[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46476-46477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21691]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6741]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Subcommittee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, September 23, 2009, in Room 1422 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 ninety-sixth Session of the International 
Maritime Organization (IMO) Legal Committee (LEG) to be held be held at 
the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, from October 5 to October 9, 
2009.
    The primary matters to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda

[[Page 46477]]

--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments
--Measures to enhance maritime security
--Goal-based new ship construction standards
--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. To facilitate the building security process, 
those who plan to attend should contact the meeting coordinator, 
Bronwyn G. Douglass, by e-mail at [email protected], by phone 
at (202) 372-3792, by fax at (202) 372-3972, or in writing at 
Commandant (CG-0941), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 2nd Street, SW., STOP 
7121, Washington, DC 20593-7121 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 
September 16th. Requests submitted after that date will be considered, 
but might not be able to be fulfilled. Additional information regarding 
this and other IMO SHC public meetings may be found at: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/imo.

    Dated: September 2, 2009.
J. Trent Warner,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. E9-21691 Filed 9-8-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710-09-P