[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 40631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19352]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6669]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Subcommittee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 27, 2009, in Room 10-0718 of 
Jemal's Riverside Building, 1900 Half Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20593-0001. The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the 
Second Intersessional of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) 
Standards of Training and Watchkeeping (STW) to be held be held at the 
IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, from September 7 to September 11, 
2009.
    The primary matters to be considered include:
    --Comprehensive review of the STCW Convention and the STCW Code;
    --Amendments to the various chapters of the Convention, and 
include;
    --Chapter I--General Provisions;
    --Chapter II--Master and deck department;
    --Chapter III--Engine department;
    --Chapter V--Special training requirements for personnel on certain 
types of ships;
    --Chapter VI--Emergency, occupational safety, security, medical 
care and survival functions;
    --Chapter VII--Alternative Certification;
    --Chapter VIII--Watchkeeping.
    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. To facilitate the building security process, 
those who plan to attend should contact the meeting coordinator; Ms. 
Zoe Goss by e-mail at [email protected], by phone at (202) 372-1425, 
by fax at (202) 372-1926, or in writing at Commandant (CG-5212), U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 2nd Street, SW., Room 1308, Washington, 
DC 20593-0001 not later than 72 hours before the meeting. Please note 
that due to security considerations, two valid, government issued photo 
identifications must be presented to gain entrance to the Headquarters 
building. The Headquarters building is accessible by taxi and privately 
owned conveyance (public transportation is not generally available). 
However, parking in the vicinity of the building is extremely limited. 
A member of the public needing reasonable accommodation should make his 
or her request by August 20th. Requests made after that date might not 
be possible to fulfill.
    Additional information regarding this and other IMO SHC public 
meetings may be found at: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/imo.

    Dated: August 6, 2009.
J. Trent Warner,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. E9-19352 Filed 8-11-09; 8:45 am]
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