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Rescue 21 System, and in accordance 

with applicable provisions of the 

International Convention for the Safety 

of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS). The Coast 

Guard defines Sea Area A1 as those 

areas where more than ninety percent of 

the area within 20 nautical miles 

seaward of the territorial baseline along 

the East, West and Gulf Coasts of the 

United States, excluding Alaska, and 

including Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, 

the Virgin Islands of the United States, 

and the Northern Mariana Islands of 

Saipan, Tinian, and Rota, is within 

coverage of Coast Guard very high 

frequency (VHF) Coast Stations that 

provide both a continuous watch for 

Digital Selective Calling (DSC) distress 

alerts on Channel 70 and a capability to 

respond to distress alerts. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions on this Notice, contact Robert 

F. Salmon, telephone: 202–475–3537; 

email: Robert.F.Salmon@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Rescue 21 

is the Coast Guard’s advanced 

command, control and direction-finding 

communications system that was 

created to better locate mariners in 

distress. By harnessing state-of-themarket technology, Rescue 21 enables 

the Coast Guard to execute its search 

and rescue missions with greater agility 

and efficiency which helps to save lives 

and property at sea and on navigable 

rivers. The Coast Guard’s Rescue 21 

system is comprised of strategically 

placed VHF Coast Stations that provide 

a continuous watch on DSC Channel 70 

for receiving, and responding to, digital 

distress alerts. 

In accordance with Chapter IV, 

Regulation 2 of the International 

Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 

1974 (SOLAS), ‘‘Sea Area A1 means an 

area within the radiotelephone coverage 

of at least one VHF Coast Station in 

which continuous Digital Selective 

Calling (DSC) alerting is available, as 

may be defined by a Contracting 

Government.’’ International Maritime 

Organization (IMO) Resolution A. 

801(19), which is cited in Chapter IV, 

Regulation 2, further provides that 

stations participating in VHF DSC 

watchkeeping in the Global Maritime 

Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) 

should provide as complete a coverage 

of the Sea Area A1 as is possible. 

The performance of the currently 

built-out Rescue 21 system 

demonstrates that it provides coverage 

over more than 90 percent of those areas 

within 20 nautical miles seaward of the 

territorial baseline along the East, West, 

and Gulf coasts of the United States, 

excluding Alaska, and including 

Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin 

Islands of the United States, and the 

Northern Mariana Islands of Saipan, 

Tinian, and Rota. Based upon the 

demonstrated coverage and performance 

of the Rescue 21 System, and upon the 

applicable requirements of SOLAS, the 

Coast Guard is declaring as Sea Area A1 

those areas within 20 nautical miles 

seaward of the territorial baseline along 

the East, West, and Gulf coasts of the 

United States, excluding Alaska, and 

including Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, 

the Virgin Islands of the United States, 

and the Northern Mariana Islands of 

Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. 

While not related to Sea Area A1, the 

Coast Guard would like to inform 

mariners that the Rescue 21 System also 

provides VHF Coast Stations along the 

Great Lakes so that continuous DSC 

alerting is available within 20 nautical 

miles offshore from more than 90 

percent of U.S. locations along the Great 

Lakes. The Coast Guard is also building 

Rescue 21 facilities along the Western 

Rivers and in Alaska. 

The Coast Guard would like to take 

this opportunity to remind mariners that 

no radiocommunications system can 

guaranty 100 percent coverage or 100 

percent availability because of the 

vagaries of radio propagation and 

equipment performance. The Coast 

Guard urges all mariners to be sure that 

they have obtained and are using a 

proper Maritime Mobile Service Identity 

(MMSI), and that their DSC radios are 

connected to Global Positioning System 

(GPS) devices (if the DSC radio does not 

have built-in GPS). Assuring that a DSC 

alert is accompanied by both a properly 

registered MMSI and a GPS location 

significantly enhances and expedites 

search and rescue efforts. 

It should be noted that this 

Declaration designating specified areas 

as Sea Area A1 will trigger certain radio 

carriage provisions of the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC) 

Maritime Radio Service Rules and 

Regulations (47 CFR 80.1 et seq.). It is 

expected that the FCC will be issuing a 

Public Notice providing the details of 

specific vessel radio carriage 

requirements. 

