Request for applications: Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee; Vacancies

Federal Register: April 8, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 68)

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

Docket No. USCG-2008-0216

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee; Vacancies

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Request for applications.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard seeks applications for membership on the

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC). This Committee

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advises the Coast Guard on matters related to the training, qualification, licensing, certification, and fitness of seamen serving in the U.S. merchant marine.

DATES: Completed application forms should reach us on or before June 15, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may request an application form by writing to Mr. Mark

Gould, Assistant to the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) for MERPAC, at

Commandant (CG-5221), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20593-0001. Please submit applications to the same address. Also, a copy of the application form, as well as this notice, is available in our online docket, USCG-2008-0216, at http:// www.regulations.gov. Send your completed application to the Assistant

DFO at the street address above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mark Gould, Assistant to DFO of

MERPAC; telephone 202-372-1409 or e-mail mark.c.gould@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MERPAC (``Committee'') is a Federal advisory committee established by authority of the Federal Advisory Committee

Act under 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463). MERPAC advises the Assistant

Commandant for Prevention on matters of concern to seamen serving in our merchant marine, such as implementation of the International

Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for

Seafarers, 1978 (STCW), as amended.

MERPAC normally meets twice a year, once at or near Coast Guard

Headquarters, Washington, DC, and once elsewhere in the country. It may also meet for extraordinary purposes. Its subcommittees and working groups may also meet to consider specific tasks as required.

We will consider applications for five positions that expire or become vacant on January 31, 2009. To be eligible, you should have experience in the following areas of expertise: Shipping companies employed in ship operation management; marine training institutions other than state or federal maritime academies; licensed engineering officer; licensed deck officer, preferably with an inland or river endorsement, and who represents a labor point of view; and one person who represents the general public. Each member serves for a term of three years. Members may serve consecutive terms if re-appointed.

Members serve without compensation from the Federal Government; however, they do receive travel reimbursement and per diem.

In support of the policy of the Coast Guard on gender and ethnic diversity, we encourage qualified women and members of minority groups to apply.

If you are selected as a member who represents the general public, you will be appointed and serve as a special Government employee (SGE) as defined in section 202(a) of title 18, United States Code. As a candidate for appointment as a SGE, applicants are required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450). A completed

OGE Form 450 is not releasable to the public except under an order issued by a Federal court or as otherwise provided under the Privacy

Act (5 U.S.C. 552a). Only the Designated Agency Ethics Official or the

DAEO's designate may release a Confidential Financial Disclosure

Report.

If you are interested in applying to become a member of the

Committee, send a completed application to Mr. Mark Gould, Assistant to the DFO of MERPAC, at the address above. Send the application in time for it to be received by the DFO on or before June 15, 2008.

A copy of the application form is available in the docket for this notice. To visit our online docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov, enter the docket number for this notice (USCG-2008-0216) in the Search box, and click ``Go.''

Dated: March 27, 2008.

J.G. Lantz,

Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.

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