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MERPAC Working Group Meeting

January 14, 2012

The Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) will conduct an intercessional meeting to facilitate working group discussion of Task Statement 76, titled “Review of Performance Measures (Assessment Criteria)”, and Task Statement 77, titled “Development of Performance Measures (Assessment Criteria).” This meeting will be open to the public.


The MERPAC working group will meet on January 31, 2012, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., and on February 1, 2012, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Please note that meetings may adjourn early if all business is finished.
Meetings will take place at the STAR Center, 2 West Dixie Highway, Dania Beach, FL 33004-4312. The Federal Register notice and related materials may be reviewed online at: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=USCG-2012-0011-0001.


The committee is inviting public comment on the issues to be considered by the work group, which are listed in the “Agenda” section of the online notice. Written comments to be distributed to working group members and placed on MERPAC’s website are due by January 20, 2012. For more information regarding this notice, please contact Mr. Rogers Henderson, Alternate Designated Federal Officer of MERPAC, telephone (202) 372-1408. For questions regarding viewing or submitting material on the meeting docket, please contact Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone (202) 366-9826.

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