[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 43112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21190]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice No. 2427]


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 10:00 a.m., on Thursday, September 19, 1996, in Room 2415 of 
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, 
D.C. The purpose of this meeting is to prepare for the 74th Session of 
the Legal Committee to be held from October 14-18, 1996. At that 
session, the Legal Committee will consider the issue of compensation 
for pollution from ships' bunkers, a draft convention on wreck removal, 
and the issue of compulsory insurance. Before addressing those matters, 
however, the representatives will solicit public comment on whether the 
United States should sign or ratify the Convention on Liability and 
Compensation in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious 
Substances by Sea (HNS Convention) and the 1996 Protocol to amend the 
International Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 
(76 LLMC), both of which agreements were reported at the last meeting 
of the SHC.
    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 other conference 
documents, or to submit views concerning the subjects of discussion, 
contact either Captain David J. Kantor or Lieutenant Commander Bruce P. 
Dalcher, U.S. Coast Guard (G-LMI), 2100 Second Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20593, telephone (202) 267-1527, telefax (202) 267-
4496.

    Dated: August 9, 1996.
Russell A. LaMantia,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 96-21190 Filed 8-19-96; 8:45 am]
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