[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 60 (Thursday, March 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14997-14998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7471]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3915]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The U.S. Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 16, 2002, 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-Fourth Session of 
the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Legal Committee (LEG 84), 
scheduled for April 22 through 26, 2002.
    The Legal Committee will review the Convention for the Suppression 
of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988, and 
its Protocol of 1988 relating to Fixed Platforms Located on the 
Continental Shelf (SUA Convention and Protocol) to determine if the 
instruments need to be updated in light of the September 11, 2001 
terrorist attacks against the United States of America. The Committee 
will also examine the draft Wreck Removal Convention with the objective 
of having the draft ready for a Diplomatic Conference in the 2004-5 
biennium. In addition, the Legal Committee will consider a proposal to 
increase the

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limits of compensation under the 1992 protocols to the 1969 
International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage 
and the 1971 International Convention on the Establishment of an 
International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage. If 
results are submitted, the Legal Committee will study the survey 
conducted by the Comite Maritime International on the potential legal 
issues surrounding the topic of places of refuge. The Legal Committee 
will then turn its attention to the status of the implementation of the 
International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in 
Connection With the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by 
Sea. Time also will be allotted to address any other issues on the 
Legal Committee's work program.
    Members of the public are invited to attend the SHC meeting up to 
the seating capacity of the room. Due to building security, it is 
recommended that those who plan on attending call or send an e-mail two 
days ahead of the meeting so that we may place your name on a list for 
security personnel to reference. For further information please contact 
Captain Joseph F. Ahern or Lieutenant Carolyn Leonard-Cho, at U.S. 
Coast Guard, Office of Maritime and International Law (G-LMI), 2100 
Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001; e-mail 
[email protected], telephone (202) 267-1527; fax (202) 267-
4496.

    Dated: March 14, 2002.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 02-7471 Filed 3-27-02; 8:45 am]
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