[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 44165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21965]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2583]


Shipping Coordinating Committee Subcommittee on Safety of Life at 
Sea Working Group on Bulk Liquids and Gases; Notice of Meeting

    The Working Group on Bulk Liquids and Gases (BLG) of the 
Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 AM on Friday, September 5, 1997 in Room 2415, U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, DC 
20593-0001. The purpose of the meeting is to review the results of the 
Second Session of the Subcommittee on Bulk Liquids and Gases of the 
International Maritime Organization (IMO) which was held on April 7-11, 
1997, at the IMO Headquarters in London. In addition, items included on 
the work program for the Third Session of the Subcommittee will be 
reviewed.
    The agenda items of particular interest:
    a. Revision of the International Convention for the Prevention of 
Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 
73/78) regulations 1/22 to 24 in the light of the probabilistic 
methodology for oil outflow analysis.
    b. Review of Annexes I and II of MARPOL 73/78.
    c. Revision of carriage requirements for carbon disulfide in the 
International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying 
Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code).
    d. Requirements for personal protection involved in transportation 
of cargoes containing toxic substances in oil tankers.
    e. Amendments to the International Code for the Construction and 
Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk and the Code for 
the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in 
Bulk.
    f. Revision of chapter 8 of the IBC Code in the light of the 
revised SOLAS regulation II-2/59.
    g. Evaluation of safety and pollution hazards of chemicals and 
preparation of consequential amendments.
    h. Assessment of alternative tanker designs.
    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing: Commander K. S. Cook, U.S. Coast Guard (G-MSO-3), 2100 Second 
Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling (202) 267-1577.

    Dated: August 4, 1997.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 97-21965 Filed 8-18-97; 8:45 am]
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