Authority: This notice is issued under 

authority of 14 U.S.C. 93(a)(16) and 5 U.S.C. 

552(a). 

Dated: January 9, 2015. 

Glenn C. Hernandez, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of 

Information Assurance and Spectrum Policy. 

Commandant (CG–65) 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2014–0879] 

Lower Mississippi River Waterway 

Safety Advisory Committee; Vacancies 

AGENCY: United States Coast Guard, 

DHS. 

ACTION: Request for applicants. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard seeks 

applications for membership on the 

Lower Mississippi River Waterway 

Safety Advisory Committee. This 

Committee advises and makes 

recommendations to the Coast Guard on 

matters relating to safe transit of vessels 

and products to and from the ports on 

the Lower Mississippi River and related 

waterways. Applicants selected for 

service on the Lower Mississippi River 

Waterway Safety Advisory Committee 

via this solicitation will not begin their 

respective terms until August 27, 2015. 

DATES: Completed applications should 

reach the Coast Guard March 23, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Send your cover letter and 

resume indicating the position you wish 

to fill via one of the following methods: 

• By mail: Lieutenant Junior Grade 

Colin Marquis, Lower Mississippi River 

Waterway Safety Advisory Committee, 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer, 

200 Hendee Street, New Orleans, 

Louisiana 70114; or 

• By fax: 504–365–2287, Attention: 

Lieutenant Junior Grade Colin Marquis, 

Lower Mississippi River Waterway 

Safety Advisory Committee, Alternate 

Designated Federal Officer; or 

• By email: Colin.L.Marquis@

uscg.mil, Subject line: The Lower 

Mississippi River Waterway Safety 

Advisory Committee. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lieutenant Junior Grade Colin Marquis, 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer of 

Lower Mississippi River Waterway 

Safety Advisory Committee; telephone 

(504)365–2282 or email at 

Colin.L.Marquis@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Lower 

Mississippi River Waterway Safety 

Advisory Committee is a Federal 

advisory committee under the authority 

found in section 19 of the Coast Guard 

Authorization Act of 1991, (Pub. L. 102– 

241) as amended by section 621 of the 

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010, 

Public Law 111–281. This Committee is 

established in accordance with and 

operates under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, title 5, 

United States Code, Appendix. The 

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Safety Advisory Committee advises the 

U.S. Coast Guard on matters relating to 

communications, surveillance, traffic 

management, anchorages, development, 

and operation of the New Orleans 

Vessel Traffic Service, and other related 

topics dealing with navigation safety on 

the Lower Mississippi River as required 

by the U.S. Coast Guard. 

The Committee expects to meet at 

least two times annually. It may also 

meet for extraordinary purposes with 

the approval of the Designated Federal 

Officer. We will consider applications 

for 25 positions that expire or become 

vacant August 27, 2015. To be eligible, 

you should have experience regarding 

the transportation, equipment, and 

techniques that are used to ship cargo 

and to navigate vessels on the Lower 

Mississippi River and its connecting 

navigable waterways, including the Gulf 

of Mexico. The 25 positions available 

for application are broken down as 

follows: 

1. Five members representing River 

Port authorities between Baton Rouge, 

Louisiana, and the Head of Passes of the 

Lower Mississippi River, of which one 

member shall be from the Port of St. 

Bernard and one member from the Port 

of Plaquemines. 

2. Two members representing vessel 

owners domiciled in the state of 

Louisiana. 

3. Two members representing 

organizations which operate harbor tugs 

or barge fleets in the geographical area 

covered by the Committee. 

4. Two members representing 

companies which transport cargo or 

passengers on the navigable waterways 

in the geographical area covered by the 

Committee. 

5. Three members representing State 

Commissioned Pilot organizations, with 

one member each representing New 

Orleans-Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots 

Association, the Crescent River Port 

Pilots Association, and the Associated 

Branch Pilots Association. 

