[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 66735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32037]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice No. 2484]


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

    The Working Group on Safety of Navigation of the Subcommittee on 
Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will conduct an open meeting at 9:30 AM 
on Tuesday, January 7, 1997, in room 6319, U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, DC.
    The purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the 43rd session of 
the Subcommittee on Safety of Navigation (NAV) of the International 
Maritime Organization (IMO) which is scheduled for July 14-18, 1997, at 
the IMO Headquarters in London.
    Items of principal interest on the agenda are:

--Routing of ships, ship reporting, and related matters
--Development of measures complementary to the Code for Safe Carriage 
of Irradiated Nuclear Fuel (INF)
--Revision of SOLAS chapter V
--Ergonomic criteria for bridge equipment and layout
--Navigational aids and related matters
--International Telecommunication Union (ITU) matters including 
Radiocommunication ITU-R Study Group 8
--Amendments to the Merchant Ship Search and Rescue (MERSAR) Manual 
(1995 SOLAS/Conference resolution 8)
--Operational aspects of wing in ground (WIG) craft
--Possible amendments to the International Regulations for Prevention 
of Collisions at Sea (COLREGS)

    Members of the public may attend these meetings up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing: Mr. Edward J. LaRue, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard (G-MOV-3), Room 
1407, 2100 Second Street SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling: 
(202) 267-0416.

    Dated: December 9, 1996.
Russell A. LaMantia,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 96-32037 Filed 12-17-96; 8:45 am]
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