[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3272-3273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-995]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6866]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday February 2, 2010, in Room 6103 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 fourteenth Session of the International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) Subcommittee on Bulk Liquids and Gases (BLG) to be 
held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, from February 8 to 
February 12, 2010.
    This announcement might appear in the Federal Register less than 15 
days prior to the meeting. The Department of State finds that there is 
an exceptional circumstance, in that this advisory committee meeting 
must be held on February 2nd in order to prepare for the IMO 
Subcommittee meeting to be convened on February 8th.
    The primary matters to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda.
--Decisions of other IMO bodies.
--Evaluation of safety and pollution hazards of chemicals and 
preparation of consequential amendments.
--Application of the requirements for the carriage of bio-fuels and 
bio-fuel blends.
--Development of guidelines and other documents for uniform 
implementation of the 2004 BWM Convention.
--Development of provisions for gas-fuelled ships.
--Casualty analysis.
--Consideration of IACS unified interpretations.
--Development of international measures for minimizing the transfer of 
invasive aquatic species through bio-fouling of ships.
--Revision of the IGC Code.
--Safety requirements for natural gas hydrate pellet carriers.
--Review of relevant non-mandatory instruments as a consequence of the 
amended MARPOL Annex VI and the NOX Technical Code.
--Revision of the Recommendations for entering enclosed spaces aboard 
ships.
--Work programme and agenda for BLG 15.
--Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2011.
--Any other business.
--Report to the Committees.

    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, Mr. 
Thomas Felleisen, by e-mail at [email protected], by phone at 
(202) 372-1424, by fax at (202) 372-1926, or in writing at Commandant 
(CG-5223), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 2nd Street, SW., Stop 7126, 
Washington, DC 20593-7126, not later than January 26, 2010, 7 days 
prior to the meeting. A member of the public requesting reasonable 
accommodation should also make such request prior to January 26, 2010. 
Requests made after January 26, 2010 might not be able to be 
accommodated. 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/imo.


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    Dated: January 12, 2009.
Jon Trent Warner,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2010-995 Filed 1-19-10; 8:45 am]
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