[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 3855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01275]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9417]


Notice of Public Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9:30 a.m. 
on Wednesday, February 24, 2016, at the headquarters of the Radio 
Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM) in Suite 605, 1611 N. 
Kent Street, Arlington, Virginia 22209. The primary purpose of the 
meeting is to prepare for the third Session of the International 
Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on Navigation, 
Communication, and Search and Rescue to be held at the IMO 
Headquarters, United Kingdom, from February 29 to March 4, 2016.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Routing measures and mandatory ship reporting systems
--Amendment to the General Provisions on Ships' Routing (resolution 
A.572(14)) on establishing multiple structures at sea
--Recognition of Galileo as a component of the WWRNS
--Additional modules to the Revised Performance Standards for 
Integrated Navigations Systems (INS) (resolution MSC.252(83) relating 
to the harmonization of bridge design and display of information
--Updates to the LRIT system
--Guidelines associated with multi-system shipborne radionavigation 
receivers dealing with the harmonized provision of PNT data and 
integrity information
--Guidelines for the harmonized display of navigation information 
received via communications equipment
--Revised Guidelines and criteria for ship reporting systems 
(resolution MSC.43(64))
--Analysis of developments in maritime radiocommunication systems and 
technology
--Performance Standards for shipborne GMDSS equipment to accommodate 
additional providers of GMDSS satellite services
--Interconnection of NAVTEX and Inmarsat SafetyNET receivers and their 
display on Integrated Navigation Display Systems
--Completion of the detailed review of the Global Maritime Distress and 
Safety System (GMDSS)
--Updating of the GMDSS master plan and guidelines on MSI (maritime 
safety information) provisions
--Response to matters related to the Radiocommunication ITU R Study 
Group
--Response to matters related to ITU World Radiocommunication 
Conference
--Measures to protect the safety of persons rescued at sea
--Analysis of information on developments in Inmarsat and Cospas-Sarsat
--Revised Performance Standards for EPIRBs operating on 406 MHz 
(resolution A.810(19)) to include Cospas-Sarsat MEOSAR and second 
generation beacons
--Guidelines on harmonized aeronautical and maritime search and rescue 
procedures, including SAR training matters
--Further development of the Global SAR Plan for the provision of 
maritime SAR services
--Amendments to the IAMSAR Manual
--Revised guidelines for preparing plans for cooperation between search 
and rescue services and passenger ships (MSC.1/Circ.1079)
--Unified interpretation of provisions of IMO safety, security, and 
environment related Conventions
--Biennial status report and provisional agenda for NCSR 4
--Report to the Maritime Safety Committee

    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, George Detweiler, by email at 
[email protected], by phone at (202) 372-1566, or in writing 
at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE., Stop 7418, Washington DC 
20593-7418 not later than February 17, 2016. Requests made after 
February 17, 2016, might not be able to be accommodated. RTCM 
Headquarters is adjacent to the Rosslyn Metro Station. For further 
directions and lodging information, please see: http://www.rtcm.org/visit.php. 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 W. Burby,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-01275 Filed 1-21-16; 8:45 am]
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