[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: 97-22584]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2592]


Shipping Coordinating Committee, Subcommittee on Safety of Life 
at Sea and Associated Bodies, Working Group on Stability and Load Lines 
and on Fishing Vessels Safety; Notice of Meeting

    The Working Group on Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing 
Vessels Safety of the Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea will 
conduct an open meeting at 9 a.m. on Thursday, September 18, 1997, in 
Room 6103, at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20593-0001. This meeting will discuss the upcoming 41st 
Session of the Subcommittee on Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing 
Vessels Safety (SLF) and associated bodies of the International 
Maritime Organization (IMO) which will be held on January 26-30, 1998, 
at the IMO Headquarters in London, England.
    Items of discussion will include the following:

a. Harmonization of damage stability provisions in the IMO;
b. Progress of the Intersessional Correspondence Group on Load Lines 
issues;
c. Technical revisions to the Code on Intact Stability;
d. High Speed Craft Code revision;
e. Role of the human element, including shipboard loading and stability 
software; and
f. Safety aspects of ships engaged in a ballast water exchange.

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing: Mr. Paul Cojeen, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Commandant (G-
MSE-2), Room 1308, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001 or 
by calling (202) 267-2988.

    Dated: August 14, 1997.
Russell A. La Mantia,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 97-22584 Filed 8-25-97; 8:45 am]
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