[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 65551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26888]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7170]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Subcommittee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, December 7, 2010, in Conference Room 5-
1224 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 fifty-third Session of the 
International Maritime Organization (IMO) Subcommittee on Stability and 
Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels Safety (SLF) to be held at the IMO 
Headquarters, United Kingdom, from January 10 to January 14, 2011.
    The primary matters to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda.
--Decisions of other IMO bodies.
--Development of new generation intact stability criteria.
--Guidelines to enhance the safety of small fishing vessels.
--Guidelines to improve the effect of the 1969 Tonnage Measurement 
Convention on ship design and safety.
--Standards on time-dependent survivability of passenger ships in 
damaged condition.
--Stability and sea-keeping characteristics of damaged passenger ships 
in a seaway when returning to port under own power or under tow.
--Guidelines for verification of damage stability requirements for 
tankers and bulk carriers.
--Safety provisions applicable to tenders operating from passenger 
ships.
--Review of damage stability regulations for ro-ro passenger ships.
--Legal and technical options to facilitate and expedite the earliest 
possible entry into force of the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol.
--Amendments to SOLAS chapter II-1 subdivision standards for cargo 
ships.
--Amendments to the 1966 Load Line Convention and the 1988 Load Line 
Protocol related to seasonal zones.
--Revision of SOLAS chapter II-1 subdivision and damage stability 
regulations.
--Consideration of IACS unified interpretations.
--Biennial agenda and provisional agenda for SLF 54.
--Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2012.
--Any other business.
--Report to the Maritime Safety Committee.

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. To facilitate the building security process and 
to request reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend should 
contact the meeting coordinator, LCDR Tracy Phillips, by e-mail at 
[email protected], by phone at (202) 372-1373, by fax at (202) 
372-1925, or in writing at Commandant (CG-5212), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 
2nd Street, SW., Stop 7126, Washington, DC 20593-7126 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: October 19, 2010.
Jon Trent Warner,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2010-26888 Filed 10-22-10; 8:45 am]
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