[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3856-3857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01273]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9416]


Notice of Public Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 10:00 a.m. 
on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at the offices of the Radio Technical 
Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM), 1611 N. Kent Street, Suite 
605, Arlington, VA 22209. The primary purpose of the meeting is to 
prepare for the third session of the International Maritime 
Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment to be 
held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, March 14-18, 2016.

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    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Safety objectives and functional requirement of the Guidelines on 
alternative design and arrangements for SOLAS chapters II-1 and III
--Making the provisions of MSC.1/Circ.1206/Rev.1 mandatory
--Review of the MODU Code, LSA Code and MSC.1/Circ.1206/Rev.1
--Development of life safety performance criteria for alternative 
design and arrangements for fire safety (MSC/Circ.1002)
--Clarification of the requirements in SOLAS chapter II-2 for fire 
integrity of windows on passenger ships carrying not more than 36 
passengers and special purpose ships with more than 60 (but no more 
than 240) persons on board
--Measures for on-board lifting appliances and winches
--Amendments to the Guidelines for vessels with dynamic positioning 
(DP) systems (MSC/Circ.645)
--Revision of requirement for escape route signs and equipment location 
markings in SOLAS and related instruments
--Revised SOLAS regulations II-1/13 and II-1/13-1 and other related 
regulations for new ships
--Unified interpretation of provisions of IMO safety, security, and 
environment related conventions
--Biennial status report and provisional agenda for SSE 4
--Any other business

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for 
the full number of meeting participants, those who plan to attend 
should contact the meeting coordinator, LT Brian Hall, by email at 
[email protected], by phone at (202) 372-1396, or in writing at 
2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE., Stop 7509, Washington DC 20593-
7509 not later than March 1, 2016. Requests made after March 1, 2016, 
might not be able to be accommodated. RTCM Headquarters is located 
adjacent to the Rosslyn Metro station and is accessible by taxi and 
privately owned conveyance. Additional information regarding this and 
other public meetings related to the IMO may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.

    Dated: January 15, 2016.
Jonathan Burby,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-01273 Filed 1-21-16; 8:45 am]
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