[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62796-62797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30920]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2654]


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 Thursday, December 4, 1997, in Room 2415 at 
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, 
D.C. The purpose of this meeting is to report on

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the 76th session of the IMO Legal Committee, which was held October 13-
17, 1997, in London, regarding the provision of financial security for 
seagoing vessels (focussing on security for passenger claims), 
compensation for pollution from ships' bunkers, a draft convention on 
wreak 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 1996 Hazardous and Noxious Substances 
Convention, or the 1996 protocol to the Limitation of Liability for 
Maritime Claims convention of 1976, both 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: November 20, 1997.
Russell A. La Mantia,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 97-30920 Filed 11-24-97; 8:45 am]
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