[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22582]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2591]


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 Wednesday, October 1, 1997, in Room 2415 U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
The purpose of this meeting is to prepare for the 76th session of the 
IMO Legal Committee, which will be held October 13-17, 1997, in London, 
regarding the provision of financial security for seagoing vessels, 
compensation for pollution from ships' bunkers, a draft convention on 
wreck removal, the carriage by sea of radioactive materials, and other 
matters. This meeting will also be a further 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, or to submit 
views concerning the subjects of discussion, write to either Captain 
Malcolm J. Williams, Jr., or Lieutenant Commander Bruce P. Dalcher, 
U.S. Coast Guard (G-LMI), 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20593, or by telephone (202) 267-1527, telefax (202) 267-4496.

    Dated: August 14, 1997.
Russell A. La Mantia,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 97-22582 Filed 8-25-97; 8:45 am]
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