[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 174 (Friday, September 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 47231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22822]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice No. 2435]


Shipping Coordinating Committee Subcommittee on Safety of Life at 
Sea Working Group on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers; 
Notice of Meeting

    The Working Group on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers 
(DSC) of the Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will conduct 
an open meeting at 9:30 a.m. on September 17, 1996, in Room 6332, at 
the Department of Transportation, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, 
S.W., Washington, DC 20590-0001. The purpose of the meeting is to 
discuss the outcome of the First Session of the DSC Subcommittee of the 
International Maritime Organization (IMO) which was held February 5-9, 
1996, at the IMO Headquarters in London. In addition, initial plans and 
preparations for the Second Session (DSC2) and other topics of 
interest, will be addressed.
    The agenda items of particular interest are:
    a. Harmonization of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods 
(IMDG) Code with the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous 
Goods.
    b. Amendment 28-96 of the IMDG Code.
    c. Implementation of the IMDG Code.
    d. Development of new glossary and illustrations of packagings for 
Annex I to the IMDG Code.
    e. Amendments to the Emergency Procedures for Ships Carrying 
Dangerous Goods (EMS) and the Medical First Aid Guide for Use in 
Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods (MFAG).
    f. Implementation of Annex III of the Marine Pollution Convention 
(MARPOL 73/78), as amended, and amendments to the IMDG Code to cover 
marine pollution aspects.
    g. Reports on incidents involving dangerous goods or marine 
pollutants in packaged form on board ships or in port areas.
    h. Evaluation of properties of solid bulk cargoes.
    i. Amendments to the Code of Safe Practice for Solid for Solid Bulk 
Cargoes (BC Code).
    j. Loading and unloading of bulk cargoes.
    k. Development of measures complementary to the Irradiated Nuclear 
Fuel (INF) Code.
    l. Stowage and securing of cargoes on offshore supply vessels.
    m. Entry into enclosed spaces.
    n. Amendments to SOLAS chapters VI and VII.
    o. Guidelines for the development of shipboard emergency plans for 
marine pollutants.
    p. Water level alarms in cargo holds.
    q. Cargo securing manual.
    r. Revision of the Recommendations on the Safe Use of Pesticides in 
Ships.
    s. Offshore tank containers.
    t. Ships' stores of a hazardous nature.
    u. Review of open-top containership provisional requirements.
    v. Risk analysis of on-deck stowage of dangerous goods and marine 
pollutants and recommendations for the revision of relevant IMDG Code 
stowage provisions.
    w. Revision of the format of the IMDG Code.
    x. Review of reporting requirements in IMO instruments.
    y. Relations with other organizations.
    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing: Mr. E.P. Pfersich, U.S. Coast Guard (G-MSO-3), 2100 Second 
Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling (202) 267-1577.

    Dated: August 23, 1996.
Russell A. LaMantia,
Chairman Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 96-22822 Filed 9-5-96; 8:45 am]
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