[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 190 (Wednesday, October 1, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 56663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25016]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4483]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC), through the Working 
Group on Radio Communications and Search and Rescue of the Subcommittee 
on Safety of Life at Sea, will conduct open meetings at 9 a.m. on 
Thursday, October 9, November 6, December 11, and January 29, 2004. The 
meetings will be held at the Department of Transportation Headquarters 
Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20950. Call the point 
of contact below for room numbers. The purpose of the meeting is to 
prepare for the Eighth Session of the International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) Subcommittee on Radiocommunications and Search and 
Rescue (COMSAR), which is scheduled for the week of February 16-20, 
2004, at IMO headquarters in London, England.
    The primary matters to be considered are:

--Maritime Safety Information for GMDSS
--Development of a procedure for recognition of mobile satellite 
systems
--Revision of performance standards for NAVTEX equipment
--Emergency radiocommunications, including false alerts and 
interference
--Large passenger ship safety
--Issues related to maritime security
--Developments in maritime radiocommunication systems and technology, 
including long-range tracking
--Matters concerning Search & Rescue
--Planning for the 8th session of COMSAR

    Members of the public may attend these meetings up to the seating 
capacity of the rooms. Interested persons may seek information, 
including meeting room numbers, by writing; Mr. Russell S. Levin, U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, Commandant (G-SCT-2), Room 6509, 2100 Second 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001, by calling: (202) 267-1389, or 
by sending Internet electronic mail to [email protected] and 
viewing http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/marcomms/imo/meetings.htm.

    Dated: September 24, 2003.
Steven D. Poulin,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 03-25016 Filed 9-30-03; 8:45 am]
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