[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1690-1691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00279]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8998]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 4, 2015, in the Alexander 
Hamilton Room on the 9th floor of the Ballston Common Plaza, 4200 
Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 20598-7200. The USCG Offices in the 
Ballston Commons Plaza are located above the Ballston Common Mall. The 
primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the second Session of 
the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on Ship 
Design and Construction to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United 
Kingdom, February 16-20, 2015.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Amendments to SOLAS chapter II-1 subdivision and damage stability 
regulations
--Guidelines on safe return to port for passenger ships
--Second-generation intact stability criteria

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--Amendments to the criterion for maximum angle of heel in turns of the 
2008 IS Code
--Amendments to part B of the 2008 IS Code on towing, lifting and 
anchor handling operations
--Guidelines addressing the carriage of more than 12 industrial 
personnel on board vessels engaged on international voyages
--Classification of offshore industry vessels and a review of the need 
for a non-mandatory code for offshore construction support vessels
--Amendments to SOLAS regulation II-1/1 and development of associated 
Guidelines to ensure the adequacy of testing arrangements for 
watertight compartments
--Provisions to ensure the integrity and uniform implementation of the 
1969 TM Convention
--Guidelines for use of Fibre Reinforced Plastic (FRP) within ship 
structures
--Amendments to SOLAS and FSS Code to make evacuation analysis 
mandatory for new passenger ships and review of the Recommendation on 
evacuation analysis for new and existing passenger ships
--Interpretation of SOLAS regulation II-2/13.6 on means of escape from 
ro-ro cargo spaces
--Review of conditions under which passenger ship watertight doors may 
be opened during navigation and development of amendments to SOLAS 
regulation II-1/22 and MSC.1/Circ.1380 (5.1.1.5)
--Amendments to SOLAS chapter II-1 and associated guidelines on damage 
control drills for passenger ships
--Guidelines for wing-in-ground craft
--Review of general cargo ship safety
--Amendments to the 2011 ESP Code
--Unified interpretation to provisions of IMO safety, security, and 
environment-related Conventions

    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, LT Stephanie Waller, by email at 
[email protected], by phone at (202) 372-1374, or by fax at 
(202) 372-1925, not later than January 28, 2015, 7 days prior to the 
meeting. A call-in number option will be available upon RSVP. Requests 
made after January 28, 2015, 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 USCG Offices. This location is accessible by taxi, 
privately owned conveyance, and public transportation (located near the 
Ballston Metro Station). Additional information regarding this and 
other IMO SHC public meetings may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.

    Dated: February 5, 2014.
Marc Zlomek,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.

    Editorial Note: This document was received for publication by 
the Office of the Federal Register on January 7, 2015.

[FR Doc. 2015-00279 Filed 1-12-15; 8:45 am]
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