[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 55805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26724]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 3103]


Shipping Coordinating Committee, International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) Legal Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The U.S. Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 10:00 a.m., on Monday, November 1, 1999, in Room 2415 at 
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC. 
The purpose of this meeting is to report the results of Eightieth 
Session of the International Maritime Organization Legal Committee (LEG 
80), and the Joint International Maritime Organization/International 
Labor Organization Ad Hoc Expert Working Group, held concurrently 
October 11-15, 1999, in London.
    LEG 80 will focus primarily on completing its work on a draft 
protocol to the Athens Convention. The Joint IMO/ILO Ad Hoc Expert 
Working Group will be focusing on the subject of liability and 
compensation regarding claims for death, personal injury and 
abandonment of seafarers, therefore the SHC will also focus on this 
topic. Other topics that will be briefly addressed include: the draft 
IMO Guidelines on Shipowners' Responsibilities in Respect of Maritime 
Claims and a draft convention regarding bunker fuel spills. Time will 
also be allotted to address any other issues on the LEG work program on 
which there are questions or comments.
    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 Daniel J. Goettle, U.S. Coast Guard, 
Office of Maritime and International Law (G-LMI), 2100 Second Street, 
SW, Washington, DC. 20593-0001; telephone (202) 267-1527; fax (202) 
267-4496.

    Dated: October 1, 1999.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 99-26724 Filed 10-13-99; 8:45 am]
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