances or permissions. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Based on the most conservative 

industry standards advised to 

implement Medical Quality 

Management, OHA will propose a 

retention schedule of ten (10) years from 

the date of the EMS provider encounter. 

Records will be retained pending the 

final approval by the National Archives 

and Records Administration of this 

records schedule. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

Director, Workforce Health and 

Medical Support Division, Office of 

Health Affairs, Department of Homeland 

Security, Washington, DC 20528. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking notification of 

and access to any record contained in 

this system of records, or seeking to 

contest its content, may submit a 

request in writing to the Headquarters 

FOIA Officer, whose contact 

information can be found at http:// 

www.dhs.gov/foia under ‘‘contacts.’’ If 

an individual believes more than one 

component maintains Privacy Act 

records concerning him or her the 

individual may submit the request to 

the Chief Privacy Officer and Chief 

Freedom of Information Act Officer, 

Department of Homeland Security, 245 

Murray Drive, SW., Building 410, 

STOP–0655, Washington, DC 20528. 

When seeking records about yourself 

from this system of records or any other 

Departmental system of records your 

request must conform with the Privacy 

Act regulations set forth in 6 CFR part 

5. You must first verify your identity, 

meaning that you must provide your full 

name, current address and date and 

place of birth. You must sign your 

request, and your signature must either 

be notarized or submitted under 28 

U.S.C. 1746, a law that permits 

statements to be made under penalty of 

perjury as a substitute for notarization. 

While no specific form is required, you 

may obtain forms for this purpose from 

the Chief Privacy Officer and Chief 

Freedom of Information Act Officer, 

http://www.dhs.gov or 1–866–431–0486. 

In addition you should provide the 

following: 

• An explanation of why you believe 

the Department would have information 

on you; 

• Identify which component(s) of the 

Department you believe may have the 

information about you; 

• Specify when you believe the 

records would have been created; 

• Provide any other information that 

will help the FOIA staff determine 

which DHS component agency may 

have responsive records; and 

• If your request is seeking records 

pertaining to another living individual, 

you must include a statement from that 

individual certifying his/her agreement 

for you to access his/her records. 

Without this bulleted information the 

component(s) may not be able to 

conduct an effective search, and your 

request may be denied due to lack of 

specificity or lack of compliance with 

applicable regulations. Consistent with 

6 CFR 5.22(f) Release of Medical 

Records, and pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(f)(3), where requests are made for 

access to medical records, including 

psychological records, the decision to 

release directly to the individual, or to 

withhold direct release, shall be made 

by a medical practitioner. Where the 

medical practitioner has ruled that 

direct release will cause harm to the 

individual who is requesting access, 

normal release through the individual’s 

chosen medical practitioner will be 

recommended. Final review and 

decision on appeals of disapprovals of 

direct release will rest with the General 

Counsel. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification procedure’’ above. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification procedure’’ above. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Records are obtained from DHS EMS 

medical care providers and their 

patients, either in the care and custody 

of the Department, at the DHS 

workplace, or in conjunction with a 

medical emergency where an on-duty 

DHS EMS is the medical care provider. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

Dated: August 23, 2011. 

Mary Ellen Callahan, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–9K–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2011–0821] 

Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of federal advisory 

committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Merchant Mariner 

Medical Advisory Committee 

(MMMAC) will hold its inaugural 

meeting starting Monday, September 19, 

and ending Wednesday September 21, 

2011. The meetings will be open to the 

public. 

DATES: MMMAC will meet on Monday, 

September 19, Tuesday, September 20, 

and Wednesday, September 21, 2011 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Please note 

that the meeting may close early if the 

committee has completed its business. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Calhoon Marine Engineers 

Beneficial Association (MEBA) 

Engineering School at 27050 Saint 

Michaels Road, Easton, MD 21601. 

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