[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 56976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24179]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice Number 3410]


Shipping Coordinating Committee, Facilitation Committee; Notice 
of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 11, 2000, in room 1303 at 
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC, 
20593-0001.
    The purpose of the meeting is to review the agenda items to be 
considered at the twenty-eighth session of the Facilitation Committee 
(FAL 28) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which is 
scheduled for October 30-November 3, 2000, at the IMO headquarters in 
London. Proposed U.S. positions on the agenda items for FAL 28 will be 
discussed.
    The major items for discussion for FAL 28 will include the 
following:

--Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic
--Consideration and adoption of proposed amendments to the Annex to the 
Convention
--Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) messages for the clearance of ships
--Application of the Committee's Guidelines
--General review of the Convention
--Formalities connected with the arrival, stay and departure of ships
--Formalities related to cargo--Facilitation aspects of the multimodal 
transport of dangerous goods
--Formalities connected with the arrival, stay and departure of 
persons--Stowaways
--Facilitation aspects of other IMO forms and certificates
--Ship-port interface
--Technical co-operation sub-program for facilitation

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room.
    Interested persons may seek information by writing: Chief, Office 
of Standards Evaluation and Development, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 
Commandant (G-MSR), room 1400, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC, 
20593-0001 or by calling Mr. David A. Du Pont at: (202) 267-0971.

    Dated: September 13, 2000.
Stephen Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, U.S. Department 
of State.
[FR Doc. 00-24179 Filed 9-19-00; 8:45 am]
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