[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 28923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11864]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7886]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 6, 2012, in Room 51222 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-eighth Session of the International Maritime 
Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on Safety of Navigation to be held 
at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, July 2 to 6, 2012.
    The primary matters to be considered include:

--Adoption of the Agenda
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Routeing of ships, ship reporting and related matters
--Amendments to the General Provisions on Ships' Routeing (resolution 
A.572(14), as amended)
--International Telecommunication Union (ITU) matters, including 
Radiocommunication ITU-R Study Group matters
--Development of an e-navigation strategy implementation plan
--Development of policy and new symbols for Automatic Identification 
System (AIS) aids to navigation
--Casualty analysis
--Consideration of International Association of Classification 
Societies (IACS) unified interpretations
--Development of performance standards for inclinometers
--Biennial agenda and provisional agenda for NAV 59
--Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2013
--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, Mr. George H. Detweiler, Jr., by email 
at [email protected], by phone at (202) 372-1566, by fax at 
(202) 372-1991, or in writing at Commandant (CG-NAV-3), U.S. Coast 
Guard, 2100 2nd Street SW., Stop 7580, Washington, DC 20593-7580 not 
later than May 30, 2012, 7 days prior to the meeting. Requests made 
after May 30, 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: May 7, 2012.
Brian Robinson,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2012-11864 Filed 5-15-12; 8:45 am]
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