[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 16092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06400]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8667]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29th, 2014, in Coast Guard 
Headquarters, Room 6i10-01-c, Washington, DC. The primary purpose of 
the meeting is to prepare for the ninety-third Session of the 
International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee 
to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, from May 14-23, 
2014.
    The agenda items 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
 Passenger ship safety
 Training and Watchkeeping (report of the forty-fourth session 
of the Sub-Committee)
 Safety of Navigation (report of the fifty-ninth session of the 
Sub-Committee)
 Dangerous goods, solid cargoes and containers (report of the 
eighteenth session of the Sub-Committee)
 Ship design and construction (report of the first session of 
the Sub-Committee)
 Human element, training and watchkeeping (urgent matters 
emanating from the first session of the Sub-Committee)
 Ship systems and equipment (urgent matters emanating from the 
first 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, including general cargo ship safety
 Piracy and armed robbery against ships
 Implementation of instruments and related matters
 Relations with other organizations
 Application of the Committee's Guidelines
 Work programme
 Any other business
 Consideration of the report of the Committee on its ninety-
third session

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Upon request, members of the public may also 
participate via teleconference, up to the capacity of the 
teleconference phone line. The access number for this teleconference 
line will be posted online at http://www.uscg.mil/imo/msc/default.asp 
at least 5 working days in advance. For physical access to the meeting, 
requests for reasonable accommodation, or participation via the 
teleconference line, all attendees must respond to the meeting 
coordinator not later than April 18, 2014, seven working days prior to 
the meeting. The meeting coordinator, LCDR Matthew Frazee, may be 
contacted by email at [email protected] or by phone at (202) 
372-1376. The meeting coordinator might not be able to accommodate 
requests made after April 18, 2014. Please note that due to security 
considerations, two valid, government issued photo identifications must 
be presented to gain entrance to the Coast Guard Headquarters building. 
The Coast Guard Headquarters building is accessible by public 
transportation or taxi. Additional information regarding this and other 
IMO SHC public meetings may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.
    In case of severe weather or other emergency in the Washington, DC 
area, attendees should check with the Office of Personnel Management at 
http://www.opm.gov or (202) 606-1900 for the operating status of 
federal agencies. If federal agencies are closed, this meeting will not 
be rescheduled, but the Shipping Coordinating Committee will publish a 
separate Federal Register notice to announce an electronic docket to 
receive public comments.

    Dated: March 14, 2014.
Marc Zlomek,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2014-06400 Filed 3-21-14; 8:45 am]
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