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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 1950]

 

Shipping Coordinating Committee (Subcommittee on Safety of Life 
at Sea; Working Group on Fire Protection); Meeting

    The U.S. Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Working Group on Fire 
Protection will conduct an open meeting on March 10, 1994 at 10 a.m. in 
room 4315 at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20593. The purpose of this meeting will be to prepare 
for discussion anticipated to take place at the Thirty-ninth Session of 
the International Maritime Organization's Sub-Committee on Fire 
Protection, scheduled for June 27, 1994.
    The meeting will focus on the fire safety of commercial vessels. 
Specific discussion areas include: Smoke and toxicity, revision of 
resolution A.472, heat radiation through windows and glass partitions, 
automatic sprinkler systems and fixed water spraying systems, high 
speed craft, criteria for minimum fire loads, analyses of fire casualty 
records, guidelines for performance and testing criteria and surveys of 
foam concentrates, phasing out of halons, interpretations of SOLAS 74, 
requirements for dangerous solid bulk cargo, role of the human element 
in maritime casualties, smoke control and ventilation, carriage of 
dangerous goods on the vehicle decks of passenger ships, fire safety 
aspects of composite materials used on board ships, and matters 
relating to tanker safety.
    Members of the public may attend up to the seating capacity of the 
room. For further information regarding the meeting of the SOLAS 
Working Group on Fire Protection contact Mr. Jack Booth at (202) 267-
2997.

    Dated: February 14, 1994.
Geoffrey Ogden,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 94-4096 Filed 2-23-94; 8:45 am]
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