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compensation from the Federal 

Government. The only exception to this 

policy is when attending the Navigation 

Safety Advisory Council meetings; 

members may be reimbursed for travel 

and expenses and provided per diem in 

accordance with Federal Travel 

Regulations. 

The Coast Guard will consider 

applications for seven positions that 

will be vacant on November 4, 2017, in 

the following membership categories 

only: 

a. Commercial vessel owners and 

operators; 

b. Professional mariners; 

c. Recreational boaters; 

d. The recreational boating industry; 

and 

e. The Maritime Law Association. 

Each member will be appointed to 

represent the viewpoints and interests 

of one of the groups or organizations, 

and at least one member will be 

appointed to represent each 

membership category. All members 

serve as representatives and are not 

Special Government Employees as 

defined in Section 202(a), Title 18, 

U.S.C. 

To be eligible, you should have 

experience in one of the categories 

listed above. Members serve terms of 

office of up to three (3) years. Members 

may be considered to serve up to two (2) 

consecutive terms. In the event the 

Navigation Safety Advisory Council 

terminates, all appointments to the 

Council terminate. 

The Department of Homeland 

Security does not discriminate in 

selection of Council members on the 

basis of race, color, religion, sex, 

national origin, political affiliation, 

sexual orientation, gender identity, 

marital status, disabilities and genetic 

information, age, membership in an 

employee 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. 

If you are interested in applying to 

become a member of the Council, send 

your cover letter and resume to 

Mr. George Detweiler, the Navigation 

Safety Advisory Council, Alternate 

Designated Federal Officer via one of 

the transmittal methods in the 

ADDRESSES section by the deadline in 

the DATES section of this notice. All 

email submittals will receive email 

receipt confirmation. 

Dated: August 16, 2017. 

Michael D. Emerson, 

Director, Marine Transportation Systems. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2017–0767] 

Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Coast Guard, Department 

of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Merchant Mariner 

Medical Advisory Committee and its 

Working Groups will meet to discuss 

matters relating to medical certification 

determinations for issuance of licenses, 

certificates of registry, and merchant 

mariners’ documents, medical standards 

and guidelines for the physical 

qualifications of operators of 

commercial vessels, medical examiner 

education, and medical research. The 

meetings will be open to the public. 

DATES: The Merchant Mariner Medical 

Advisory Committee and its Working 

Groups are scheduled to meet on 

Tuesday, September 12, 2017, and 

Wednesday, September 13, 2017, from 8 

a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Please note that 

these meetings may adjourn early if the 

Committee has completed its business. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

Seattle University, in the Bannan 

Auditorium, 901 12th Avenue, Seattle, 

WA 98122–1090 (https://

www.seattleu.edu/). 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact the Alternate 

Designated Federal Officer as soon as 

possible using the contact information 

provided in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice. 

Instructions: You are free to submit 

comments at any time, including orally 

at the meetings, but if you want 

Committee members to review your 

comment before the meetings, please 

submit your comments no later than 

September 6, 2017. We are particularly 

interested in comments on the issues in 

the ‘‘Agenda’’ section below. You must 

include ‘‘Department of Homeland 

Security’’ and the docket number 

USCG–2017–0767. Written comments 

may also be submitted using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. If you encounter 

technical difficulties with comments 

submission, contact the individual 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section below. Comments 

received will be posted without 

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

including any personal information 

provided. You may review the Privacy 

and Security Notice for the Federal 

Docket Management System at https://

www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice. 

Docket Search: For access to the 

docket to read documents or comments 

related to this notice, go to http://

www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2017– 

0767 in the ‘‘Search’’ box, press Enter, 

and then click on the item you wish to 

view. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lieutenant Junior Grade James Fortin, 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer of 

the Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory 

Committee, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. 

Ave. SE., Stop 7509, Washington, DC 

20593–7509, telephone 202–372–1128, 

fax 202–372–8385 or james.l.fortin@

uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is pursuant with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Title 5 

United States Code Appendix. 

The Merchant Mariner Medical 

Advisory Committee Meeting is 

authorized by section 210 of the U.S. 

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 

(Pub. L. 111–281, codified at 46 United 

States Code 7115). The Committee 

advises the Secretary on matters related 

to (a) medical certification 

determinations for issuance of licenses, 

certificates of registry, and merchant 

mariners’ documents; (b) medical 

standards and guidelines for the 

physical qualifications of operators of 

commercial vessels; (c) medical 

examiner education; and (d) medical 

research. 

Agenda 

Day 1 

The agenda for the September 12, 

2017, meeting is as follows: 

(1) Opening remarks from the 

Designated Federal Officer. 

(2) Opening remarks from U.S. Coast 

Guard leadership. 

(3) Roll call of Committee members 

and determination of a quorum. 

(4) Public comment period. 

(5) Working Groups will separately 

address the following task statements 

which are available for viewing at 

https://homeport.uscg.mil/medmac. 

