[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 69 (Monday, April 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 16908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8394]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6548]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, May 1, 2009, in Room 2415 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 International Maritime Organization (IMO) Diplomatic Conference 
for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships to be held at 
the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), 1 Expo Drive, 
Wanchai, Hong Kong, China, from May 11-15, 2009.
    The provisional agenda calls for the Conference to consider the 
draft International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound 
Recycling of Ships, the text of which has been prepared by the IMO 
Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), and any draft 
Conference resolutions. The Conference agenda also calls for the 
adoption of the Final Act and any instruments, recommendations and 
resolutions resulting from the work of the Conference, as well as 
signature of the Final Act.
    Members of the public may attend the May 1st meeting of the SHC 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, LCDR Jason Smith--not later 
than 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 28, 2009--by e-mail at 
[email protected]; by phone at (202) 372-1376; by fax at (202) 
372-1925; or by writing to Commandant (CG-5212), U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 2nd Street, SW., Room 1308, Washington, DC 20593-
0001. Additional information regarding other SHC public meetings and 
associated IMO meetings may be found at: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/imo.

    Dated: April 7, 2009.
Mark Skolnicki,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
 [FR Doc. E9-8394 Filed 4-10-09; 8:45 am]
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