[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 52 (Thursday, March 17, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 14514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06058]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9486]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Public Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:00 a.m. on May 4, 2016, in Room 9-12 of the United States 
Department of Transportation building, 1200 New Jersey Ave SE., 
Washington, DC 20591. The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare 
for the ninety sixth Session of the International Maritime 
Organization's (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee to be held at the IMO 
Headquarters, United Kingdom, May 11-20, 2016.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda; report of credentials
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments
--Measures to enhance maritime security
--Goal-based new ship construction standards
--Passenger ship safety
--Mandatory instrument and/or provisions addressing safety standards 
for the carriage of more than 12 industrial personnel on board vessels 
engaged on international voyages
--Ship systems and equipment (report of the second session and urgent 
matters emanating from the third session of the Sub-Committee)
--Implementation of IMO instruments (report of the second session of 
the Sub-Committee)
--Carriage of cargoes and containers (report of the second session of 
the Sub-Committee)
--Ship design and construction (report of the third session of the Sub-
Committee)
--Human element, training and watchkeeping (report of the third session 
of the Sub-Committee)
--Pollution prevention and response (report of the third session of the 
Sub-Committee)
--Navigation, communications, search and rescue (urgent matters 
emanating from the third session of the Sub-Committee)
--Capacity building for the implementation of new measures
--Formal safety assessment, including general cargo ship safety
--Piracy and armed robbery against ships
--Unsafe mixed migration by sea
--Analysis and consideration of recommendations to reduce 
administrative burdens in IMO instruments including those identified by 
the SG-RAR
--Implementation of instruments and related matters
--Relations with other organizations
--Application of the Committee's Guidelines
--Work programme
--Any other business
--Consideration of the report of the Committee on its ninety-sixth 
session

    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, LCDR Tiffany Duffy, by email at 
[email protected], by phone at (202) 372-1376, by fax at (202) 
372-8382, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE., Stop 
7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509 not later than April 27, 2016. Requests 
made after April 27, 2016 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 the 
Department of Transportation building. The Department of Transportation 
building is accessible by taxi, privately owned conveyance, and public 
transportation. However, parking in the vicinity of the building is 
extremely limited. In the case of inclement weather in the Washington, 
DC area where the Federal Government is closed or delayed, a public 
meeting may be conducted virtually by calling (202) 475-4000 or 1-855-
475-2447, Participant code: 887 809 72. The meeting coordinator will 
confirm whether the virtual public meeting will be utilized by posting 
an announcement at: www.uscg.mil/imo/MSC/. Members of the public can 
find out whether the Federal Government is delayed or closed by 
visiting www.opm.gov/status/. Additional information regarding this and 
other SHC public meetings may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo/.

    Dated: March 10, 2016.
Jonathan W. Burby,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2016-06058 Filed 3-16-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4710-09-P