[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62396-62397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30584]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2633]


Shipping Coordinating Committee Subcommittee on Safety of Life at 
Sea; Working Group on Safety of Navigation; Notice of Meeting

    The Working Group on Safety of Navigation of the Subcommittee on 
Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will conduct an open meeting at 9:30 AM 
on Thursday, December 11, 1997, in room 6103, U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, DC.
    The purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the 44th session of 
the Subcommittee on Safety of Navigation (NAV) of the International 
Maritime Organization (IMO) which is scheduled for July 15-19, 1998, at 
the IMO Headquarters in London.
    Items of principal interest on the agenda are:

--Routing of ships, ship reporting, and related matters
--Amendments to the International Regulations for Prevention of 
Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS)
--Revision of SOLAS chapter V
--Development of measures complementary to the Code for Safe Carriage 
of Irradiated Nuclear Fuel (INF)
--Navigational aids and related matters
--International Telecommunication Union (ITU) matters including 
Radiocommunication ITU-R Study Group 8
--Operational aspects of wing in ground (WIG) craft: possible 
amendments to COLREGS
--Revision of the High Speed Craft (HSC) Code

    Members of the public may attend these meetings up to the seating

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capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing: Mr. Edward J. LaRue, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard (G-MOV-3), Room 
1407, 2100 Second Street SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling: 
(202) 267-0416.

    Dated: November 10, 1997.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 97-30584 Filed 11-20-97; 8:45 am]
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