[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 52360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25207]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 3101]


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 conduct an open meeting on Tuesday, October 19, 1999, 
at 9:30 AM, in room 2415 at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593. The purpose of the meeting will be to 
prepare for discussions anticipated to take place at the Forty-fourth 
Session of the International Maritime Organization's Subcommittee on 
Fire Protection, to be held February 21-25, 2000.
    The meeting will focus on proposed amendments to the 1974 SOLAS 
Convention for the safety of commercial vessels. Specific discussion 
areas include: comprehensive review of SOLAS chapter II-2, unified 
interpretations to SOLAS II-2 and related fire test procedures, 
recommendations on evaluation analysis for passenger ships and high-
speed passenger craft, fire test procedures for fire retardant 
materials used in the construction of lifeboats, and use of 
perfluorocarbons in shipboard fire-extinguishing systems.
    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: September 21, 1999.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 99-25207 Filed 9-27-99; 8:45 am]
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