[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 92 (Friday, May 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 21521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11804]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2375]


Shipping Coordinating Committee, Subcommittee on Safety of Life 
at Sea Working Group on Fire Protection; Notice of Meeting

    The U.S. Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Working Group on Fire 
Protection will conduct an open meeting on May 29, 1996, at 9:30 AM, in 
Room 4315, at U.S. Coast guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20593. The purpose of the meeting will be to prepare for 
discussions anticipated to take place at the Forty-first Session of the 
International Maritime Organization's Subcommittee on Fire Protection, 
scheduled for September 30, 1996.
    The meeting will focus on proposed amendments to the 1974 SOLAS 
Convention for the fire safety of commercial vessels. Specific 
discussion areas include: the new mandatory Fire Test Procedures Code, 
proposed restructuring of Chapter II-2, halon fire extinguishing 
systems, emergency escape breathing devices, fire-retardant materials 
for fishing vessel lifeboats, criteria for maximum fire loads, fire 
safety measures for deep fat cooking equipment, interpretations to 
SOLAS 74, role of the human element in maritime casualties, safety of 
passenger submersible craft, recognition of test laboratories, fixed 
fire detection and alarm systems for new and existing cargo ships, and 
shipboard safety emergency plans.
    Interested members of the public are encouraged to attend. For 
further information regarding the meeting of the SOLAS Working Group on 
Fire Protection contact Mr. Jack Booth at (202) 267-2997.

    Dated: May 1, 1996.
Charles A. Mast,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 96-11804 Filed 5-9-96; 8:45 am]
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