[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 46492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22261]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3742]


Shipping Coordinating Committee Subcommittee on Safety of Life at 
Sea Working Group on Fire Protection; Notice of Meeting

    The Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Working Group on Fire Protection, 
a working group of the Shipping Coordinating Committee, will conduct an 
open meeting at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 21, 2001, in room 2415, 
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC.
    The purpose of this meeting will be to prepare for discussions 
anticipated to take place at the forty-sixth session of the 
International Maritime Organization's Subcommittee on FireProtection, 
to be held February 4-8, 2002.
    The meeting will focus on proposed amendments to the 1974 SOLAS 
Convention for the fire safety of commercial vessels. Specific 
discussion areas include:
    --Recommendation on evacuation analysis for new and existing 
passenger vessels
    --Smoke control and ventilation
    --Unified interpretations to SOLAS chapter II-2 and related fire 
test procedures
    --Analysis of fire casualty records
    --Large passenger ship safety
    --Performance testing and approval standards for fire safety 
systems
    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 Design and Engineering Standards, Commandant 
(G-MSE-4), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20593-0001, by calling: LCDR 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: August 27, 2001.
Stephen Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 01-22261 Filed 9-4-01; 8:45 am]
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