[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 81 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18456-18457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10158]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice No. 2371]


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 AM on Wednesday, August 21, September 18, October 16, November 20, 
December 18, 1996, January 15, and February 19, 1997. These meetings 
will be held in the Department of Transportation Headquarters Building, 
400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20950. The purpose of these 
meetings is to prepare for the Second Session of the International 
Maritime Organization (IMO) Subcommittee on Radiocommunications and 
Search and Rescue which is scheduled for the week of January 27, 1997, 
at the IMO headquarters in London, England. Results of the Second 
Session will be discussed at the February 19, 1997, meeting.

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    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/imo.htm''
    Members of the public may attend these meeting sup 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-STM-2), Room 6509, 2100 
Second Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20593-0001, by calling: (202) 267-
1389, or by sending Internet electronic mail to r.grandmaison/g-
[email protected].

    Dated: April 15, 1996.
Charles A. Mast,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 96-10158 Filed 4-24-96; 8:45 am]
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