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Coast Guard, National Maritime Center. 

Foreign nationals participating will be 

required to pre-register no later than 4 

p.m. on October 4, 2017, to be admitted 

to the meeting. U.S. citizens 

participating will be required to preregister no later than 4 p.m. on October 

11, 2017, to be admitted to the meeting. 

To pre-register, contact Mr. Davis Breyer 

at davis.j.breyer@uscg.mil or (202)372– 

1445. You will be asked to provide your 

name and telephone number. In 

addition, please provide the company or 

group in which you are affiliated. 

Foreign nationals will also need to 

provide your country of citizenship, 

passport country, country of residence, 

place of birth, passport number, and 

expiration date. All attendees will be 

required to provide a REAL ID Actcompliant government-issued picture 

identification card in order to gain 

admittance to the building. For more 

information on REAL ID and to check 

the compliance status of your state/ 

territory, please see https://

www.dhs.gov/real-id and https://

www.dhs.gov/real-id-public-faqs. 

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 

October 11, 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: Mr. 

Davis Breyer, 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 202–372–1445, fax 202–372– 

8382 or davis.j.breyer@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 October 18, 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) National Maritime Center brief. 

(5) Public comment period. 

(6) 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 duplicate 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 

merchant vessels; 

(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. 

(7) Adjournment of meeting. 

Day 2 

The agenda for the October 19, 2017, 

meeting is as follows: 

(1) Committee work update. 

(2) Continue work on task statements. 

(3) Public comment period. 

(4) The Working Groups 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. 

(5) Closing remarks/plans for next 

meeting. 

(6) Adjournment of Meeting. 

A copy of all meeting documentation 

will be available at https://homeport.

uscg.mil/medmac no later than October 

11, 2017. Alternatively, you may contact 

Mr. Davis Breyer 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 Mr. Davis Breyer 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: September 18, 2017. 

Jeffrey G. Lantz, 

Director of Commercial Regulations and 

Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20208 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2017–0768] 

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Coast Guard, Department 

of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Merchant Marine 

Personnel Advisory Committee and its 

Working Groups will meet to discuss 

various issues related to the training and 

fitness of merchant marine personnel. 

The meetings will be open to the public. 

DATES: The Merchant Marine Personnel 

Advisory Committee and its Working 

Groups are scheduled to meet on 

Thursday, October 26, 2017, from 8 a.m. 

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until 5:30 p.m., and the full Committee 

is scheduled to meet on Friday October 

27, 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 

the U.S. Coast Guard National Maritime 

Center in the Dales Larson Room on the 

third floor, 100 Forbes Drive, 

Martinsburg, WV 25404–0001 (https://

www.uscg.mil/nmc/). 

Pre-registration Information: Preregistration is required for access to U.S. 

Coast Guard, National Maritime Center. 

Foreign nationals participating will be 

required to pre-register no later than 4 

p.m. on October 11, 2017, to be 

admitted to the meeting. U.S. citizens 

participating will be required to preregister no later than 4 p.m. on October 

18, 2017, to be admitted to the meeting. 

To pre-register, contact Mr. Davis Breyer 

at davis.j.breyer@uscg.mil or (202) 372– 

1445. You will be asked to provide your 

name and telephone number. In 

addition, please provide the company or 

group in which you are affiliated. 

Foreign nationals will also need to 

provide your country of citizenship, 

passport country, country of residence, 

place of birth, passport number, and 

expiration date. All attendees will be 

required to provide a REAL ID Actcompliant government-issued picture 

identification card in order to gain 

admittance to the building. For more 

information on REAL ID and to check 

the compliance status of your state/ 

territory, please see https://

www.dhs.gov/real-id and https://

www.dhs.gov/real-id-public-faqs. 

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 

October 18, 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–2017–0768. 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– 

0768 in the ‘‘Search’’ box, press Enter, 

and then click on the item you wish to 

view. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Davis Breyer, Alternate Designated 

Federal Officer of the Merchant Marine 

Personnel Advisory Committee, 2703 

Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE., Stop 

7509, Washington, DC 20593–7509, 

telephone 202–372–1445, fax 202–372– 

8382 or davis.j.breyer@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given pursuant to the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Title 5 

United States Code Appendix. 

