[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 208 (Friday, October 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 54320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27012]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3801]


Shipping Coordinating Committee Notice of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee will conduct an open meeting at 
9:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 20, 2001, in Room 6319, at U.S. Coast 
Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC. The 
purpose of this meeting will be to review the U.S. positions on the 
thirty-third session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) 
Sub-Committee on Standards of Training and Watchkeeping (STW) to be 
held at IMO headquarters in London, January 21-25, 2002.

    The primary matters to be considered include:
    1. Training and certification of maritime pilots;
    2. Unlawful practices associated with certificates of competency 
(i.e., forged certificates);
    3. Follow-up Action to the International Convention on Standards 
of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as 
amended in 1995 (STCW 95) Conference;
    4. Training of crew in Launching/Recovering Operations of Fast 
Rescue Boats and Means of Rescue in Adverse Weather Conditions;
    5. Large Passenger Vessels;
    6. Validation of an IMO model course on assessment of 
competence; and
    7. Follow-up Action to the 1995 International Convention on 
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing 
Vessel Personnel (1995 STCW F) Conference.

    Documents associated with this Conference may be requested by 
writing to the address below. Please note that hard copies of documents 
associated with this Conference will not be available at this meeting.
    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 Lieutenant Commander 
Harden, U.S. Coast Guard, Maritime Personnel Qualifications Division 
(G-MSO-1), 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001; 
telephone: (202) 267-0229; fax: (202) 267-4570; or e-mail: 
[email protected].

    Dated: October 18, 2001.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, U.S. Department 
of State.
[FR Doc. 01-27012 Filed 10-25-01; 8:45 am]
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