[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 175 (Thursday, September 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 48543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24277]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2881]


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 11 a.m. on Monday, September 21, 1998, in 
Room 6103, at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20593-0001. This meeting will discuss the upcoming 42nd 
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 February 8-12, 1999, 
at the IMO Headquarters in London, England.
    Items of discussion will include the following:
    a. Review of results from SLF 41,
    b. Harmonization of damage stability provisions in the IMO 
instruments,
    c. Safety aspects of ships engaged in a ballast water exchange,
    d. Revision of the High Speed Craft Code,
    e. Development of the damage consequence diagrams for inclusion in 
damage control plan guidelines, and
    f. Upcoming requirements and future actions with respect to Bulk 
Carrier Safety--results of SOLAS Conference and MSC 69.
    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 21, 1998.
Susan K. Bennett,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 98-24277 Filed 9-9-98; 8:45 am]
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