National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee; April 2024 Meetings
| Published date | 22 March 2024 |
| Record Number | 2024-06106 |
| Citation | 89 FR 20488 |
| Court | Coast Guard,Homeland Security Department |
| Section | Notices |
Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 57 (Friday, March 22, 2024)
[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 57 (Friday, March 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20488-20489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06106]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2024-0231]
National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee; April 2024
Meetings
AGENCY: U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory committee meetings.
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SUMMARY: The National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee
(Committee) will conduct a series of meetings over three days to
review, discuss, and make recommendations to the Secretary on matters
relating to marine investigation cases and other relevant initiatives
pertaining to commercial fishing vessels (CFVs). For more detailed
information see section VII below.
DATES:
Meetings: The Committee will hold a meeting on Tuesday, April 9,
2023, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. eastern daylight time (EDT), Wednesday,
April 10, 2023, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. EDT, and Thursday, April 11,
2024, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. EDT. The Committee meeting on Tuesday,
April 9, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. EDT will be dedicated to an
administrative meeting (Committee members only). Please note these
meetings may close early if the Committee has completed its business.
Comments and supporting documentation: To ensure your comments are
received before the meeting, please submit your written comments no
later than April 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hampton Inn and Suites, 19
South 2nd Street Fernandina Beach, Florida 32034.
The National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory 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 Mr. Jonathan Wendland at
[email protected] or call at 202-372-1245 as soon as
possible.
Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time,
including orally at the meetings as time permits, but if you want your
comment reviewed before the meetings, please submit your comments no
later than April 2, 2023. We are particularly interested in comments
regarding the topics in the ``Agenda'' section below. We encourage you
to submit comments through Federal Decision Making Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. To do so, go to https://www.regulations.gov, type
USCG-2024-0231 in the search box and click ``Search''. Next, look for
this document in the Search Results column, and click on it. Then click
on the Comment option. If you cannot submit your material using https://www.regulations.gov, call or email the individual in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate
instructions. You must include the docket number USCG-2024-0231.
Comments received will be posted without alteration at https://www.regulations.gov including any personal information provided. You
may wish to review the Privacy and Security Notice found via link on
the homepage of https://www.regulations.gov. 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: Mr. Jonathan Wendland, Alternate
Designated Federal Officer (ADFO) of the National Commercial Fishing
Safety Advisory Committee, telephone 202-372-1245 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is in compliance with
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, (Pub. L. 117-286, 5 U.S.C. ch. 10).
The National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee is authorized
by section 601 of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of
2018, (Pub. L. 115-282, 132 Stat. 4190), and is codified in 46 U.S.C.
15102. The Committee operates under the provisions of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act and 46 U.S.C. 15109.
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The National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee provides
advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Homeland Security
through the Commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard, on matters relating to
the safe operation of vessels including the matters of:
(A) navigation safety;
(B) safety equipment and procedures;
(C) marine insurance;
(D) vessel design, construction, maintenance, and operation; and
(E) personnel qualifications and training;
Additionally, the Committee will review regulations proposed under
chapter 45 of title 46 of U.S Code (during preparation of the
regulations) and review marine casualties and investigations of vessels
covered by chapter 45 of title 46 U.S. Code and make recommendations to
the Secretary to improve safety and reduce vessel casualties.
Agenda
Day 1
The agenda for the National Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory
Committee is as follows:
I. Opening
a. Call to Order/Designated Federal Officer (DFO) Remarks.
b. Roll Call/Determination of Quorum.
c. Swear in New Members (as applicable).
d. U.S. Coast Guard Leadership Remarks.
II. Administration
a. Review and Adoption of Meeting Agenda.
b. Meeting Goals.
c. Roberts Rules Simplified.
III. General Updates
a. Old Business.
b. New Business.
IV. Information Session
a. Shipboard Communication Technologies: CG-672.
b. Mariner Credentials: CG-MMC.
c. Liferaft Service Intervals: CG-ENG.
d. Marine Casualty Case Familiarization. CG-INV.
V. Public Comment period.
VI. Meeting Recess.
Day 2
VII. U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Committee Tasking
a. Task Statement #11-23 (ongoing initiative from Fall 2023 NCFSAC
meeting). Review and provide recommendations on the development of a
publicly accessible website that contains all information related to
fishing industry activities, including vessel safety, inspections
enforcement, hazards, training, regulations (including proposed
regulations), outages of the Rescue 21 system in Alaska and similar
outages, and any other fishing-related activities.
b. Task Statement #14-24: Committee make recommendations on
processes to assess, document, and maintain mariner competency to
operate CFVs of less than 200 GRT, including local knowledge and
recency.
c. Task Statement #15-24: Committee make recommendations regarding
whether the USCG should explore obtaining legislative authority to
require CFV operators of less than 200 GT hold a valid USCG issued
Merchant Mariner's Credential (MMC), and additional measures to require
crewmembers on CFVs hold crew competency certificates or Merchant
Mariner's Document.
d. Task Statement #16-24: Committee make recommendations on the
feasibility of a multi-year phase-in implementation that all CFV
mariners on CFVs of less than 200 GT and operating three miles beyond
the baseline in a near-coastal zone obtain and maintain a Merchant
Mariner Credential (without a Transportation Worker Identification
Credential (TWIC) requirement).
e. Task Statement #17-24: Committee make recommendations on the
feasibility of a multi-year phase-in implementation that all CFV
mariners serving as a Master/Operator of a CFVs of less than 200 GT and
operating three miles beyond the baseline in a near-coastal zone obtain
and maintain an Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV)
Merchant Mariner Credential (without a TWIC requirement).
f. Task Statement #18-24: Committee make recommendations on
liferaft service interval impacts with the commercial fishing industry
and make recommendations to the USCG.
g. Task Statement #19-24: Make recommendations to the USCG on a
Committee Special Recognition Award that acknowledges substantial
accomplishments and contributions to fishing industry safety.
h. Task Statement #20-24: Committee make recommendations on
processes to review and implement commercial fishing vessel mariner
fitness-for-duty for service onboard CFVs of less than 200 GT fitness
for duty and service should include an assessment of overall health and
physical fitness and contain provisions for the elimination drug and
alcohol usage and management of fatigue.
i. Task Statement #21-24: Committee develop guidance and make
recommendations on fatigue limiting strategies as well as work/rest
hour logging requirements.
j. Task Statement #22-24: Committee analyze fatigue and sleep
deprivation impacts with the commercial fishing industry and make
recommendations to the USCG.
VIII. Formation of Subcommittee(s) Break Out and Discussions.
a. Action Items by Task.
IX. Public Comment Period.
X. Committee Discussion/Actions.
XI. Meeting Recess.
Day 3
XII. Subcommittee Break Out and Discussions.
a. Action Items by Task.
XIII. Recommendations and Committee Actions.
XIV. Full Committee Open Discussion.
XV. Public Comment Period.
XVI. Plans for Next Meeting.
XVII. Closing Remarks/Committee and USCG.
XVIII. Adjournment of Meeting.
A copy of pre-meeting documentation will be available at https://www.dco.uscg.mil/NCFSAC2024/ no later than April 3, 2024.
Alternatively, you may contact Mr. Jonathan Wendland as noted in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above.
There will be a public comment period scheduled each day of the
meeting. Speakers are requested to limit their comments to 3 minutes.
Please note that the public comment period may end before the period
allotted, following the last call for comments. Please contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to
register as a speaker.
Dated: March 18, 2024.
Amy M. Beach,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Inspections and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-06106 Filed 3-21-24; 8:45 am]
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