[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 207 (Thursday, October 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27296]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice No. 2454]


Shipping Coordinating Committee Subcommittee on Safety of Life at 
Sea and Associated Bodies Working Group on Flag State Implementation; 
Notice of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, December 6, 1996, in Room 2415, at 
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20593-0001. The purpose of the meeting is to finalize preparations for 
the Flag State Implementation (FSI) Subcommittee on Safety of Life at 
Sea (SOLAS) and associated bodies of the International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) which is scheduled for January 13-17, 1997, at the 
IMO Headquarters in London. At this meeting, the U.S. position on 
documents submitted for consideration at the fifth session of the FSI 
Subcommittee will be discussed.
    Among other things, the items of particular interest are:
    1. Responsibilities of Governments and measures to encourage flag 
State compliance.
    2. Review of the interim guidelines for flag States (resolution 
A.740(18) on Guidelines to assist flag States).
    3. Guidelines for unscheduled inspections on Ro-Ro passenger ships.
    4. Work relating to the Human Element.
    5. Issuance of certificates to non-party ships.
    6. Voyage date recorders.
    7. Reporting requirements in IMO instruments.
    8. Casualty statistics and investigations.
    9. Port State control.
    Members of the public may attend the meeting up to the capacity of 
the room. Interested persons may seek information by writing: CDR R. 
Fitzpatrick, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters (G-MOC-2), 2100 Second 
Street, SW, Room 1116, Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling: (202) 
267-1464.

    Dated: October 10, 1996.
Russell A. LaMantia,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 96-27296 Filed 10-23-96; 8:45 am]
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