[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 24212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11281]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 3033]


Shipping Coordinating Committee, Maritime Safety Committee; 
Notice of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee will conduct an open meeting at 
10:00 A.M. on Thursday, May 13, 1999, 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 71st Session of the 
Maritime Safety Committee, and associated bodies of the International 
Maritime Organization (IMO), which is scheduled for May 19-28, 1999, 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 (SOLAS) 
Convention;
    b. Bulk carrier safety;
    c. Role of the human element;
    d. Formal safety assessment;
    e. Unsafe practices associated with the trafficking or transport of 
migrants by sea; and
    f. Reports of seven subcommittees--Fire protection; Training and 
watchkeeping; Stability, load lines and fishing vessel safety; 
Dangerous goods, solid cargoes and containers; Ship design and 
equipment; Flag State implementation; and Bulk liquids and gases.
    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 (G-MS), U.S. Coast Guard, 
2100 2nd Street, SW, Room 1218, Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling 
(202) 267-2970.

    Dated: April 28, 1999.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 99-11281 Filed 5-4-99; 8:45 am]
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