[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58085-58086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29037]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2915]


Shipping Coordinating Committee Maritime Safety Committee, Notice 
of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee will conduct an open meeting at 
9:00 A.M. on Wednesday, December 2, 1998, in Room 2415, at U.S. Coast 
Guard Headquarters, 2100 2nd Street, SW, Washington, DC. The purpose of 
this meeting will be to finalize preparations for the 70th Session of 
the Maritime Safety Committee, and associated bodies of the 
International Maritime Organization (IMO), which is scheduled for 
December 7-11, 1998, at IMO Headquarters in London. At this meeting, 
papers received and the draft U.S. positions will be discussed.
    Among other things, the items of particular interest are:
    a. Adoption of amendments to the Safety of Life at Sea.
    b. Bulk carrier safety.
    c. Implementation of the STCW Convention.
    d. Matters related to the ISM Code.
    e. Formal safety assessment.
    f. Unsafe practices associated with the trafficking or transport of 
illegal migrant by sea, and
    g. Report of five subcommittees--Radiocommunications and Search and

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Rescue; Ship Design and Equipment; Flag State Implementation; Bulk 
Liquids and Gases; and Safety of Navigation.
    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing to Mr. Joseph J. Angelo, Commandant (C-MS), U.S. Coast Guard, 
2100 2nd Street, SW, Room 1218, Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling 
(202) 267-2970.

    Dated: October 20, 1998.
Stephen M. Miller,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 98-29037 Filed 10-28-98; 8:45 am]
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