[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 42 (Thursday, March 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 10524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5377]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2986]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Subcommittee on Safety of Life 
at Sea; Working Group on Bulk Liquids and Gases; Notice of Meetings

    The Working Group on Bulk Liquids and Gases (BLG) of the 
Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 AM on Thursday, April 1, 1999 in Room 6103, U.S. Coast 
Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20593-
0001. The purpose of the meeting is to finalize preparations for the 
Fourth Session of the Subcommittee on Bulk Liquids and Gases of the 
International Maritime Organization (IMO) which will be held on April 
12-16, 1999, at the IMO Headquarters in London.
    The agenda items of particular interest:

--Additional safety measures for tankers.
--Tanker pump-room safety.
--Matters related to the probabilistic methodology for oil outflow 
analysis.
--Review of Annexes I and II of the International Convention for the 
Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 
1978 (MARPOL 73/78).
--Review of specifications for crude oil washing systems.
--Revision of carriage requirements for carbon disulfide in the 
International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying 
Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code).
--Requirements for personal protection involved in transportation of 
cargoes containing toxic substances in oil tankers.
--Evaluation of safety and pollution hazards of chemicals and 
preparation of consequential amendments.
--Alignment of the cargo hose requirements in the chemical codes.
--Development of a code on polar navigation.

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing: Commander R. F. Corbin, U.S. Coast Guard (G-MSO-3), 2100 
Second Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling (202) 267-
1577.

    Dated: February 26, 1999.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 99-5377 Filed 3-3-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710-07-U