[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 4509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2454]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD 96-004]


Merchant Vessel Personnel Advisory Committee; Meeting

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 5 U.S.C. App. I), notice hereby is given of a 
meeting of the Merchant Vessel Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC).

DATES: A working group meeting will be held on Thursday, March 7, 1996 
at Texas A&M University, 53rd and Avenue U, Galveston, Texas. A public 
meeting will be held on Friday, March 8, 1996, at Texas A&M University, 
200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, Texas. Texas A&M University may be 
contacted at (409) 740-4851. The meetings are scheduled to run from 
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Attendance at both meetings is open to 
the public.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: The agenda for the MERPAC meeting follows:

1. Subcommittee Reports

    (a) Certified instructors/Designated examiners.
    (b) Minding the Helm: Marine Navigation and Piloting.
    (c) International Convention on the Standards of Training, 
Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW).

2. Other Issues to be Discussed

    (a) Prevention Through People (PTP) tasking statement.
    (b) Tankerman regulations--Qualifications for Tankermen, and for 
Persons in Charge of Transfers of Dangerous Liquids and Liquefied 
Gases.
    (c) Regional Examination Center activities.
    (d) National Maritime Center--Course approvals & examinations.
    With advance notice, and at the discretion of the Chairman, members 
of the public may present oral statements at the March 8, 1996 meeting. 
Persons wishing to present oral statements on March 8, 1996 should 
notify the MERPAC Executive Director no later than the day before the 
meeting. Written statements or materials may be submitted for 
presentation to the Committee at any time; however, to ensure 
distribution to each Committee member, 20 copies of the written 
materials should be submitted to the Executive Director at the address 
below no later than February 23, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CDR John Sarubbi, Executive Director, 
Merchant Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC), Room 1208, U.S. Coast 
Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second St., SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001, 
(202) 267-0229.

    Dated: January 26, 1996.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director for Standards, Office of Marine Safety, Security and 
Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 96-2454 Filed 2-5-96; 8:45 am]
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