[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 52195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17981]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5907]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Subcommittee on Stability, Load Lines and Fishing Vessel Safety 
of the Shipping Coordinating Committee will conduct an open meeting at 
1 p.m. on Thursday, September 27, 2007, in Room 6319 of the United 
States Coast Guard Headquarters Building, 2100 2nd Street, SW., 
Washington, DC, 20593-0001. The primary purpose of the meeting is to 
begin preparations for the 51st Session of the International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) Sub-Committee on Stability and Load Lines and on 
Fishing Vessels Safety to be held at IMO Headquarters in London, 
England from July 14th to July 18th, 2008.
    The primary matters to be considered include:

--Development of explanatory notes for harmonized International 
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Chapter II-1;
--Revision of the Intact Stability Code;
--Safety of small fishing vessels;
--Development of options to improve effect on ship design and safety of 
the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 (TM 
Convention);
--Review of guidelines for uniform operating limitations on high-speed 
craft, prepared by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment (DE);
--Time-dependent survivability of passenger ships in damaged condition;
--Guidance on the impact of open watertight doors on existing and new 
ship survivability;
--Stability and seakeeping characteristics of damaged passenger ships 
in a seaway when returning to port by own power or under tow;
--Damage stability verification of tank vessels.

    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. Paul Cojeen, Commandant (CG-3PSE), U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 2nd St. SW., Room 1308, Washington, DC 20593-0001 or 
by calling (202) 372-1372.

    Dated: September 6, 2007.
Mark W. Skolnicki,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. E7-17981 Filed 9-11-07; 8:45 am]
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