[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16407-16408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06656]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2017-0203]
National Maritime Security Advisory Committee
AGENCY: 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
Norfolk, 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, April 25, 2017, from 12 Noon
to 4:30 p.m. and on Wednesday, April 26, 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 Port of Virginia Conference
Room on the 6th floor of the World Trade Center,
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600 World Trade Center; Norfolk, Virginia 23510. The Port of Virginia's
Web site is: http://www.portofvirginia.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 April 20, 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-
0203] in your submission. Written comments should be submitted using
the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. If you
encounter technical difficulties, contact Mr. Ryan F. Owens. 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 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-2017-0203'' 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
[email protected].
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 April 25, 2017. Alternatively, you may
contact Ryan Owens as noted in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section above.
Agenda of Meeting
Day 1
The Committee will meet to review, discuss and formulate
recommendations on the following issues:
(1) Security and Partnerships in the Port Of Virginia. The
Committee will receive a presentation from the Port of Virginia
providing review of how the Port of Virginia is partnering to implement
security strategies.
(2) Container Security, Non-Intrusive Inspection/Radiation Portal
Monitors. The Committee will discuss, receive a briefing and provide
recommendations on Customs and Border Protections efforts to implement
non-intrusive inspection in US ports.
(3) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. The increase in the use of unmanned
aerial vehicles within ports has introduced the need to provide
guidance on how to identify and report potential suspicious activity
associated with these vehicles. The Committee will discuss, receive a
briefing and provide guidance.
(4) Seafarer Access. The Committee will receive a follow-on brief
from a discussion at the last October 2016 public meeting.
(5) Regulatory Update. The Committee will receive an update brief
on regulatory efforts to date.
(6) 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, the 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) Cyber Security. The Committee will discuss and receive a brief
on the current efforts to implement cyber security strategies.
(3) Cascadia Horizon. The Committee will discuss and receive a
brief on the results of the Coast Guard's participation in the Cascadia
Rising National Level exercise.
(4) 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 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.
Dated: March 29, 2017.
V.B. Gifford, Jr.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Inspections and Compliance.
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