[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 26 (Thursday, February 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10174-10175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02602]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 9878]


 Notice of Public Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9:30 a.m. 
on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, 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 4th 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 March 6-10, 2017.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Routeing measures and mandatory ship reporting systems
--Updates to the LRIT system
--Interconnection of NAVTEX and Inmarsat SafetyNET receivers and their 
display on Integrated Navigation Display Systems
--Guidelines associated with multi-system shipborne radionavigation 
receivers dealing with the harmonized provision of PNT data and 
integrity information
--Additional modules to the Revised Performance Standards for 
Integrated Navigation Systems (INS) (resolution MSC.252(83) relating to 
the harmonization of bridge design and display of 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))
--Performance Standards for shipborne GMDSS equipment to accommodate 
additional providers of GMDSS satellite services
--Updating of the GMDSS master plan and guidelines on MSI (maritime 
safety information) provisions
--Draft Modernization Plan of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety 
System (GMDSS)
--Analysis of developments in maritime radiocommunication systems and 
technology
--Review SOLAS chapter IV and appendix (Certificates: Forms P, R and C) 
to accommodate additional mobile satellite systems *
--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
--Developments in GMDSS satellite services
--Revised Performance Standards for EPIRBs operating on 406 MHz 
(resolution A.810(19)) to include Cospas-Sarsat MEOSAR and second 
generation beacons
--Further development of the provision of global maritime SAR services
--Guidelines on harmonized aeronautical and maritime search and rescue 
procedures, including SAR training matters
--Amendments to the IAMSAR Manual
--Revised guidelines for preparing plans for cooperation between search

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and rescue services and passenger ships (MSC/Circ.1079)
--Unified interpretation of provisions of IMO safety, security, and 
environment related Conventions
--Biennial status report and provisional agenda for NCSR 5
--Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2018
--Report to the Marine 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 22nd, 2017. Requests made after 
February 22nd, 2017, might not be able to be accommodated. RTCM 
Headquarters is adjacent to the Rosslyn Metro Station and is accessible 
by taxi and privately owned conveyance. For further directions and 
lodging information, please see: http://www.rtcm.org/visit-us.html. In 
the case of inclement weather 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 at: www.uscg.mil/imo. 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 
IMO public meetings may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.

Jonathan W. Burby,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2017-02602 Filed 2-8-17; 8:45 am]
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