[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 204 (Monday, October 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62146-62147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17692]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5569]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee will conduct an open meeting at 
9:30 a.m. on Tuesday November 21, 2006 in Room 2415, at U.S. Coast 
Guard Headquarters, 2100 2nd Street, SW., Washington, DC, 20593-0001. 
The purpose of this meeting will be to finalize preparations for the 
82nd Session of the Maritime Safety Committee, and associated bodies of 
the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which is scheduled for 
November 29--December 8, 2006 at the Polat Renaissance Istanbul Hotel 
in Istanbul, Turkey. At this meeting, papers received and the draft 
U.S. positions for the Maritime Safety Committee will be discussed. 
Among other things, the items of particular interest are:
--Adoption of amendments to: SOLAS, the High Speed Craft Code, the 
International Convention on Load Lines, the International Code for Fire 
Safety Systems, the LSA Code, the IBC Code, and the IGC Code.
--Measures to enhance maritime security
--Goal-based new ship construction standards
--Implementation of the revised STCW Convention
--Reports of seven subcommittees--Stability, load lines and fishing 
vessel safety, Dangerous goods, solid cargoes and containers, 
Radiocommunications and search and rescue, Ship design and equipment, 
Flag State implementation, Bulk liquids and gases, and Safety of 
navigation.

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing to Mr. Jeffrey Lantz, Commandant (G-PS), U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 2nd Street, SW., Room 1218, Washington, DC 20593-
0001 or by calling (202) 372-1351.


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    Dated: October 12, 2006.
Margaret Hayes,
Director, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E6-17692 Filed 10-20-06; 8:45 am]
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