[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8515]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice No. 2525]
Shipping Coordinating Committee Subcommittee on Safety of Life at
Sea Working Group on Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue; Notice
of Meeting
The Working Group on Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue of
the Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea will conduct an open meeting
at 1:30 PM on Thursday, May 1, 1997. This meeting will be held at the
Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services Annual Assembly, in
the Tradewinds Hotel, 5500 Gulf Boulevard, St. Petersburg Beach, FL
33706. The purpose of this meeting is to prepare for the Third Session
of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Subcommittee on
Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue which is tentatively
scheduled for the week of February 23, 1998, at the IMO headquarters in
London, England. Among other things, the items of particular interest
are:
--The implementation of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
(GMDSS).
--Maritime Search and Rescue matters.
Further information, including meeting agendas, minutes, and input
papers, can be obtained from the Coast Guard Navigation Information
Center Internet World Wide Web by entering: ``http://
www.navcen.uscg.mil/marcomms/imo/imo.htm''
Members of the public may attend these meetings up to the seating
capacity of the conference room. Interested persons may seek
information by writing: Mr. Ronald J. Grandmaison, U.S. Coast Guard
Headquarters, Commandant (G-SCT-2), Room 6509, 2100 Second Street,
S.W., Washington, DC 20593-0001, by calling: (202) 267-1389, or by
sending Internet electronic mail to [email protected].
Dated: March 17, 1997.
Russell A. La Mantia,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 97-8515 Filed 4-2-97; 8:45 am]
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