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of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory
committee meetings.
AGENCY:
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
Jonathan.G.Wendland@uscg.mil or call
at 202–372–1245 as soon as possible.
Instructions: You are free to submit
comments at any time, including orally
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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
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go to https://www.regulations.gov, type
USCG–2024–0231 in the search box and
click ‘‘Search’’. Next, look for this
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and click on it. Then click on the
Comment option. If you cannot submit
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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://
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personal information provided. You
may wish to review the Privacy and
Security Notice found via link on the
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System of Records notice (85 FR 14226,
March 11, 2020). If you encounter
technical difficulties with comment
submission, contact the individual
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CONTACT section of this notice.
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will be notified when comments are
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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 Jonathan.G.Wendland@
uscg.mil.
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.
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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
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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 nearcoastal 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
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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
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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.
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