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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 1987]

 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) Legal Committee; Meeting

    In U.S. Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 10 a.m., on Thursday, May 19, 1994, in room 2415 of U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC. The 
purpose of this meeting is to report on the 70th Session of the 
International Maritime Organization (IMO) Legal Committee head March 
21-25, 1994, and to begin preparations for the 71st Session to be held 
October 10-14, 1994.
    To facilitate the attendance of those participants who may be 
interested in only certain aspects of the public meeting, the first 
subject addressed will be the draft International Convention on 
Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage 
of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (HNS Convention). The second 
major subject, which will be considered at approximately 11:30 a.m., 
will be possible revisions to the 1976 Convention on Limitation of 
Liability for Maritime Claims '76 LLMC).
    The draft HNS Convention would impose strict liability upon the 
shipowner with an additional international fund modeled after the 
International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund. The convention would 
provide compensation for environmental damage as well as personal 
injury and property damage from a broad range of substances. At the 
70th Session, the Legal Committee finalized decisions on several issues 
regarding the draft convention and agreed in principle on several 
others. Other important questions remain to be resolved. The views of 
the public are requested.
    The Legal Committee resumed deliberations on the '76 LLMC at the 
70th Session. Several decisions were made, and discussion centered on a 
draft protocol which provides for raising the limits of liability and a 
streamlined tacit amendment procedure. Work will continue at the 71st 
session in October. Although the United States has not ratified the '76 
LLMC, interests within the United States--such as owners of foreign 
flag vessels and passengers on foreign flag vessels--may be affected by 
changes to the Convention. The views of the public are requested.
    Members of the public are invited to attend the SHC meeting, up to 
the seating capacity of the room. For further information or to submit 
views concerning the subjects of discussion, contact either Captain 
David J. Kantor or Lieutenant Lee A. Handford, U.S. Coast Guard (G-
LMI), 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593, telephone (202) 
267-1527, telefax (202) 267-4496.

    Dated: April 6, 1994.
Geoffrey Ogden,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 94-9508 Filed 4-19-94; 8:45 am]
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