National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee; Initial Solicitation for Members
| Published date | 15 May 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 29467 |
| Record Number | 2020-10382 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Coast Guard,Homeland Security Department |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 95 (Friday, May 15, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 95 (Friday, May 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29467-29468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10382]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2020-0041]
National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee; Initial
Solicitation for Members
AGENCY: U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Request for applications.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is requesting applications from persons in
interested in membership on the National Merchant Marine Personnel
Advisory Committee (``Committee''). This recently established Committee
will advise the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on
matters relating to personnel in the United States merchant marine,
including the training, qualifications, certification, documentation,
and fitness of mariners. Please read the notice for description of
Committee positions we are seeking to fill.
DATES: Your completed application should reach the Coast Guard on or
before July 14, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Applicants should send a cover letter expressing interest in
an appointment to the National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory
Committee and a resume detailing their experience. We will not accept a
biography.
Applications should be submitted: via one of the following methods:
By Email: [email protected]. Subject Line: N-MERPAC
(preferred).
By Fax: 202-372-4908; ATTN: Megan Johns Henry, Alternate
Designated Federal Officer; or
By Mail: Megan Johns Henry, Alternate Designated Federal
Officer, Commandant (CG-MMC-2), U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7509, 2703 Martin
Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20593-7509.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Megan Johns Henry, Alternate
Designated Federal Officer of the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory
Committee; Telephone 202-372-2357; or Email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Merchant Marine Personnel
Advisory Committee is a Federal advisory committee. It will operate
under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C.
Appendix, and the administrative provisions in Section 601 of the Frank
LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (specifically, 46 U.S.C.
15109).
The Committee was established on December 4, 2019, by the Frank
LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018, which added section
15103, National Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee, to Title
46 of the U.S. Code. The Committee will advise the Secretary of
Homeland Security on matters relating to personnel in the United States
merchant marine, including the training, qualifications, certification,
documentation, and fitness of mariners.
The Committee is required to meet at least once a year in
accordance with 46 U.S.C. 15109(a). We expect the Committee to meet at
least twice a year, but it may meet more frequently. The meetings are
generally held in cities that have high concentrations of maritime
personnel and related marine industry businesses.
All members serve at their own expense and receive no salary or
other compensation from the Federal Government. Members may be
reimbursed, however, for travel and per diem in accordance with Federal
Travel Regulations.
Under provisions in 46 U.S.C. 15109(f)(6), if you are appointed as
a member of the Committee, your membership term will expire on December
31 of the third full year after the effective date of your appointment.
The Secretary may require an individual to have passed an appropriate
security background examination before appointment to the Committee, 46
U.S.C. 15109(f)(4).
In this initial solicitation for Committee members, we will
consider applications for all positions, which include:
United States citizens holding active licenses or
certificates issued under 46 U.S.C. chapter 71 or merchant mariner
documents issued under 46 U.S.C. chapter 73, including:
[cir] Three credentialed deck officers who represent merchant
marine deck officers, of which: (1) Two shall be endorsed for oceans
route of unlimited
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tonnage; (2) one with an endorsement for an inland or river route of
limited or unlimited tonnage; (3) two deck officers endorsed as Master
of Towing Vessels; (4) one with significant tanker experience and; (5)
to the extent practicable, one shall represent labor and one shall
represent management.
[cir] Three credentialed engineering officers, of which: (1) Two
shall be endorsed as Chief Engineer of unlimited horsepower; (2) one
endorsed as either a Chief Engineer of limited horsepower or Designated
Duty Engineer; and; (3) to the extent practicable, one shall represent
labor and one shall represent management.
[cir] Two credentialed with ratings: (1) One of which shall be
endorsed as able bodied seamen; and (2) one shall be endorsed as a
qualified member of the engine department; and
[cir] One credentialed deck officer endorsed as first class pilot
who represents merchant marine pilots;
Six marine educators, including:
[cir] Three marine educators who represent the maritime academies,
of which: (1) Two represent the State maritime academies (and are
jointly recommended by such academies); and (2) one represents either
the State or United States Merchant Marine Academy;
[cir] Three marine educators who represent other maritime training
institutions, and of which one may also represent the small vessel
industry:
Two individuals who represent shipping companies employed
in ship operation management; and,
Two individuals who represent the general public.
If you are selected as a member drawn from the general public, you
will be appointed and serve as a Special Government Employee as defined
in section 18 U.S.C. 202(a). As a candidate for appointment as a
Special Government Employee, applicants are required to complete a
Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) for new
entrants and if appointed as a member must submit Form 450 annually.
The Coast Guard may not release the reports or the information in them
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 U.S. Coast Guard Ethics Official or his or her designee may
release a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report. Applicants can
obtain this form by going to the website of the Office of Government
Ethics (www.oge.gov), or by contacting or emailing the individual
listed above in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Applications
for members who will serve to represent the general public must be
accompanied by a completed OGE Form 450.
Registered lobbyists are not eligible to serve on Federal Advisory
Committees in an individual capacity. See ``Revised Guidance on
Appointment of Lobbyists to Federal Advisory Committees, Boards and
Commissions'' (79 FR 47482, August 13, 2014). Registered lobbyists are
``lobbyists,'' as defined in 2 U.S.C. 1602, who are required by 2
U.S.C. 1603 to register with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk
of the House of Representatives.
The Department of Homeland Security does not discriminate in
selection of Committee members based on race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender
identity, marital status, disabilities and genetic information, age,
membership in an employee organization, or any other non-merit factor.
The Department of Homeland Security strives to achieve a widely diverse
candidate pool for all of its recruitment selections.
If you are interested in applying to become a member of the
Committee, send your cover letter and resume to Megan Johns Henry,
Alternate Designated Federal Officer of the National Merchant Marine
Personnel Advisory Committee via one of the transmittal methods in the
ADDRESSES section by the deadline in the DATES section of this notice.
If you send your application to us via email, we will send you an email
confirming receipt of your application.
Dated: May 7, 2020.
Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2020-10382 Filed 5-14-20; 8:45 am]
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