[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 6678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3871]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2334]


Shipping Coordinating Committee 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 Thursday, March 28, 1996, in Room 2415 of U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, D.C. The 
purpose of this meeting is to seek public comment to assist the U.S. 
delegation in developing its final negotiating positions for an 
upcoming diplomatic conference that will consider the draft texts of 
both an International Convention on Liability and Compensation for 
Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious 
Substances by Sea (HNS Convention) and a Protocol to amend the 
International Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 
(76 LLMC). The diplomatic conference will be held in London, at the 
Headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), from 
April 15 until May 3, 1996.
    To facilitate the attendance of those participants who may be 
interested in only certain aspects of the public meeting, the first 
item addressed will be the draft HNS Convention. Comments will be 
sought at this time regarding the substance of the draft HNS 
Convention.
    At approximately 11:00 a.m., there will be a discussion on the 
major revisions to the 76 LLMC that would be brought about by the draft 
Protocol. Comments will also be sought at this time regarding the 
substance of the draft Protocol.
    Members of the public are invited to attend the SHC meeting, up to 
the seating capacity of the room. For further information, for copies 
of the conference drafts of these instruments, 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, D.C. 20593, telephone (202) 
267-1527, telefax (202) 267-4496.

    Dated: February 9, 1996.
Charles A. Mast,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 96-3871 Filed 2-20-96; 8:45 am]
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