[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 76899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24522]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5220]


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 Friday January 5, 2006, at the Radio Technical Commission for 
Maritime Services, 1800 North Kent Street, Suite 1060, Arlington, VA 
22209. 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 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: December 16, 2005.
Clay Diamond,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 05-24522 Filed 12-27-05; 8:45 am]
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