Document ID: USCG-2017-0830-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: National Maritime Security Advisory Committee
Posted Date: 2017-09-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 169 (Friday, September 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41633-41634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18515]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0830]

National Maritime Security Advisory Committee

AGENCY: U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Maritime Security Advisory Committee will meet in 
Arlington, Virginia, to review and discuss various issues relating to 
national maritime security. All meetings will be open to the public.

DATES: The Committee will meet on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, from 12 
Noon to 4:30 p.m. and on Wednesday, September 20, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 
12 Noon. This meeting may close early if all business is finished.

ADDRESSES:  The meeting will be held in the Holiday Inn Arlington, 
Ballroom 1, 4610 North Fairfax Drive; Arlington, Virginia 22203. The 
hotel's Web site is: http://www.hiarlington.com/.
    This meeting will be broadcast via a web enabled interactive online 
format and teleconference line. To participate via teleconference, dial 
1-855-475-2447; the pass code to join is 764 990 20#. Additionally, if 
you would like to participate in this meeting via the online web 
format, please log onto https://share.dhs.gov/nmsac/ and follow the 
online instructions to register for this meeting. If you encounter 
technical difficulties, contact Mr. Ryan Owens at (202) 302 6565.
    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities, or to request special assistance at the meetings, contact 
the individual listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT below as soon 
as possible.
    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 15, 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-2017-0830]. Written comments must be submitted using the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. If you encounter 
technical difficulties, contact the individual in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. Comments received will be 
posted without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov including any 
personal information provided. You may review the Privacy Act and 
Security Notice for the Federal Docket Management System at https://regulations.gov/privacyNotice.
    Docket Search: For access to the docket to read documents or 
comments related to this notice, go to http://

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www.regulations.gov, and use ``USCG-2017-0830'' in the ``Search'' box, 
press Enter, and then click on the item you wish to view.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ryan Owens, Alternate Designated 
Federal Officer of the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee, 
2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593, Stop 
7581, Washington, DC 20593-7581; telephone 202-372-1108 or email 
ryan.f.owens@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is in compliance with 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, (Title 5, United States Code, 
Appendix). The National Maritime Security Advisory Committee operates 
under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 70112. The National Maritime Security 
Advisory Committee provides advice, consults with, and makes 
recommendations to the Secretary of Homeland Security, via the 
Commandant of the Coast Guard, on matters relating to national maritime 
security.
    A copy of all meeting documentation will be available at https://homeport.uscg.mil/NMSAC by September 30, 2017.

Agenda of Meeting

Day 1

    The Committee will meet to review, discuss and formulate 
recommendations on the following issues:
    (1) Cyber Security Guidance in the Marine Transportation System. 
The Committee will discuss and receive a brief on the current efforts 
to implement cyber security strategies. The Committee will also provide 
recommendations on current effort to provide Cyber Security Guidance.
    (2) Regulatory Reform effort update. The Committee will discuss the 
efforts of the Regulatory Reform working group to address the tasking 
put forward to the Committee in August (NMSAC Task T2017-01).
    (3) Member Report. The Committee members will each provide an 
update on the security developments in each of the respective member's 
representative segment.
    (4) Public Comment period.

Day 2

    The Committee will meet to review, discuss and formulate 
recommendations on the following issues:
    (1) Extremely Hazardous Cargo Strategy. In July 2016, the U.S. 
Coast Guard tasked the Committee to work with the Chemical 
Transportation Advisory Committee to assist in the development of an 
Extremely Hazardous Cargo Strategy Implementation Plan. The Committee 
will discuss and receive an update from the Extremely Hazardous Cargo 
Working Group on their efforts.
    (2) Future Policies Tasking. In October, 2016 the Committee was 
tasked with identifying future security issues for U.S. Coast Guard to 
consider. The Committee will discuss and receive an update on this 
effort.
    (3) Public comment period.
    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 each 
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.

    Dated: August 28, 2017.
Jennifer F. Williams,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Inspections and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2017-18515 Filed 8-31-17; 8:45 am]
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