6. Two at-large members who utilize 

water transportation facilities located in 

the geographical area covered by the 

Committee. 

7. Three members each one 

representing one of three categories: 

Consumers, shippers, and importersexporters that utilize vessels which 

utilize the navigable waterways covered 

by the Committee. 

8. Two members representing those 

licensed merchant mariners, other than 

pilots, who perform shipboard duties on 

those vessels which utilize navigable 

waterways covered by the Committee. 

9. One member representing an 

organization that serves in a consulting 

or advisory capacity to the maritime 

industry. 

10. One member representing an 

environmental organization. 

11. One member drawn from the 

general public. 

12. One member representing the 

Associated Federal Pilots and Docking 

Masters of Louisiana. 

Each member serves for a term of 2 

years. Members may serve consecutive 

terms. All members serve at their own 

expense and receive no salary, 

reimbursement of travel expenses, or 

other compensation from the Federal 

Government. If you are selected as a 

member from the general public and 

from at-large members who utilize water 

transportation facilities in the 

geographical area covered by the 

Committee, you will be appointed and 

serve as a Special Government 

Employee as defined in section 202(a) of 

title 18, United States Code. As a 

candidate for appointment as a Special 

Government Employee, applicants are 

required to complete a Confidential 

Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 

450). The Coast Guard may not release 

the reports or the information in them 

to the public except under an order 

issued by a Federal court or as 

otherwise provided under the Privacy 

Act (5 U.S.C. 552a). Applicants can 

obtain this form by going to the Web site 

of the Office of Government Ethics 

(www.oge.gov), or by contacting the 

individual listed above. Applications for 

Special Government Employee which 

are not accompanied by a completed 

OGE Form 450 will not be considered. 

Registered lobbyists are not eligible to 

serve on federal advisory committees in 

her or his individual capacity. See 

guidance notice (79 FR 47482, August 

13, 2014). Positions we list for members 

from the general public and from atlarge members who utilize water 

transportation facilities in the 

geographical area covered by the 

Committee would be someone 

appointed in her or his individual 

capacity and she or he would be 

designated as a Special Government 

Employee as defined in 202(a) of title 

18, United States Code. Registered 

lobbyists are lobbyists required to 

comply with provisions contained in 

the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–65, as amended by title II 

of Pub. L. 110–81). 

The Department of Homeland 

Security does not discriminate in 

selection of Committee members on the 

basis of race, color, religion, sex, 

national origin, political affiliation, 

sexual orientation, gender identity, 

marital status, disability and genetic 

information, age, membership in an 

employment organization, or any other 

non-merit factor. The Department of 

Homeland Security strives to achieve a 

widely diverse candidate pool for all of 

its recruitment actions. 

To visit our online docket, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, enter the 

docket number for this notice (USCG– 

2014–0879) in the Search box, and click 

‘‘Search’’. Please do not post your 

resume on this site. 

Note that during the vetting process 

applicants may be asked to provide date 

of birth and social security number. All 

email submittals will receive receipt 

confirmation. 

Dated: December 5, 2014. 

K. S. Cook, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 

Eighth Coast Guard District. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R2–ES–2014–N259; 

FXES11130200000–156–FF02ENEH00] 

Receipt of an Incidental Take Permit 

Application for Participation in the Oil 

and Gas Industry Conservation Plan 

for the American Burying Beetle in 

Oklahoma 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for public comments. 

SUMMARY: Under the Endangered 

Species Act, as amended (Act), we, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite 

the public to comment on an incidental 

take permit application for take of the 

federally listed American burying beetle 

resulting from activities associated with 

the geophysical exploration (seismic) 

and construction, maintenance, 

operation, repair, and decommissioning 

of oil and gas well field infrastructure 

within Oklahoma. If approved, the 

permit would be issued under the 

approved Oil and Gas Industry 

Conservation Plan Associated with 

Issuance of Endangered Species Act 

Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits for the 

American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma 

(ICP). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be received on or before 

February 19, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of 

all documents and submit comments on 

the applicant’s ITP application by one of 

the following methods. Please refer to 


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