[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 12923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6717]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6544]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 13, 2009, in Room 6103 of the 
United States Coast Guard Headquarters Building, 2100 Second Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20593. The primary purpose of the meeting is to 
prepare for the seventeenth session of the International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) Sub-Committee on Flag State Implementation (FSI 17) 
to be held at the IMO's London headquarters from April 20 to 24, 2009. 
The primary matters to be considered at FSI 17 include:

--Decisions of other IMO bodies;
--Responsibilities of Governments and measures to encourage flag State 
compliance;
--Mandatory reports under International Convention for the Prevention 
of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 
(MARPOL 73/78);
--Port reception facilities-related issues;
--Casualty statistics and investigations;
--Harmonization of port State control activities;
--Port State Control (PSC) Guidelines on seafarers' working hours and 
PSC guidelines in relation to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006;
--Development of guidelines on port State control under the 2004 
Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention;
--Comprehensive analysis of difficulties encountered in the 
implementation of IMO instruments;
--Review of the Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey 
and Certification (HSSC);
--Consideration of International Association of Classification 
Societies (IACS) unified interpretations;
--Review of the Code for the Implementation of Mandatory IMO 
Instruments;
--Development of a Code for Recognized Organizations;
--Measures to protect the safety of persons rescued at sea; and
--Election of IMO's FSI Sub-Committee Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 
2010.

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Please note that due to security considerations, 
two valid, government-issued photo identification documents must be 
presented to gain entrance to the building. The Coast Guard 
Headquarters building is accessible by taxi and privately owned 
conveyance. Please note that parking in the vicinity of the building is 
extremely limited and that public transportation is not generally 
available.
    To facilitate attendance to this meeting, those who plan to attend 
should contact the meeting coordinator, Mr. E.J. Terminella, by e-mail 
at [email protected]; by phone at (202) 372-1239; by fax 
at (202) 372-1918; or by writing to Commandant (CG-5432), U.S. Coast 
Guard Headquarters, 2100 2nd Street, SW., Room 1116, Washington, DC 
20593-0001--not later than 10 a.m. on Friday, April 10, 2009. 
Additional information regarding this and other SHC public meetings, 
and associated IMO meetings, may also be found at: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/imo.

    Dated: March 18, 2009.
Mark Skolnicki,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
 [FR Doc. E9-6717 Filed 3-24-09; 8:45 am]
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