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The Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee working group will meet via teleconference to work on Task Statement 25, review of the draft Merchant Mariner Medical Manual, to complete the discussions from its April 4-5, and May 8, 2017 meetings. The teleconference will be open to the public.

The  working group is scheduled to meet via teleconference on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Please note that this teleconference may adjourn early if the working group has completed its business.

For further information read the full Federal Register notice.

To join the teleconference or attend the meeting in person, contact Lt.j.g. James Fortin, the alternate designated federal officer of the MMPAC, at 202-372-1128 or james.l.fortin@uscg.mil.

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