[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 4 (Thursday, January 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 802-803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-248]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[USCG 1999-6722]


Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) and 
its working groups will meet to discuss various issues relating to the 
training and fitness of merchant marine personnel. MERPAC advises the 
Secretary of Transportation on matters relating to the training, 
qualifications, licensing, certification and fitness of seamen serving 
in the U.S. merchant marine. All meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: MERPAC will meet on Tuesday, January 25, 2000, from 8 a.m. to 4 
p.m. and on Wednesday, January 26, 2000, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. These 
meetings may adjourn early if all business is finished. Written 
material and requests to make oral presentations should reach the Coast 
Guard on or before January 11, 2000. Requests to have a copy of your 
material distributed to each member of the committee or subcommittee 
should reach the Coast Guard on or before January 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: MERPAC will meet on both days in Room A-300 of the Maritime 
Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS), 5700 Hammonds 
Ferry Road, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090. Further directions regarding 
the location of MITAGS may be obtained by contacting Ms. Kate Gossard 
of MITAGS at (410) 859-5700. Send written material and requests to make 
oral presentations to Commander Steven J. Boyle, Commandant (G-MSO-1), 
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW, Washington, DC 
20593-0001. This notice is available on the Internet at <a href="http://
dms.dot.gov">http://
dms.dot.gov</a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commander Steven J. Boyle, Executive 
Director of MERPAC, or Mr. Mark C. Gould, Assistant to the Executive 
Director, telephone 202-267-0229, fax 202-267-4570, or e-mail 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#89e4eee6fce5edc9eae6e4edfda7fcfaeaeea7e4e0e5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="066b6169736a624665696b62722873756561286b6f6a">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.

Agenda of January 25, 2000, Meeting

    The full committee will meet to discuss the objectives for the 
meeting. The committee will then break up into the following working 
groups: the working group on the International Convention on the 
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW), 
specifically addressing the Assessment of Proficiencies as Mandated by 
the Amended 1995 STCW Convention; the working group on the Methods of 
Demonstrating Competence in Crisis Management and Human Behavior, and; 
the working group on Simulator Standards for Demonstrating Competence 
in Ratings Forming Part of a Navigational Watch. New working groups may 
be formed to address any new issues or tasks. 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.

Agenda of January 26, 2000, Meeting

    The agenda includes the following:
    (1) Introduction.
    (2) Working Group Reports.
    (a) Assessment of Proficiencies as Mandated by the Amended 1995 
STCW Convention
    (b) Methods of Demonstrating Competence in Crisis Management and 
Human Behavior
    (c) Simulator Standards for Demonstrating Competence in Ratings
    Forming Part of a Navigational Watch
    (3) Other items to be discussed:
    (a) Standing Committee--Prevention Through People
    (b) STCW developments
    (c) Other items brought up for discussion by the committee or the 
public
    Procedural
    Both meetings are open to the public. Please note that the meetings 
may adjourn early if all business is finished. At the Chair's 
discretion, members of the public may make oral presentations during 
the meetings. If you would like to make an oral presentation at a 
meeting, please notify the Executive Director no later than January 11, 
2000. Written material for distribution at a meeting should also reach 
the Coast Guard no later than January 11, 2000. If you would like a 
copy of your material distributed to each member of the

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committee or subcommittee in advance of a meeting, please submit 25 
copies to the Executive Director no later than January 4, 2000.

Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities

    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meetings, contact 
the Executive Director as soon as possible.

    Dated: December 21, 1999.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
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