[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 44 (Monday, March 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 11080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5621]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2997]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The U.S. Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 10:00 a.m., on Thursday, April 8, 1999, in Room 2415 at U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
The purpose of this meeting is twofold: (1) to report on the results of 
the Diplomatic Conference on the Arrest of Ships, held March 01-12, 
1999 in Geneva; and (2) to prepare for the Seventy Ninth Session of the 
International Maritime Organization Legal Committee (LEG 79), to be 
held April 19-23, 1999 in London.
    This SHC meeting will address the following topics: the Convention 
on the Arrest of ships; the draft IMO Code or Guidelines on Shipowners' 
Responsibilities in Respect of Maritime Claims; the draft Protocol to 
the Athens Convention relating to passenger claims; a draft convention 
regarding bunker fuel spills; and a draft convention regarding wreck 
removal.
    Members of the U.S. Delegation to LEG 79 will be attending a 
meeting, in London on April 16, regarding international efforts at 
ratification and implementation of the Hazardous and Noxious Substances 
Convention, adopted in London in May, 1996. This SHC meeting will be a 
further opportunity for interested members of the public to express 
their views on whether the United States should ratify the HNS 
Convention.
    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 in advance of the meeting, please contact Captain Malcolm J. 
Williams, Jr., or Lieutenant William G. Rospars, U.S. Coast Guard, 
Office of Maritime and International Law (G-LMI), 2100 Second Street, 
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20593-0001; telephone (202) 267-1527; fax (202) 
267-4496.

    Dated: March 2, 1999.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee 2.
[FR Doc. 99-5621 Filed 3-5-99; 8:45 am]
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