[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 60748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24336]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6390]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Subcommittee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC), through its Subcommittee 
on the Safety of Life at Sea, will conduct an open meeting at 10 a.m. 
on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, in Room 2415 of the United States Coast 
Guard Headquarters Building, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20593-0001. The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the 
eighty-fifth Session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) 
Marine Safety Committee (MSC) to be held at IMO headquarters in London, 
United Kingdom, from November 26 to December 5, 2008. The primary 
matters to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments
--Measures to enhance maritime security
--Goal-based new ship construction standards
--Long range identification and tracking (LRIT) related matters
--Technical assistance sub-programme in maritime safety and security
--Capacity-building for the implementation of new measures
--Role of the human element
--Formal safety assessment
--Piracy and armed robbery against ships
--General cargo ship safety
--Reports of six subcommittees--Ship design and equipment, Training and 
Watchkeeping, Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue, Flag State 
Implementation, Safety of Navigation, Stability, Load Lines and Fishing 
Vessel Safety, Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers
--Relations with other organizations
--Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2009

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Persons planning to attend this meeting should 
contact the meeting coordinator, LCDR Jason Smith, not later than 72 
hours before the meeting by e-mail at [email protected], by phone 
at (202) 372-1372, by fax at (202) 372-1925, or in writing at 
Commandant (CG-5212), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 2nd Street, 
SW., Room 1308, Washington, DC 20593-0001.
    The U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters building is accessible by taxi 
and privately owned conveyance (public transportation is not generally 
available). Please note, however, that parking in the vicinity of the 
building is extremely limited. Please also note that due to security 
considerations, two valid, government issued photo identifications must 
be presented to gain entrance to the Coast Guard Headquarters building. 
If you have any questions about this SHC subcommittee meeting, please 
contact LCDR Jason Smith at the numbers or addresses listed above.

    Dated: October 3, 2008.
Mark Skolnicki,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
 [FR Doc. E8-24336 Filed 10-10-08; 8:45 am]
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