[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 213 (Thursday, November 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68202-68203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28440]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2004-17914]
MERPAC and MMMAC Recommendations on the STCW SNPRM
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the availability of recommendations
from the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee in response to
Task Statement 75, in which the Coast Guard requested review of the
Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled, ``Implementation
of the Amendments to the International Convention on Standards of
Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, and
Changes to Domestic Endorsements'' (STCW SNPRM). The Coast Guard also
announces the availability of recommendations from the Merchant Mariner
Medical Advisory Committee after its review of the STCW SNPRM.
DATES: Comments and related material must either be submitted to our
online docket via http://www.regulations.gov on or before December 5,
2011 or reach the Docket Management Facility by that date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2004-17914 using any one of the following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
(2) Fax: (202) 493-2251.
(3) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is (202) 366-9329.
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To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four methods.
See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion of
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for instructions on
submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice,
call or email Mr. Rogers W. Henderson, U.S. Coast Guard, Maritime
Personnel Qualifications Division; telephone: (202) 372-1408, email:
[email protected]. If you have questions on viewing or
submitting material to the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone: (202) 366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Participation and Request for Comments
All comments received will be posted, without change, to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any personal information you have
provided.
Submitting comments: If you submit a comment, please include the
docket number for this notice (USCG-2004-17914) and provide a reason
for each suggestion or recommendation. You may submit your comments and
material online, or by fax, mail or hand delivery, but please use only
one of these means. We recommend that you include your name and a
mailing address, an email address, or a telephone number in the body of
your document so that we can contact you if we have questions regarding
your submission.
To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov,
click on the ``submit a comment'' box, which will then become
highlighted in blue. In the ``Document Type'' drop down menu select
``Notices'' and insert ``USCG-2004-17914'' in the ``Keyword'' box.
Click ``Search'' then click on the balloon shape in the ``Actions''
column. If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit
them in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable
for copying and electronic filing. If you submit them by mail and would
like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped,
self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and
material received during the comment period.
Viewing the Docket: To view comments and the MERPAC and MMMAC
recommendations on the STCW SNPRM, go to http://www.regulations.gov,
click on the ``read comments'' box, which will then become highlighted
in blue. In the ``Keyword'' box insert ``USCG-2004-17914'' and click
``Search.'' Click the ``Open Docket Folder'' in the ``Actions'' column.
If you do not have access to the internet, you may view the docket
online by visiting the Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 on
the ground floor of the Department of Transportation West Building,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. We have an
agreement with the Department of Transportation to use the Docket
Management Facility.
Privacy Act: Anyone can search the electronic form of comments
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review a
Privacy Act, system of records notice regarding our public dockets in
the January 17, 2008, issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
Background
On August 1, 2011, the Coast Guard published a Supplemental Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) in the Federal Register entitled,
``Implementation of the Amendments to the International Convention on
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers,
1978, and Changes to Domestic Endorsements'' (STCW) (76 FR 45908). In
response to Coast Guard Task Statement 75, the Merchant Marine
Personnel Advisory Committee reviewed the SNPRM and made
recommendations. The Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee also
reviewed the SNPRM and has issued recommendations. The recommendations
from both committees are available to the public by following the
directions in the ``Viewing the Docket'' section above.
This notice is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 33 CFR
1.05-1.
Dated: October 28, 2011.
Russell C. Proctor,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of Operating & Environmental
Standards.
[FR Doc. 2011-28440 Filed 11-2-11; 8:45 am]
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