The Merchant Marine Personnel 

Advisory Committee was established 

under authority of section 310 of the 

Howard Coble Coast Guard and 

Maritime Transportation Act of 2014, 

codified at Title 46, United States Code, 

section 8108, and chartered under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Title 5, United States 

Code, Appendix). The Committee acts 

solely in an advisory capacity to the 

Secretary of the Department of 

Homeland Security through the 

Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard on 

matters relating to personnel in the 

United States merchant marine, 

including training, qualifications, 

certification, documentation, and fitness 

standards and other matters as assigned 

by the Commandant. The Committee 

shall also review and comment on 

proposed U.S. Coast Guard regulations 

and policies relating to personnel in the 

United States merchant marine, 

including training, qualifications, 

certification, documentation, and fitness 

standards; may be given special 

assignments by the Secretary and may 

conduct studies, inquiries, workshops, 

and fact finding in consultation with 

individuals and groups in the private 

sector and with State or local 

governments; and shall advise, consult 

with, and make recommendations 

reflecting its independent judgment to 

the Secretary. 

Agenda 

Day 1 

The agenda for the October 26, 2017, 

meeting is as follows: 

(1) The full Committee will meet 

briefly to discuss the Working Groups’ 

business/task statements, which are 

listed under paragraph 3(a)–(h) below. 

(2) Working Groups will separately 

address the following task statements 

which are available for viewing at 

https://homeport.uscg.mil/merpac: 

(a) Task Statement 87, Review of 

policy documents providing guidance 

on the implementation of the December 

24, 2013, International Convention on 

Standards of Training, Certification and 

Watchkeeping for Seafarers rulemaking; 

(b) Task Statement 96, Review and 

comment on the course and program 

approval requirements including 46 

CFR 10.402, 10.403, 10.407 and 

Navigation and Vessel Inspection 

Circular 03–14 guidelines for approval 

of training courses and programs; 

(c) Task Statement 98, Continue the 

progress made by the military services 

towards meeting the goals on the use of 

Military Education, Training and 

Assessment for STCW and National 

Mariner Endorsements as identified in 

the Howard Coble Coast Guard and 

Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 

and subsequent legislation; 

(d) Task Statement 99, Review and 

comment on the ‘‘Guidelines for Issuing 

Endorsement for Tankerman PIC 

Restricted to Fuel Transfers on Towing 

Vessels’’ policy letter (CG–MMC Policy 

Letter No. 01–17); 

(e) Task Statement 100, Provide input 

to MARAD’s working group that will 

examine and assess the size of the pool 

of U.S. mariners necessary to support 

the U.S. flag fleet in times of national 

emergency; 

(f) Task Statement 101, Provide 

feedback and avenues to further 

enhance open communication between 

external stakeholders and the U.S. Coast 

Guard’s mariner credentialing program 

regarding all aspects of the program; 

(g) Task Statement 102, Consider and 

make recommendations regarding the 

current requirement for a U.S. Merchant 

Mariner to read and write using English; 

(h) Task Statement 103, Input to 

Support Regulatory Reform of Coast 

Guard Regulations-Executive Orders 

13771 and 13783. 

(3) Public comment period. 

(4) Reports of Working Groups. At the 

end of the day, the Working Groups will 

report to the full Committee on what 

was accomplished in their meetings. 

The full Committee will not take action 

on these reports on this date. Any 

official action taken as a result of these 

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Working Group meetings will be taken 

on day two of the meeting. 

(5) Adjournment of meeting. 

Day 2 

The agenda for the October 27, 2017, 

full Committee meeting is as follows: 

(1) Introduction. 

(2) Swear in newly appointed 

Committee members. 

(3) Remarks from U.S. Coast Guard 

Leadership. 

(4) Designated Federal Officer 

announcements. 

(5) Roll call of Committee members 

and determination of a quorum. 

(6) Reports from the following 

Working Groups: 

(a) Task Statement 87, Review of 

policy documents providing guidance 

on the implementation of the December 

24, 2013, International Convention on 

Standards of Training, Certification and 

Watchkeeping for Seafarers rulemaking; 

(b) Task Statement 96, Review and 

comment on the course and program 

approval requirements including 46 

CFR 10.402, 10.403, 10.407 and 

Navigation and Vessel Inspection 

Circular 03–14 guidelines for approval 

of training courses and programs; 

(c) Task Statement 98, continue the 

progress made by the military services 

towards meeting the goals on the use of 

Military Education, Training and 

Assessment for STCW and National 

Mariner Endorsements as identified in 

the Howard Coble Coast Guard and 

Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 

and subsequent legislation; 

