[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 145 (Thursday, July 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 45368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17311]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4775]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meetings

    The Working Group on Radio Communications and Search and Rescue of 
the Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea will conduct open meetings at 
1 PM on Thursday August 19 (Room 3200), and 9 a.m. on September 23 
(Room 6244-46), October 14 (Room 6244-46), November 18 and December 16, 
2004 and January 13, 2005.
    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 this 
meeting is to prepare for the Ninth Session of the International 
Maritime Organization (IMO) Subcommittee on Radiocommunications and 
Search and Rescue, which is scheduled for the week of February 7-11, 
2005, 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
--Large passenger ship safety
--Emergency radio communications, including false alerts and 
interference
--Issues related to maritime security
--Matters concerning Search and Rescue
--Developments in maritime radiocommunication systems and technology
--Planning for the 10th 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, or by writing: Mr. Russell S. Levin, 
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Commandant (CG-622), Room 6611, 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: July 21, 2004.
Clay Diamond,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 04-17311 Filed 7-28-04; 8:45 am]
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