[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 46139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21841]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2251]


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 Tuesday, October 3, 1995 at 
9:30 a.m. in Room 6319 at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593. The purpose of the meeting is to 
discuss the outcome of the Fortieth Session of the International 
Maritime Organization's Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, held on July 
17, 1995.
    The meeting will focus on proposed amendments to SOLAS for the fire 
safety of commercial vessels. Specific discussion areas include: smoke 
and toxicity, closing mechanisms of fire doors, heat radiation through 
windows and glass partitions, sprinkler systems and fixed water 
spraying systems, emergency escape breathing devices, high speed craft, 
criteria for maximum fire loads, fire safety measures for deep fat 
cooking equipment, foam concentrates, phasing out of halons, 
interpretations to SOLAS 74, role of the human element in maritime 
casualties, safety of passenger submersible craft, smoke control and 
ventilation, 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: August 24, 1995.
Charles A. Mast,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 95-21841 Filed 9-1-95; 8:45 am]
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