[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 241 (Thursday, December 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67004-67005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30037]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6182]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 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 forty-
first session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) 
Standards of Training and Watchkeeping (STW) to be held at the IMO 
Headquarters, United Kingdom, from January 11 to January 15, 2010.
    The primary matters to be considered include:

--Decisions of other IMO bodies;
--Validation of modal training courses;
--Unlawful practices associated with certificates of competency;
--Training for seafarer safety representatives;
--Casualty analysis;
--Comprehensive review of the STCW Convention and the STCW Code;
--Review of the principles for establishing the safe manning levels of 
ships;
--Measures to enhance maritime security;
--Development of an e-navigation strategy implementation plan;
--Revision of the recommendations for entering enclosed spaces aboard 
ships;

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--Development of model procedures for executing ship board emergency 
procedures; and
--Work programme and agenda for STW 42.

    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.
    Additional information regarding this and other IMO SHC public 
meetings may be found at: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/imo.

    Dated: December 8, 2009.
J. Trent Warner,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. E9-30037 Filed 12-16-09; 8:45 am]
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