[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 11703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6068]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2755]


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

    The U.S. Safety of Life at SEA (SOLAS) Working Group on Fire 
Protection will conduct an open meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 
March 25th, in Room 6319 at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 2nd 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The purpose of the meeting will 
be to discuss the outcome of the 42nd Session of the International 
Maritime Organization's Subcommittee on Fire Protection, held on 
December 8-12, 1997.
    The meeting will focus on proposed amendments to the 1974 SOLAS 
Convention for the fire safety of commercial vessels. Specific 
discussion areas include: Ro-ro ferry safety, fire test procedures, 
proposed restructuring of Chapter II-2, fire extinguishing systems, 
emergency escape breathing devices, criteria for maximum fire loads, 
interpretations to chapter II-2, the High Speed Craft Code, role of the 
human element, and shipboard safety emergency plans.
    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. For further information regarding the meeting of 
the SOLAS Working Group on Fire Protection contact Mr. Bob Markle at 
(202) 267-1444.

    Dated: February 24, 1998.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 98-6068 Filed 3-9-98; 8:45 am]
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