[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 80 (Friday, April 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 20237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10682]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2533]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Maritime Safety Committee; 
Notice of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee will conduct an open meeting at 
9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 21, 1997, in Room 2415, at U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 2nd Street, SW, Washington, DC. The purpose of this 
meeting will be to finalize preparations for the 68th Session of the 
Maritime Safety Committee, and associated bodies of the International 
Maritime Organization (IMO), which is scheduled for May 28-June 6, 1997 
at IMO Headquarters in London, England. At the meeting, papers received 
and the draft U.S. positions will be discussed.
    Among other things, the items of particular interest are:

a. Adoption of amendments to the Safety of Life at Sea Convention
b. Bulk carrier safety
c. Role of the human element
d. Formal safety assessment, and
e. Report of the following Subcommittees:
    (i) Training and watchkeeping
    (ii) Fire protection
    (iii) Flag State implementation
    (iv) Radio communications and search and rescue
    (v) Ship design and equipment
    (vi) Dangerous goods, solids cargoes and containers.

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing to Mr. Joseph J. Angelo, Commandant (G-MS), U.S. Coast Guard, 
2100 2nd Street, SW, Room 1218, Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling 
(202) 267-2970.

    Dated: April 16, 1997.
Russell A. La Mantia,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 97-10682 Filed 4-24-97; 8:45 am]
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