Document ID: USCG-2016-0369-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee
Posted Date: 2016-05-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32767-32768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12153]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0369]

Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee will meet in 
Detroit, Michigan to discuss committee matters relating to Great Lakes 
pilotage, including the review of proposed regulations and policies. 
This meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee will meet on 
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please note that 
this meeting may close early if the committee completes its business.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Detroit Metro Airport 
Marriott, Dearborn Room, 30559 Flynn Drive, Romulus, MI, 48174. The 
telephone number for the hotel is 734-729-7555 and the Web site is: 
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/dtwrm-detroit-metro-airport-marriott/. For additional information on the location or to request 
reasonable accommodations for the meeting, contact the person listed in 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT below as soon as possible.
    Instructions: To facilitate public participation, written comments 
on the issues in the ``Agenda'' section below must be submitted no 
later than June 3, 2016 if you want committee members to review your 
comment prior to the meeting. You must include ``Department of Homeland 
Security'' and the docket number (USCG-2016-0369). Written comments may 
also be submitted using Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. For technical difficulties, contact Ms. Michelle 
Birchfield. Comments received will be posted without alteration at 
http://www.regulations.gov including any personal information provided. 
You may review a Privacy Act notice regarding the Federal Docket

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Management System in the March 24, 2005, issue of the Federal Register 
(70 FR 15086).
    Docket Search: For access to the docket to read documents or 
comments related to this notice, go to http://www.regulations.gov, and 
use ``USCG-2016-0369'' in the ``Search'' box, press Enter, and then 
click on the item you wish to view.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commandant (CG-WWM-2), ATTN: Ms. 
Michelle Birchfield, Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee Alternate 
Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7509, 2703 Martin 
Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593-7509; telephone 202-
372-1537, fax 202-372-8387, or email at Michelle.R.Birchfield@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is in compliance with 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, (Title 5, U.S.C. Appendix). The 
Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee, established under the 
authority of 46 U.S.C. 9307, makes recommendations to the Secretary of 
Homeland Security and the Coast Guard on matters relating to Great 
Lakes pilotage, including the review of proposed Great Lakes pilotage 
regulations and policies.
    Further information about the Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory 
Committee is available here: https://www.facadatabase.gov. Click on the 
search tab and type ``Great Lakes'' into the search form. Then select 
``Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee'' from the list. A copy of 
all meeting materials will be made available at https://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg552/pilotage.asp by June 8, 2016.
    Agenda: The Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee will meet on 
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 to review, discuss, deliberate and formulate 
recommendations, as appropriate, on the following topics:

(1) Rulemaking
    (a) Regulatory process presentation
    (b) Status of 2016 and 2017 rulemaking
    (c) Weighting factors
    (d) Pilot compensation
    (i) Reliable Data
    (ii) Differences between projected and actual revenues
    (e) Uniform accounting system
    (f) Multi-year rates and a COLA
    (g) Mediated rulemaking
(2) Staffing model
(3) Applicant pilot requirements
    (a) Articulated tug/tow as equivalent experience
    (b) Applicant compensation
    (c) Applicant training
(4) Reports on association infrastructure improvements
(5) Great Lakes Pilotage Office location discussion
(6) Establishing new subcommittees
    (a) Pool Certification
    (b) Change point review

    Public comments or questions will be taken throughout the meeting 
as the committee discusses the issues and prior to deliberations and 
voting. There will also be a public comment period at the end of the 
meeting. Speakers are requested to limit their comments to 5 minutes. 
Please note that the public comment period may end before the period 
allotted, following the last call for comments. Contact the individual 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above to register 
as a speaker.

D.C. Barata,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Director, Marine Transportation 
Systems.
[FR Doc. 2016-12153 Filed 5-23-16; 8:45 am]
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