[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 42 (Thursday, March 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10524-10525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5379]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2988]


Shipping Coordinating Committee, Subcommittee on Safety of Life 
at Sea, Working Group on Fire Protection; Notice of Meeting

    The U.S. Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Working Group on Fire 
Protection will

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conduct an open meeting on Wednesday, March 24, 1999, at 9:30 AM, in 
room 6103 at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., 
Washington, DC 20593. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the 
outcome of the Forty-third Session of the International Maritime 
Organization's Subcommittee on Fire Protection, held January 11-15, 
1999. In addition, preparations for the next session will also be 
discussed at the meeting.
    The meeting will focus on proposed amendments to the 1974 SOLAS 
Convention for the fire safety of commercial vessels. Specific 
discussion areas include: Comprehensive review of SOLAS Chapter II-2, 
ro-ro ferry safety, passenger vessel evacuation analysis, revision of 
the fire safety aspects of the IMO High Speed Craft Code, fire fighting 
systems in machinery and other spaces, role of the human element, 
prohibition of PFCs in shipboard fire-extinguishing systems, smoke 
control and ventilation and fire test procedures.
    Although the meeting will focus primarily on the outcome of the 
previous session, preparations and plans for the next session will also 
be discussed. This offers the opportunity for members of the public to 
be involved early in the standards development process. Members of the 
public wishing to make a statement on new issues or proposals at the 
meeting are requested to submit a brief summary to the U. S. Coast 
Guard five days prior to the meeting.
    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may obtain more information 
regarding the meeting of the SOLAS Working Group on Fire Protection by 
writing: Office of Design and Engineering Standards, Commandant (G-MSE-
4), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second St., S.W., Washington, DC 20593, by 
calling: LT Kevin Kiefer at (202) 267-1444, or by visiting the 
following World Wide Website: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/mse4/
stdimofp.htm.

    Dated: February 26, 1999.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 99-5379 Filed 3-3-99; 8:45 am]
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