[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47170-47171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19035]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 8824]


 Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 27, 2014, in Conference Room 
4 of the Department of Transportation Headquarters Conference Center, 
West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. The 
primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the first Session of 
the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on 
Carriage of Cargoes and Containers to be held at the IMO Headquarters, 
United Kingdom, September 8-12, 2014.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Amendments to CSC 1972 and associated circulars
--Development of international code of safety for ships using gases or 
other low flashpoint fuels (IGF Code)
--Amendments to the IMSBC Code and supplements
--Amendments to the IMDG Code and supplements
--Unified interpretation to provisions of IMO safety, security and 
environment related Conventions
--Consideration of reports of incidents involving dangerous goods or 
marine pollutants in packaged form on board shops or in port areas
--Revised guidelines for packing of cargo transport units
--Biennial agenda and provisional agenda for CCC 2
--Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2015

    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. To facilitate the building security process, 
and to request reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend, or 
participate via the teleconference line, should contact the meeting 
coordinator, Ms. Amy Parker, by email at [email protected] or by 
phone at (202) 372-1423, not later than August 18, 2014, 7 business 
days prior to the meeting. Requests made after August 18, 2014 might 
not be able to be accommodated. Please note that due to security 
considerations, a valid, government issued photo identification must be 
presented to gain entrance to the DOT Headquarters building. DOT 
Headquarters is accessible by metro via the Navy Yard Metrorail 
Station, taxi, and privately owned conveyance. 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.
    This announcement might appear in the Federal Register less than 15 
days prior to the meeting. The Department of State finds that there is 
an exceptional circumstance in that this advisory committee meeting 
must be held on August 27, in order to adequately

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prepare for the IMO meeting to be convened on September 8th.

    Dated: August 6, 2014.
Marc Zlomek,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2014-19035 Filed 8-11-14; 8:45 am]
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