[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 9038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4247]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 3219]


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 Tuesday, March 14, 2000, in Room 2415 at U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC. The 
purpose of this meeting is to prepare for the Eighty-first Session of 
the International Maritime Organization Legal Committee (LEG 81) to be 
held in London from 27-31 March, 2000.
    During LEG 81, the Legal Committee will complete the preparation of 
the draft bunkers convention for a diplomatic conference, which will be 
held in the 2000-2001 biennium. The Legal Committee will then continue 
work on a draft protocol to the Athens Convention and on the draft 
Wreck Removal Convention. The committee will next turn its attention to 
the implementation of the HNS Convention, and time will also be 
allotted to address any other issues on the Legal Committee's 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, 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: February 16, 2000.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 00-4247 Filed 2-22-00; 8:45 am]
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