[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 185 (Thursday, September 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25588]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2898]


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, October 08, 1998, in Room 2415 at 
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC. 
The purpose of this meeting is to prepare for the 78th session of the 
IMO Legal Committee, which will be held October 19-23, 1998, in London. 
The meeting will address: provision of financial security for passenger 
claims, provision of financial security for other maritime claims, 
compensation for pollution from ships' bunkers, a draft conviction on 
wreck removal, as well as 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 Substance 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., of Lieutenant William G. Rospars, U.S. Coast 
Guard (G-LMI), 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593, or by 
telephone (202) 267-1527, telefax (202) 267-4496.

    Dated: September 16, 1998.
Stephen M. Miller,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 98-25588 Filed 9-23-98; 8:45 am]
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