[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1797]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2321]


Shipping Coordinating Committee Subcommittee on Safety of Life at 
Sea Working Group on Bulk Liquids and Gases; Notice of Meeting

    The Working Group of Bulk Liquids and Gases (BLG) of the 
Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 AM on Friday, February 23, 1996, in Room 2415, U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, DC 
20593-0001. The purpose of the meeting is to finalize preparations for 
the First Session of the Subcommittee on Bulk Liquids and Gases of the 
International Maritime Organization (IMO) which is scheduled for March 
4-8, 1996, at the IMO Headquarters in London. The BLG Subcommittee was 
formed from the Subcommittee on Bulk Chemicals (BCH) as a result of the 
restructuring of IMO Subcommittees.
    The agenda items of particular interest:
    a. Evaluation of safety and pollution hazards of chemicals.
    b. Additional safety measures for tankers.
    c. Entry into enclosed spaces.
    d. Tanker pump-room safety.
    e. Shipboard pollution emergency plans under the International 
Convention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 and of the Protocol of 1978 
(MARPOL 73/78) and the International Convention on Oil Pollution 
Preparedness, Response and Cooperation, 1990 (OPRC).
    f. Review of Annexes I and II of MARPOL 73/78.
    g. Review of hypothetical oil outflow parameters.
    h. Review of existing ships' safety standards.
    i. Safety requirements for transportation of cargoes containing 
toxic substances in oil tankers and product carriers.
    j. Combustible gas indicators on oil tankers.
    k. Review of reporting requirements in IMO instruments.
    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing: Commander K. S. Cook, U.S. Coast Guard (G-MOS-3), 2100 Second 
Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling (202) 267-1577.

    Dated: January 23, 1996.
Charles A. Mast,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 96-1797 Filed 1-30-96; 8:45 am]
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