Document ID: USCG-2016-0301-0002
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Navigation Safety Advisory Council; Vacancies
Posted Date: 2016-06-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39060-39061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14154]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0301]

Navigation Safety Advisory Council; Vacancies

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.

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 
August 15, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Applicants should send a cover letter expressing interest in 
an appointment to the Navigation Safety Advisory Council that 
identifies which membership category the applicant is applying under, 
along with a resume detailing the applicant's experience via one of the 
following methods:
     By Email: to George.H.Detweiler@uscg.mil (preferred);
     By Mail: Commandant (CG-NAV-2)/NAVSAC Attn: Mr. George 
Detweiler, Alternate Designated Federal Officer, Commandant (CG-NAV-2), 
U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 Martin Luther King Avenue SE., STOP 7418, 
Washington, DC 20593-7418; or
     By Fax: 202-372-1991.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Navigation Safety Advisory Council is a 
federal advisory committee authorized by 33 U.S.C. 2073 and chartered 
under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, (Title 5 
U.S.C. Appendix).
    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.
    The Navigation Safety Advisory Council is expected to meet at least 
twice each year. 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 Coast Guard will consider applications for seven positions that 
will be vacant on November 4, 2016, in the following membership 
categories only:
    a. Commercial vessel owners and operators;
    b. Professional mariners;
    c. Recreational boaters;
    d. Recreational Boating Industry; and
    e. State agencies responsible for vessel or port safety.
    To be eligible, applicants should have experience in one of the 
categories listed above. Members serve terms of office of up to three 
(3) years. Members are limited to serving no more than two (2) 
consecutive terms. In the event the Navigation Safety Advisory Council 
terminates, all appointments to the Council terminate.
    Registered lobbyists are not eligible to serve on federal advisory 
committees in an individual capacity. See ``Revised Guidance on 
Appointment of Lobbyists to Federal Advisory Committees, Boards and 
Commissions'' (79 FR 47482, August 13, 2014). Registered lobbyists are 
lobbyists required to comply with provisions contained in 2 U.S.C. 
1605.
    The Department of Homeland Security does not discriminate in 
selecting Council 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 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 complete application package 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.

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    Dated: June 10, 2016.
David C. Barata,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Director, Marine Transportation 
Systems.
[FR Doc. 2016-14154 Filed 6-14-16; 8:45 am]
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