(d) Task Statement 99, Review and 

comment on the ‘‘Guidelines for Issuing 

Endorsement for Tankerman PIC 

Restricted to Fuel Transfers on Towing 

Vessels’’ policy letter (CG–MMC Policy 

Letter No. 01–17); 

(e) Task Statement 100, Provide input 

to MARAD’s working group that will 

examine and assess the size of the pool 

of U.S. mariners necessary to support 

the U.S. flag fleet in times of national 

emergency; 

(f) Task Statement 101, Provide 

feedback and avenues to further 

enhance open communication between 

external stakeholders and the U.S. Coast 

Guard’s mariner credentialing program 

regarding all aspects of the program; 

(g) Task Statement 102, consider and 

make recommendations regarding the 

current requirement for a U.S. Merchant 

Mariner to read and write using English; 

(h) Task Statement 103, Input to 

Support Regulatory Reform of Coast 

Guard Regulations-Executive Orders 

13771 and 13783. 

(7) Other items for discussion: 

(a) Report on the Mariner 

Credentialing Program; 

(b) Report on National Maritime 

Center activities from the National 

Maritime Center Commanding Officer, 

such as medical requirements and legal 

authorities; 

(c) Briefings about on-going U.S. Coast 

Guard projects related to personnel in 

the U.S. merchant marine. 

(8) Public comment period. 

(9) Discussion of Working Group 

recommendations. 

The Committee will review the 

information presented on each issue, 

deliberate on any recommendations 

presented by the Working Groups, 

approve/formulate recommendations 

and close any completed tasks. Official 

action on these recommendations may 

be taken on this date. 

(10) Closing remarks/plans for next 

meeting. 

(11) Adjournment of meeting. 

A public comment period will be held 

during each Working Group and full 

Committee meeting concerning matters 

being discussed. 

A copy of all meeting documentation 

will be available at https://

homeport.uscg.mil/merpac no later than 

October 18, 2017. Alternatively, you 

may contact Mr. Davis Breyer as noted 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section 

above. 

Public comments will be limited to 

three minutes per speaker. Please note 

that the public comment periods will 

end following the last call for 

comments. Please contact Mr. Davis 

Breyer, listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section, to register 

as a speaker. 

Please note that the meeting may 

adjourn early if the work is completed. 

Dated: September 18, 2017. 

Jeffrey G. Lantz, 

Director of Commercial Regulations and 

Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20209 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–3388– 

EM; Docket ID FEMA–2017–0001] 

Seminole Tribe of Florida; Emergency 

and Related Determinations 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the 

Presidential declaration of an 

emergency for the Seminole Tribe of 

Florida (FEMA–3388–EM), dated 

September 8, 2017, and related 

determinations. 

DATES: The declaration was issued 

September 8, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dean Webster, Office of Response and 

Recovery, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that, in a letter dated 

September 8, 2017, the President issued 

an emergency declaration under the 

authority of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5207 

(the Stafford Act), as follows: 

I have determined that the emergency 

conditions in the lands associated with the 

Seminole Tribe of Florida resulting from 

Hurricane Irma beginning on September 4, 

2017, and continuing, are of sufficient 

severity and magnitude to warrant an 

emergency declaration under the Robert T. 

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (‘‘the 

Stafford Act’’). Therefore, I declare that such 

an emergency exists for the Seminole Tribe 

of Florida and associated lands. 

You are authorized to provide appropriate 

assistance for required emergency measures, 

authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, 

to save lives and to protect property and 

public health and safety, and to lessen or 

avert the threat of a catastrophe in the 

designated areas. Specifically, you are 

authorized to provide assistance for debris 

removal and emergency protective measures 

(Categories A and B), including direct 

Federal assistance, under the Public 

Assistance program. 

Consistent with the requirement that 

Federal assistance is supplemental, any 

Federal funds provided under the Stafford 

Act for Public Assistance will be limited to 

75 percent of the total eligible costs. 

Further, you are authorized to make 

changes to this declaration for the approved 

assistance to the extent allowable under the 

Stafford Act. 

The Federal Emergency Management 

Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that 

pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Administrator, Department of Homeland 

Security, under Executive Order 12148, 

as amended, Justo Herna ́ndez, of FEMA 

is appointed to act as the Federal 

Coordinating Officer for this declared 

emergency. 

The following areas have been 

designated as adversely affected by this 

declared emergency: 

The Seminole Tribe of Florida and 

associated lands for debris removal and 

emergency protective measures (Categories A 

and B), including direct federal assistance, 

under the Public Assistance program. 

The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used