[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 135 (Friday, July 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 36774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17710]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2412]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Subcommittee on Safety of Life 
at Sea and Associated Bodies Working Group on Stability and Load Lines 
and on Fishing Vessels Safety; Notice of Meeting

    The Working Group on Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing 
Vessels Safety of the Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea will 
conduct an open meeting at 9 a.m. on Friday, August 2, 1996, in Room 
6103, at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20593-0001. This meeting will discuss the upcoming 40th 
Session of the Subcommittee on Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing 
Vessels Safety (SLF) and associated bodies of the International 
Maritime Organization (IMO) which will be held on September 2-6, 1996, 
at the IMO Headquarters in London, England.
    Items of discussion will include the following:
    a. The role of human factors in marine casualties;
    b. Harmonization of probabilistic damage stability provisions for 
all ship types;
    c. Technical revisions to the 1996 Load Line Convention;
    d. Safety aspects of ballast water exchange.
    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing: Mr. Paul Cojeen or Mr. Jaideep Sirkar, U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, Commandant (G-MMS-2), Room 1308, 2100 Second Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling: (202) 267-2988.

    Dated: July 3, 1996.
Richard T. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 96-17710 Filed 7-11-96; 8:45 am]
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