Document ID: USCG-2022-0257-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee; August 2022 Virtual Meeting
Posted Date: 2022-07-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41733-41734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14892]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2022-0257]

National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee; August 2022 
Virtual Meeting

AGENCY:  Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee virtual meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee 
(Committee) will conduct virtual meetings over a series of 3 days to 
discuss matters relating to medical certification determinations for 
issuance of licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariners' 
documents, medical standards and guidelines for the physical 
qualifications of operators of commercial vessels, medical examiner 
education, and medical research. One of the Committee's Working Groups 
will also be meeting. These virtual meetings will be open to the 
public.

DATES: 
    Meeting: The Committee and one of its Working Groups will meet 
virtually on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. 
Eastern Daylight Time, (EDT), Thursday, August 4, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. 
until 3:00 p.m. (EDT), and Friday, August 5, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. until 
2:15 p.m. (EDT). The virtual meetings may adjourn early if the 
Committee has completed its business.
    Comments and supporting documentation: To ensure your comments are 
received by Committee members before the virtual meeting, submit your 
written comments no later than July 27, 2022.

ADDRESSES: To join the virtual meeting or to request special 
accommodations, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section no later than 1 p.m. EDT on July 27, 2022, 
to obtain the needed information. The number of virtual lines are 
limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. The 
Committee is committed to ensuring all participants have equal access 
regardless of disability status. If you require reasonable 
accommodation due to a disability to fully participate, please email 
the individual in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section above as soon as 
possible.
    Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time, 
including orally at the virtual meetings as time permits,

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but if you want Committee members to review your comment before the 
teleconference, please submit your comments no later than July 27, 
2022. We are particularly interested in comments on the issues in the 
``Agenda'' section below. We encourage you to submit comments through 
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. If your 
material cannot be submitted using https://www.regulations.gov, email 
the individual in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 
document for alternate instructions. You must include the docket number 
USCG-2022-0257. Comments received will be posted without alteration at 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. For more about privacy and submissions in response to this 
document, see DHS's eRulemaking System of Records notice (85 FR 14226, 
March 11, 2020). If you encounter technical difficulties with comment 
submission, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
    Docket Search: Documents mentioned in this notice as being 
available in the docket, and all public comments, will be in our online 
docket at https://www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by following 
that website's instructions. Additionally, if you go to the online 
docket and sign-up for email alerts, you will be notified when comments 
are posted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Adrienne Buggs, Alternate 
Designated Federal Officer of the National Merchant Mariner Medical 
Advisory Committee, telephone 202-372-1211 or email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is in compliance 
with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. appendix). The 
Committee is authorized by Sec.  601 of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard 
Authorization Act of 2018, and is codified in 46 U.S.C. 15104. The 
Committee operates under the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix), and 46 U.S.C. 15109. The Committee 
advises the Secretary of Homeland Security through the Commandant, 
Coast Guard on matters relating 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: The National Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee 
will meet on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, Thursday, August 4, 2022, and 
Friday, August 5, 2022 to review, discuss, deliberate and formulate 
recommendations, as appropriate on the following topics. One of the 
Committee's Working Groups will also be meeting.

Day 1

    The agenda for the August 3, 2022 virtual meeting is as follows:
    (1) The full Committee will meet briefly to discuss the Working 
Group business/task statement, which is listed under paragraph (6) 
under Day 3 below.
    (2) The Working Group will then separately address and work on Task 
Statement 22-X1, Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Prevention and 
Culture Change in the Merchant Marine.
    (3) Report of Working Group. At end of the day, the Chair of the 
Working Group will report to the full Committee on what was 
accomplished. The full Committee will not take action on this date and 
the Working Group will present a full report to the Committee on Day 3 
of the meeting.
    (4) Adjournment of meeting.

Day 2

    The agenda for the August 4, 2022 virtual meeting is as follows:
    (1) The full Committee will meet briefly to continue to discuss and 
work on Task Statement 22-X1, Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment 
Prevention and Culture Change in the Merchant Marine.
    (2) The Working Group will then separately address and continue to 
work on Task Statement 22-X1, Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment 
Prevention and Culture Change in the Merchant Marine.
    (3) Report of Working Group. At end of the day, the Chair of the 
Working Group will report to the full Committee on what was 
accomplished. The full Committee will not take action on this date and 
the Working Group will present a full report to the Committee on Day 3 
of the meeting.
    (4) Adjournment of meeting.

Day 3

    The agenda for the August 5, 2022 virtual meeting is as follows:
    (1) Introduction.
    (2) Designated Federal Officer Remarks.
    (3) Roll call of Committee members and determination of a quorum.
    (4) Remarks from U.S. Coast Guard Leadership.
    (5) Acceptance of Minutes from NMEDMAC Meeting 2.
    (6) Presentation of Task: Task Statement 22-X1, Sexual Assault and 
Sexual
    Harassment Prevention and Culture Change in the Merchant Marine.
    (7) Coast Guard Presentations.
    (8) Presentation from the Work Group Chairs.
    The Committee will review the information presented on the 
following issues and deliberate on recommendations presented by the 
Work Groups, approve/formulate recommendations and close any completed 
tasks. Official action on these recommendations may be taken:
    (a) Task Statement 21-01, Recommendations on Mariner Mental Health;
    (b) Task Statement 21-02, Communication Between External 
Stakeholders and the Mariner Credentialing Program;
    (c) Task Statement 21-03, Medical Certifications for Military to 
Mariner;
    (d) Task Statement 21-04, Recommendations on Appropriate Diets and 
Wellness for Mariners While Onboard Merchant Vessels;
    (e) Task Statement 21-06, Review of Medical Regulations and Policy 
to Identify Potential Barriers to Women in the U.S. Maritime Workforce; 
and
    (f) Task Statement 22-X1, Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment 
Prevention and Culture Change in the Merchant Marine.
    (9) Public comment period.
    (10) Closing remarks.
    (11) Adjournment of meeting.
    A copy of all meeting documentation will be available at https://homeport.uscg.mil/missions/federal-advisory-committees/national-merchant-mariner-medical-advisory-committee-(nmedmac) no later than 
July 27, 2022. Alternatively, you may contact the individual noted in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section above.
    During the August 5, 2022 virtual meeting, a public comment period 
will be held immediately after the Presentation of Working Group Report 
and Recommendations, at approximately 1:30 p.m. EDT. Public comments 
will be limited to 3 minutes per speaker. Please note that the public 
comments period will end following the last call for comments. Please 
contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section to register as a speaker.

    Dated: July 7, 2022.
Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2022-14892 Filed 7-12-22; 8:45 am]
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