[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: 98-6069]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2756]


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, April 2, 1998, in Room 2415 at U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
The purpose of this meeting is to prepare for the 77th session of the 
IMO Legal Committee, which will be held April 20-24, 1998, in London, 
regarding the provision of financial security for seagoing vessels, 
compensation for pollution from ships' bunkers, a draft convention on 
wreck removal, 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: February 24, 1998.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 98-6069 Filed 3-9-98; 8:45 am]
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