[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 102 (Tuesday, May 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29575-29576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10255]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5803]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 28, 2007, in room 6103, at U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 2nd Street SW., Washington, DC. The 
purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the 53rd session of the 
Subcommittee on Safety of Navigation (NAV) of the International 
Maritime Organization (IMO) which is scheduled for July 23 through 27, 
to be held at the Royal Horticultural Halls and Conference Centre, 81 
Vincent Square, London, England.
    Items of principal interest on the agenda are:

-- Routing of ships, ship reporting and related matters.
-- Revision of the performance standards for integrated navigation 
systems (INS) and integrated bridge systems (IBS).
-- Evaluation of the use of Electronic Chart Display and Information 
System (ECDIS) and Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) development.
-- Carriage requirements for a bridge navigational watch alarm system.
-- Development of guidelines for the installation of shipborne radar 
equipment.
-- Amendments to the International Regulations for Preventing 
Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) Annex I related to color specification of 
light.
-- International Telecommunication Union (ITU) matters, including 
Radiocommunication ITU-R Study Group 8.
-- Guidelines for the control of ships in an emergency.
-- Development of performance standards for navigation lights, 
navigation light controllers and associated equipment.
-- Worldwide radio navigation system (WWRNS).
-- Development of an e-navigation strategy.
-- Development of carriage requirements for ECDIS.
-- Guidelines for uniform operating limitations for high-speed craft.
-- Guidelines on the layout of safety centers on passenger ships.
-- Casualty analysis.
--Consideration of International Association of Classification 
Societies (IACS) unified interpretations.

    Members of the public may attend these meetings up to the seating 
capacity of the room. To facilitate the building security process, 
those who plan to attend should call or send an e-mail two days before 
the meeting to [email protected]. Interested persons may seek 
information by writing: Mr. Edward J. LaRue, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard (CG-
3PWN), Room 1407, 2100 2nd Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by 
calling: (202) 372-1564.


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    Dated: May 18, 2007.
Michael E. Tousley,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. E7-10255 Filed 5-25-07; 8:45 am]
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