[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 155 (Thursday, August 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 40834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19395]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2009-0693]


Maritime Labour Convention, 2006; Informational Meeting

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of informational meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration will host an 
informational meeting to discuss the content of the Maritime Labour 
Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006). The purpose of this meeting is to provide 
the industry with an overview of the MLC, 2006, and to help clarify 
areas that may require additional interpretation. This meeting is 
strictly informational and it is not meant to discuss the merits of 
ratification of the MLC, 2006. The meeting will be on Monday, August 
24, 2009, and open to the public.

DATES: The public meeting will be on Monday, August 24, 2009, from 9 
a.m. to 11:50 a.m., at the Department of Transportation, Conference 
Center, Rooms 8-9-10, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 
20590, telephone 202-366-4000. Please note this meeting may close early 
if all business is finished.

ADDRESSES: This notice is available on the Internet at 
www.regulations.gov under the docket number USCG-2009-0693. The MLC, 
2006, is available on the Internet at http://www.ilo.org/global/What_
we_do/InternationalLabourStandards/MaritimeLabourConvention/lang_en/
index.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice 
contact Mr. Anthony D. Morris, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, CG-5221, 
Room 1210, 2100 Second Street SW., Stop 7126, Washington, DC 20593-
7126; telephone 202-372-1408, fax 202-372-1926, or e-mail at Anthony D. 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities

    For information on facilities or services for individuals with 
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact 
Mr. Anthony D. Morris at the telephone number or e-mail address 
indicated under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 
notice as soon as possible.
    Background and Purpose: The MLC, 2006, was adopted by the 
International Labour Conference of the International Labour 
Organization (ILO) in February 2006. It sets out seafarers' rights to 
decent conditions of work and helps to create conditions of fair 
competition for shipowners. The MLC, 2006, has been designed to become 
the ``fourth pillar'' of the international regulatory regime for 
quality shipping complementing the key conventions of the International 
Maritime Organization (IMO), such as the International Convention for 
the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended (SOLAS), the International 
Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping, 
1978, as amended (STCW), and the International Convention for the 
Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 73/78 (MARPOL). The MLC, 2006, 
contains a comprehensive set of global standards, based on those that 
are already found in 68 maritime labour instruments adopted by the ILO 
since 1920.
    Meeting Agenda: The purpose of this meeting is to provide the 
industry with an overview of the MLC, 2006, and to help clarify areas 
that may require additional interpretation. This meeting is strictly 
informational and it is not meant to discuss the merits of ratification 
of the MLC, 2006. The tentative agenda of the meeting is:
     Introduction to the MLC, 2006;
     Seafarer's perspective;
     Shipowner's perspective;
     Overview of the MLC, 2006;
     United States Process for ratification.

Procedural

    The meeting is open to the public. Please note that the meeting may 
close early if all business is finished. At the meeting facilitator's 
discretion, members of the public may make presentations and ask 
questions in response to information provided at the meeting. The 
meeting will not be recorded and the Coast Guard and the Maritime 
Administration do not intend to provide response to presentations. 
However, a summary of the information presented by the Coast Guard and 
the Maritime Administration will be made available after the meeting on 
the Internet at http://homeport.uscg.mil.
    A government-issued photo identification (for example, a driver's 
license) will be required for entrance at the meeting location. We 
encourage individuals planning on attending to arrive early in order to 
allow sufficient time before the meeting to clear security.
    This notice is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552.

    Dated: August 7, 2009.
J.G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial, Regulations and Standards.
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