[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5614-5615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2251]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7758]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14, 2012, in 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 twentieth Session of the International Maritime 
Organization's (IMO) Subcommittee on Flag State Implementation to be 
held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, March 26-30, 2012.
    The primary matters to be considered include:
    Adoption of the agenda;
    Decisions of other IMO bodies;
    Responsibilities of Governments and measures to encourage flag 
State compliance;
    Mandatory reports under International Convention for the Prevention 
of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 
(MARPOL 73/78);
    Casualty statistics and investigations;
    Harmonization of port State control activities;
    Port State Control (PSC) Guidelines on seafarers' hours of rest and 
PSC guidelines in relation to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006;
    Development of guidelines on port State control under the 2004 
Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention;
    Comprehensive analysis of difficulties encountered in the 
implementation of IMO instruments;
    Review of the Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized System of 
Survey and Certification (HSSC) and the annexes to the Code for the 
Implementation of Mandatory IMO Instruments;
    Consideration of International Association of Classification 
Societies (IACS) unified interpretations;
    Review of the IMO Instruments Implementation Code;
    Development of a Code for Recognized Organizations;
    Measures to protect the safety of persons rescued at sea;

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    Illegal unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing and related 
matters;
    Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2013.
    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, Mr. E.J. Terminella, by email at 
[email protected], by phone at (202) 372-1239, by fax at 
(202) 372-1918, or in writing at Commandant (CG-543), U.S. Coast Guard, 
2100 2nd Street SW., Stop 7581, Washington, DC 20593-7581 not later 
than March 7, 2012, 7 days prior to the meeting. Requests made after 
March 7, 2012 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: www.uscg.mil/imo.

    Dated: January 23, 2012.
Brian Robinson,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2012-2251 Filed 2-2-12; 8:45 am]
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