[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 222 (Friday, November 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 70023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22920]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5214]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 in room 6319 of the 
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters building, 2100 Second Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20593-0001. The primary purpose of the meeting is to 
prepare for the 50th Session of the International Maritime Organization 
(IMO) Subcommittee on Fire Protection to be held at IMO Headquarters in 
London, England from January 9-13, 2006. The meeting will also cover 
five agenda items on lifesaving equipment from the provisional agenda 
of the 49th session of the Subcommittee on Ship Design and Equipment 
that were assigned to the Subcommittee on Fire Protection because of 
the Ship Design and Equipment Subcommittee's excessive workload.
    The primary fire protection matters to be discussed include:

--Passenger Ship Safety.
--Performance testing & approval standards for fire safety systems.
--Recommendations on evacuation analysis for new and existing passenger 
ships.
--Development of provisions for gas fueled ships.
--Measures to prevent fires in engine-rooms and cargo pump-rooms.
--Review of the SPS Code.
--Comprehensive review of the fire test procedures code.
--Analysis of fire casualty records.

    The primary life saving matters to be discussed include:

--Measures to prevent accidents with lifeboats.
--Compatibility of life-saving appliances.
--Inconsistencies in IMO instruments regarding requirements for life-
saving appliances.
--Test standards for extended service intervals of inflatable rafts.
--Amendments to resolution A. 761 (18).

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing: Chief, Office of Design and Engineering Standards, Commandant 
(G-MSE-4), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20593-0001, by calling: Mr. R. Eberly at (202) 267-1861, 
or by visiting the following World Wide Web site: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/mse4/imo.htm.

    Dated: November 10, 2005.
Clay Diamond,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 05-22920 Filed 11-17-05; 8:45 am]
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