(a) Task statement 15–13, Mariner 

Occupational Health Risk Study 

Analysis. This is a joint task statement 

with the Merchant Marine Personnel 

Advisory Committee; 

(b) Task statement 16–24, requesting 

recommendations on appropriate diets 

and wellness for mariners while aboard 

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(c) Task statement 17–25, requesting 

recommendations on functions that 

would be useful to the mariner, ashore 

and afloat regarding their medical 

certification; 

(d) Task statement 17–26, Input to 

Support Regulatory Reform of Coast 

Guard Regulations—Executive Orders 

13771 and 13783. 

(e) The Committee may receive new 

task statements from the U.S. Coast 

Guard, review the information 

presented on each issue, deliberate and 

formulate recommendations for the 

Department’s consideration. 

(7) Adjournment of meeting. 

Day 2 

The agenda for the September 13, 

2017, meeting is as follows: 

(1) Committee work update. 

(2) Merchant Mariner Credentialing 

brief. 

(3) National Maritime Center brief. 

(4) Marine casualty data analysis 

presentation. 

(5) Continue work on task statements. 

(6) Public comment period. 

(7) By mid-afternoon, the Working 

Groups will report, and if applicable, 

make recommendations for the full 

Committee to consider for presentation 

to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Committee 

may deliberate and vote on the Working 

Group’s recommendations on this date. 

The public will have an opportunity to 

speak after each Working Group’s 

Report before the full Committee takes 

any action on each report. 

(8) Closing remarks/plans for next 

meeting. 

(9) Adjournment of Meeting. 

A public comment period will be held 

on September 12, 2017, from 

approximately 11:30 a.m.–12 p.m. and 

September 13, 2017, from 

approximately 2:15 p.m.–2:45 p.m. 

A copy of all meeting documentation 

will be available at https://

homeport.uscg.mil/medmac no later 

than September 4, 2017. Alternatively, 

you may contact Lieutenant Junior 

Grade James Fortin as noted in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION section above. 

Public comments will be limited to 5 

minutes per speaker. Please note that 

the public comment periods will end 

following the last call for comments. 

Contact Lieutenant Junior Grade James 

Fortin as indicated in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document to register as a speaker. 

Please note that the meeting may 

adjourn early if the work is completed. 

Dated: August 15, 2017. 

Jeffrey G. Lantz, 

Director of Commercial Regulations and 

Standards. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Accreditation and Approval of Intertek 

USA, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA, as a 

Commercial Gauger and Laboratory 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: Notice of accreditation and 

approval of Intertek USA, Inc., as a 

commercial gauger and laboratory. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to CBP regulations, that 

Intertek USA, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA, has 

been approved to gauge petroleum and 

certain petroleum products and 

accredited to test petroleum and certain 

petroleum products for customs 

purposes for the next three years as of 

April 26, 2016. 

DATES: Intertek USA, Inc. was 

accredited and approved, as a 

commercial gauger and laboratory as of 

April 26, 2016. The next triennial 

inspection date will be scheduled for 

April 2019. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Justin Shey, Laboratories and Scientific 

Services Directorate, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Suite 1500N, Washington, 

DC 20229, tel. 202–344–1060. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to 19 CFR 151.12 

and 19 CFR 151.13, that Intertek USA, 

Inc., 105 Merchant Lane, Pittsburgh, PA 

15205, has been approved to gauge 

petroleum and certain petroleum 

products and accredited to test 

petroleum and certain petroleum 

products for customs purposes, in 

accordance with the provisions of 19 

CFR 151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13. Intertek 

USA, Inc., is approved for the following 

gauging procedures for petroleum and 

certain petroleum products from the 

American Petroleum Institute (API): 

API chapters Title 

3 ..................... Tank Gauging. 

7 ..................... Temperature Determination. 

8 ..................... Sampling. 

9 ..................... Density Determination. 

12 ................... Calculations. 

17 ................... Maritime Measurement. 

Intertek USA, Inc., is accredited for 

the following laboratory analysis 

procedures and methods for petroleum 

and certain petroleum products set forth 

by the U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection Laboratory Methods (CBPL) 

and American Society for Testing and 

Materials (ASTM): 

CBPL No. ASTM Title 

27–04 ........................................ D 95 Standard Test Method for Water in Petroleum Products and Bituminous Materials by Distillation. 

27–06 ........................................ D 473 Standard Test Method for Sediment in Crude Oils and Fuel Oils by the Extraction Method. 

27–08 ........................................ D 86 Standard Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at Atmospheric Pressure. 

27–11 ........................................ D 445 Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity). 

27–13 ........................................ D 4294 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy Dispersive 

X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry. 

27–48 ........................................ D 4052 Standard Test Method for Density and Relative Density of Liquids by Digital Density Meter. 

27–54 ........................................ D 1796 Standard Test Method for Water and Sediment in Fuel Oils by the Centrifuge Method (Laboratory Procedure). 

27–58 ........................................ D 5191 Standard Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Mini Method). 

Anyone wishing to employ this entity 

to conduct laboratory analyses and 

gauger services should request and 

receive written assurances from the 

entity that it is accredited or approved 

by the U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection to conduct the specific test or 

gauger service requested. Alternatively, 

inquiries regarding the specific test or 

gauger service this entity is accredited 

or approved to perform may be directed 

to the U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection by calling (202) 344–1060. 

The inquiry may also be sent to 

CBPGaugersLabs@cbp.dhs.gov. Please 


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