[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 5596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3098]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2327]


Shipping Coordinating Committee, Subcommittee on Safety of Life 
at Sea, Working Group on Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue; 
Notice of Meetings

    The Working Group on Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue of 
the Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea will conduct open meetings at 
9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 20, and Friday, May 17, 1996. The March 
20 meeting will be held in the Department of Transportation 
Headquarters Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20950. 
The May 17 meeting will be held at the Radio Technical Commission for 
Maritime Services Assembly, in the Princess Hotel, 1404 West Vacation 
Road, San Diego, CA 92109. The purpose of these meetings is to discuss 
the results of the 1st Session and prepare for the 2nd Session of the 
International Maritime Organization (IMO) Subcommittee on 
Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue which is scheduled for early 
1997, at the IMO headquarters in London, England.
    Among other things, the items of particular interest are:

--The implementation of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System 
(GMDSS)
--Maritime Search and Rescue matters

    Further information, including meeting agendas with meeting room 
numbers, minutes, and input papers, can be obtained from the Coast 
Guard Navigation Information Center computer bulletin board, accessible 
by modem by dialing: (703) 313-5910. This information is also 
accessible through Internet World Wide Web by entering:

``http://www.navcen.uscg.mil/marcomms/imo.htm''

    Members of the public may attend these meetings up to the seating 
capacity of the rooms. Interested persons may seek information, 
including meeting room numbers, by writing: Mr. Ronald J. Grandmaison, 
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Commandant (G-TTM), Room 6306, 2100 
Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001, by calling: (202) 267-
1389, or by sending Internet electronic mail to r.grandmaison/g-
[email protected].

    Dated: February 2, 1996.
Charles A. Mast,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 96-3098 Filed 2-12-96; 8:45 am]
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