[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1948-1949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-801]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice No. 2503]


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, February 6, 1997, in Room 2415 at 
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, 
D.C. The purpose of this meeting is to report on the ninth session of 
the International Maritime Organization (IMO)/United Nations Conference 
on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) jointly sponsored intergovernmental 
group of experts (JIGE), which met in Geneva from December 2-6, 1996, 
to consider revisions to the 1952 Arrest Convention. This SHC meeting 
will also prepare for the 75th session of the IMO Legal Committee, 
which will be held April

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21-25, 1997, in London, regarding financial responsibility or 
compulsory liability and compensation insurance for seagoing vessels, 
compensation for pollution from ships' bunkers, a draft convention on 
wreck removal, and other matters. Finally, this meeting will be another 
opportunity for interested members of the public to express their views 
on whether the United States should ratify the Hazardous and Noxious 
Substances Convention, adopted in London in May, 1996.
    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 conference documents, or to submit views concerning the subjects of 
discussion, contact either Captain Malcolm J. Williams, Jr., or 
Lieutenant 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: January 6, 1997.
Russell A. La Mantia,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 97-801 Filed 1-13-97; 8:45 am]
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