[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 129 (Thursday, July 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 39354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13358]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5100]


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 p.m. on Thursday, August 11, 2005, in room 3328.
    The meeting will be held at the Department of Transportation 
Headquarters Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20950. 
The purpose of this meeting is to prepare for the Tenth Session of the 
International Maritime Organization (IMO) Subcommittee on 
Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue, which is scheduled for the 
week of March 6-10, 2006, 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 radiocommunications, 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 11th session of COMSAR.

    Members of the public may attend these meetings up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information 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: June 30, 2005.
Clayton Diamond,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 05-13358 Filed 7-6-05; 8:45 am]
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