[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 6407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3623]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice No. 2331]


Shipping Coordinating Committee, Subcommittee on Safety of Life 
at Sea and Associated Bodies Working Group on Flag State 
Implementation; Notice of Meeting

    The Working Group on Flag State Implementation (FEI) of the 
Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will conduct an open 
meeting on March 8, 1996, at 1:00 p.m. in Room 2415 at Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC.
    This will be the fourth meeting of this Working Group following 
establishment of the FSI Subcommittee. The purpose of the subcommittee 
is to identify ways to ensure effective and consistent global 
implementation of International Maritime Organization (IMO) 
instruments. At this meeting, the U.S. position on documents submitted 
for consideration at the fourth session of the FSI Subcommittee, 
scheduled for March 18-22, 1996, will be discussed.
    Specific topics will include: casualty statistics and 
investigations, the role of the human element in maritime safety, port 
state control, flag state guidelines, measures to encourage compliance, 
and technical assistance.
    Members of the public may request any of the documents relating to 
FSI 4. Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room.
    For further information on this FSI Working Group meeting, contact 
Mr. Walter D. Rabe at (202) 267-1430, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters (G-
MAO-1), 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001.

    Dated: February 6, 1996.
Charles A. Mast,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 96-3623 Filed 2-16-96; 8:45 am]
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