[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 54559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26293]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice No. 2271]


Shipping Coordination Committee and International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) Legal Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The U.S. Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 10 a.m., on Friday, November 17, 1995, 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 results of the eighth 
session of the Joint Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Maritime 
Liens and Mortgages (JIGE), held October 9-10, 1995, and the 73rd 
session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Legal 
Committee, held October 11-13, 1995. Initial comment will also be 
sought on the diplomatic conference drafts of the International 
Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with 
the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (HNS 
Convention) and the Protocol to amend the International Convention on 
Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (76 LLMC). Last, public 
comment will also be sought at the meeting regarding possible 
denunciation of the 1910 Brussels Convention for the Unification of 
Certain Rules of Law Relating to Assistance and Salvage at Sea (1910 
Salvage Convention).
    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 a report on the status of the JIGE 
negotiations to revise the International Convention on the Unification 
of Certain Rules Related to the Arrest of Seagoing Ships, 1952 (1952 
Arrest Convention). The second subject, which will be addressed at 
approximately 10:30 a.m., will be a report on the preparations for the 
upcoming diplomatic conference that will adopt the draft HNS Convention 
and the Protocol to amend the 76 LLMC. Initial comments will also be 
sought at this time regarding the substance of the draft HNS Convention 
and the Protocol to the 76 LLMC.
    At approximately 11:30 a.m., there will be a report on the other 
major substantive agenda items discussed at the 73rd session of the 
Legal Committee. These items included consideration of a draft 
convention on offshore mobile craft, possible work on a draft 
convention on wreck removal, consideration of a liability and 
compensation regime for bunker fuel incidents, and interpretation of 
the scope of application of the special compensation regime under 
Article 14 of the 1989 International Convention on Salvage (1989 
Salvage Convention).
    Last, at approximately 12:00 noon, comments will be sought on 
possible denunciation of the 1910 Salvage Convention. The United States 
is a party to both this convention and the 1989 Salvage Convention. The 
1989 Salvage Convention is due to come into force on July 14, 1996. 
Consideration should therefore be given to denunciation of the 1910 
Salvage Convention, which was intended to be replaced by the 1989 
Salvage Convention.
    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 Commander Steven D. Poulin, U.S. Coast 
Guard (G-LMI), 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593, telephone 
(202) 267-1527, telefax (202) 267-4496.

    Dated: October 12, 1995.
Charles A. Mast,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 95-26293 Filed 10-23-95; 8:45 am]
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