Document ID: USCG-2015-0042-0004
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Requests for Nominations: Navigation Safety Advisory Council
Posted Date: 2015-05-04T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 85 (Monday, May 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25310-25311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10329]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2015-0042]

Navigation Safety Advisory Council; Vacancies

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Request for applications.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard seeks applications for membership on the 
Navigation Safety Advisory Council. The Navigation Safety Advisory 
Council provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, through the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, on 
matters relating to maritime collisions, rammings, and groundings; 
Inland Rules of the Road; International Rules of the Road; navigation 
regulations and equipment; routing measures; marine information; diving 
safety; and aids to navigation systems.

DATES: Completed applications should reach the Coast Guard on or before 
June 30, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Applicants should send a cover letter expressing interest in 
an appointment to the Navigation Safety Advisory Council that also 
indentifies which membership category the applicant is applying under, 
along with the resume detailing the applicant's experience via one of 
the following methods:
     By mail: Commandant (CG-NAV)/NAVSAC Attn: Mr. George 
Detweiler, Alternate Designated Federal Officer, Commandant (CG-NAV), 
U.S. Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Avenue SE., STOP 7418, 
Washington, DC 20593-7418;
     By fax to 202-372-1991; or
     By email to George.H.Detweiler@uscg.mil.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. George Detweiler, the Navigation 
Safety Advisory Council Alternate Designated Federal Officer, telephone 
202-372-1566, fax 202-372-1991, or email George.H.Detweiler@uscg.mil; 
or Mr. Burt Lahn, Navigation Safety Advisory Council coordinator, 
telephone 202-372-1526, or email Burt.A.Lahn@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Navigation Safety Advisory Council is a 
federal advisory committee authorized by 33 U.S.C. 2073 and chartered 
under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, (5 U.S.C. Appendix). The 
Navigation Safety Advisory Council provides advice and recommendations 
to the Secretary, through the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, on 
matters relating to maritime collisions, rammings, and groundings; 
Inland Rules of the Road; International Rules of the Road; navigation 
regulations and equipment; routing measures; marine information; diving 
safety; and aids to navigation systems.
    The Navigation Safety Advisory Council is expected to meet at least 
twice each year, or more often with the approval of the Designated 
Federal Officer. All members serve at their own expense and receive no 
salary from the Federal Government, although travel reimbursement and 
per diem may be provided for called meetings. The Navigation Safety 
Advisory Council is composed of not more than 21 members who all will 
have expertise in Inland and International vessel navigation Rules of 
the Road, aids to maritime navigation, maritime law, vessel safety, 
port safety, or commercial diving safety. Each member will be appointed 
to represent the viewpoints and interests of one of the following 
groups or organizations, and at least one member will be appointed to 
represent each membership category:
    a. Commercial vessel owners or operators;
    b. Professional mariners;
    c. Recreational boaters;
    d. The recreational boating industry;
    e. State agencies responsible for vessel or port safety; and
    f. The Maritime Law Association.
    Members serve as representatives and are not Special Government 
Employees as defined in section 202(a) of Title 18, U.S.C.
    The Coast Guard will consider applications for seven positions that 
expire or become vacant on November 4, 2015, in the following 
categories:
    a. Professional mariners;
    b. Recreational boaters;
    c. Recreational Boating Industry; and
    d. State agencies responsible for vessel or port safety;
    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 reappointed to an additional term, serving not more than 
six consecutive years. 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, submit your cover letter and resume to Mr. George Detweiler, 
the Navigation Safety Advisory Council Alternate Designated Federal 
Officer by email or mail according to instructions in the ADDRESSES 
section by the deadline in the DATES section of this notice.
    All email submittals will receive email receipt confirmation.
    To visit our online docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov. 
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G.C. Rasicot,
Director, Marine Transportation Systems, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2015-10329 Filed 5-1-15; 8:45 am]
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