[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 8432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4161]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2973]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Subcommittee on Safety of Life 
at Sea and Associated Bodies; Notice of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee will conduct an open meeting at 
10:00 A.M. on Monday, March 15, 1999 in Room 6319, at U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001. The 
purpose of the meeting is to finalize preparations for the Flag State 
Implementation (FSI) Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and 
associated bodies of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) 
which is scheduled for March 22-26, 1999, at the IMO Headquarters in 
London. At this meeting, the U.S. position on documents submitted for 
consideration at the seventh session of the FSI Subcommittee will be 
discussed.
    Among other things, the items of particular interest are:

1. Implementation of IMO instruments
2. Survey and certification
3. Reporting on non-compliance with IMO instruments
4. Casualty statistics and analysis
5. Port State Control
6. Implications arising when a vessel loses the right to fly the flag 
of a State.

    Members of the public may attend the meeting up to the capacity of 
the room.
    Interested persons may seek information by contacting Mr. David 
Deaver, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters (G-MOC-4), 2100 Second Street, 
SW, Room 1116, Washington, DC 20593-0001; telephone (202) 267-0502; 
email: [email protected].

    Dated: February 12, 1999.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 99-4161 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]
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