Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 36 / Thursday, February 22, 2024 / Notices 13355 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Environmental Health Sciences Special 

Emphasis Panel: Mechanism for TimeSensitive Research Opportunities in 

Environmental Health Sciences (R21). 

Date: February 26, 2024. 

Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institute of Environmental 

Health Science, 530 Davis Drive, Keystone 

Building, Durham, NC 27713. 

Contact Person: Varsha Shukla, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review 

Branch, Division of Extramural Research and 

Training, National Institute of Environmental 

Health Science, 530 Davis Drive, Keystone 

Building, Room 3094, Durham, NC 27713, 

984–287–3288, Varsha.shukla@nih.gov. 

This notice is being published less than 15 

days prior to the meeting due to the timing 

limitations imposed by the review and 

funding cycle. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.115, Biometry and Risk 

Estimation—Health Risks from 

Environmental Exposures; 93.142, NIEHS 

Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety 

Training; 93.143, NIEHS Superfund 

Hazardous Substances—Basic Research and 

Education; 93.894, Resources and Manpower 

Development in the Environmental Health 

Sciences; 93.113, Biological Response to 

Environmental Health Hazards; 93.114, 

Applied Toxicological Research and Testing, 

National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: February 15, 2024. 

Miguelina Perez, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03549 Filed 2–21–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute on Aging; Notice of 

Closed Meeting 

Pursuant to section 1009 of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, notice is hereby given of the 

following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute on 

Aging Special Emphasis Panel; Aging Trends 

and Caregiving. 

Date: March 12, 2024. 

Time: 2:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institute on Aging, 

Gateway Building, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, 

Bethesda, MD 20892 (Virtual Meeting). 

Contact Person: Dario Dieguez, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review 

Branch, National Institute on Aging, 7201 

Wisconsin Avenue, Gateway Bldg., Suite 

2W200, (301) 827–3101, dario.dieguez@

nih.gov. 

This notice is being published less than 15 

days prior to the meeting due to the timing 

limitations imposed by the review and 

funding cycle. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.866, Aging Research, 

National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: February 15, 2024. 

Miguelina Perez, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03551 Filed 2–21–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2024–0042] 

New Merchant Mariner Credential 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces 

the availability of a new style of 

Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) for 

review. The new style of MMC is 

replacing the current passport-style 

MMC. The new MMC will be 

implemented on March 1, 2024. 

Issuance of the passport-style MMC will 

be discontinued on the same date. 

Passport-style MMCs will remain valid 

through their expiration date. The Coast 

Guard has included an example of the 

new MMC in this docket for review. The 

Coast Guard will continue to produce 

mariner medical certificates in their 

current format. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about this 

document, questions may be directed to 

Mr. Charles Bright, U.S. Coast Guard 

Office of Merchant Mariner 

Credentialing, telephone 202–372–1046, 

email Charles.J.Bright@uscg.mil, or to 

Mr. Brian Eichelberger, telephone 202– 

372–1450, email Brian.T.Eichelberger@

uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Viewing Material in the Docket 

To view documents mentioned in this 

notice as being available in the docket, 

go to the Federal Decision-Making 

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

do so, go to https://

www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2024– 

0042 in the search box and click 

‘‘Search.’’ Next, look for this document 

in the Search Results column, and click 

on it. Select ‘‘Supporting & Related 

Material’’ in the Document Type 

column. 

The new credential may also be 

viewed on the U.S. Coast Guard 

National Maritime Center website at 

https://www.dco.uscg.mil/national_

maritime_center/. 

Discussion 

The Coast Guard is issuing this notice 

of an update to the format of the 

Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) by 

replacing the current passport-style 

MMC. The passport-style MMC was 

designed for the Coast Guard mariner 

credentialing program and is produced 

by the Coast Guard National Maritime 

Center (NMC) using specialty printers. 

These printers have been in use since 

2015. They have reached the end of 

their lifecycles, and replacements are 

not readily available. The passport-style 

MMC requires printing on multiple 

pages to provide the requisite mariner 

information and endorsements. As 

noted, printing capabilities for the 

current passport-style MMC have 

diminished and, at times, creates 

production delays and backlogs in 

issuing MMCs to mariners. 

To avoid future printing delays and 

production backlogs, the Coast Guard 

will implement a new MMC format and 

printing process. The new MMC is a 

single, two-sided page produced on 

synthetic paper with embedded security 

features. It is printed using readily 

available commercial printers. The 

paper is also tear and water resistant. A 

sample of the new credential is 

provided in this docket as described 

under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

portion of this notice. A document 

providing a more detailed overview of 

the individual sections and features of 

the new credential is also included in 

the docket. 


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