[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30659-30660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11895]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6226]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Subcommittee Meeting

    The Subcommittee on the Safety of Navigation of the Shipping 
Coordinating Committee (SHC) will be holding an open meeting at 9:30 
a.m. on Wednesday, June 11, 2008, in room 6215, U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC. The purpose of 
the meeting is to prepare for the 54th session of the Subcommittee on 
Safety of Navigation (NAV) of the International Maritime Organization 
(IMO) which is scheduled for June 30-July 4, 2008, to be held at IMO 
Headquarters, 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR, United Kingdom. 
Items of principal interest on the agenda are:
    --Routing of ships, ship reporting and related matters;
    --Development of guidelines for integrated bridge systems (IBS), 
including performance standards for bridge alert management;
    --Amendments to the General Provisions on Ships' Routing;
    --Carriage requirements for a bridge navigational watch alarm 
system;
    --Review of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions 
at Sea (COLREGs) regarding the right of way of vessels over pleasure 
craft;
    -- Amendments to COLREG Annex I related to color specification of 
lights;
    -- International Telecommunication Union (ITU) matters, including 
Radiocommunication ITU-R Study Group 8;
    --Code of conduct during demonstrations/campaigns against ships on 
high seas;
    --Measures to minimize incorrect data transmissions by automatic 
identification system (AIS) equipment;
    --Worldwide radio navigation system (WWRNS);
    --Development of an e-navigation strategy;
    --Development of carriage requirements for electronic chart display 
and information system (ECDIS);
    --Guidelines for uniform operating limitations of high-speed craft;
    --Guidelines on the layout and ergonomic design of safety centers 
on passenger Ships;
    --Review of vague expressions in the International Convention for 
the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regulation V/22;
    --Revision of the Guidance on the application of AIS binary 
messages;
    --Improved safety of pilot transfer arrangements;
    --Casualty analysis; and
    --Consideration of International Association of Classification 
Societies (IACS) unified interpretations.

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    Members of the public may attend these meetings up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing: Mr. Edward J. LaRue, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard (CG-5413), Room 
1407, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling: 
(202) 372-1564.

    Dated: May 21, 2008.
Mark Skolnicki,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
 [FR Doc. E8-11895 Filed 5-27-08; 8:45 am]
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