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The Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee will meet in Piney Point, Md. to discuss matters relating to medical certification determinations for issuance of licenses, certificates of registry, merchant mariners’ documents, medical standards and guidelines for the physical qualifications of operators of commercial vessels, medical examiner education and medical research. The meeting will be open to the public.

The Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee will meet on September 29 and 30, 2014.

All submitted written materials, comments, and requests to make oral presentation at the meeting should the Alternate Designated Federal Officer for the Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee, no later than September 19, 2014.

View the Federal Register notice for meeting agenda and further details.

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