[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 160 (Wednesday, August 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 50375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20490]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 9226]


Notice of Public Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9 a.m. on 
Wednesday, September 2, 2015, in Conference Room 8-9-10 of the 
Department of Transportation (DOT) Headquarters Conference Center, West 
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. The primary 
purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the second 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 14-18, 2015.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Amendments to the IGF Code and development of guidelines for low-
flashpoint fuels
--Safety requirements for carriage of liquefied hydrogen in bulk
--Amendments to the IMSBC Code and supplements
--Amendments to the IMDG Code and supplements
--Amendments to CSC 1972 and associated circulars
--Revised Guidelines for packing of cargo transport units
--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 ships or in port areas
--Mandatory requirements for classification and declaration of solid 
bulk cargoes as harmful to the marine environment
--Biennial agenda and provisional agenda for CCC 3
--Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2016
--Any other business
--Report to the Committees

    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], by 
phone at (202) 372-1423, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. 
Ave. SE., Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509, not later than August 
24, 2015, or 7 business days prior to the meeting. Requests made after 
August 24, 2015 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-related public 
meetings may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.

    Dated: August 10, 2015.
Jonathan W. Burby,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-20490 Filed 8-18-15; 8:45 am]
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