[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 96 (Friday, May 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29201-29202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11876]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8325]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 6, in Room 6103, of the United 
States Coast Guard Headquarters Building, 2100 Second Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20593-7126. The primary purpose of the meeting is to 
prepare for the ninety-first Session of the International Maritime 
Organization's (IMO) Marine Safety Committee to be held at the IMO 
Headquarters, London, England, United Kingdom, June 12-21, 2012.
    The matters to be considered include:

Adoption of the agenda; report on credentials
Decisions of other IMO bodies
Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments
Measures to enhance maritime security
Goal-based new ship construction standards
LRIT-related matters
Passenger ship safety
Making the Polar Code mandatory
Radiocommunications and search and rescue (report of the sixteenth 
session of the Sub-Committee)
Flag State implementation (report of the twentieth session of the Sub-
Committee)
Training and Watchkeeping (report of the forty-third session of the 
Sub-Committee)
Safety of navigation (report of the fifty-eighth session of the Sub-
Committee)
Dangerous goods, solid cargoes and containers (urgent matters emanating 
from the seventeenth session of the Sub-Committee)
Technical co-operation activities relating to maritime safety and 
security
Capacity-building for the implementation of new measures
Formal safety assessment
Piracy and armed robbery against ships
Implementation of instruments and related matters
Work programme
Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2013
Any other business
Consideration of the report of the Committee on its ninety-first 
session

    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 Matthew Frazee, by email at 
[email protected]; by phone at (202) 372-1376; or in writing at Commandant 
(CG-5PS), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 2nd Street SW., Stop 7126, Washington, 
DC 20593-7126. Requests should be made no later than November 9, 2012. 
Requests made after this date

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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 13, 2013.
Brian Robinson,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2013-11876 Filed 5-16-13; 8:45 am]
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