[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 1651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-612]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 3069]


Shipping Coordinating Committee, Subcommittee on Safety of Life 
at Sea, Working Group on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers; 
Meeting Notice

    The Working Group on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers 
(DSC) of the Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will conduct 
an open meeting at 10 a.m. on Friday, January 21, 2000, in Room 6103, 
at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, 
DC 20593-0001. The purpose of the meeting is to finalize preparations 
for the Fifth Session of the DSC Subcommittee of the International 
Maritime Organization (IMO) which is scheduled for February 7-11, 2000, 
at the IMO Headquarters in London.
    The agenda items of particular interest are:
    a. Amendment 30 to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods 
(IMDG) Code, its Annexes and Supplements including harmonization of the 
IMDG Code with the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of 
Dangerous Goods, reformatting of the IMDG Code, and implementation of 
Annex III of the Marine Pollution Convention (MARPOL 73/78), as 
amended.
    b. Revision of the Emergency Schedules (EmS).
    c. Review of the Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes (BC 
Code), including evaluation of properties of solid bulk cargoes.
    d. Matters Related to the Cargo Securing Manual.
    e. Casualty and incident reports and analysis.
    f. Implementation of IMO instruments and training requirements for 
cargo-related matters.
    g. Ventilation requirements for packaged dangerous goods.
    h. Carriage of Calcium Hypochlorite.
    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing: Mr. E.P. Pfersich, U.S. Coast Guard (G-MSO-3), 1 2100 Second 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling (202) 267-1577.

    Dated: December 27, 1999.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
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