[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 41 (Friday, March 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 12486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04095]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 9907]


Shipping Coordinating Committee Notice of Renewal of Charter

    Summary: The Department of State has renewed the Charter for the 
Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) without significant substantive 
change. Through this Committee, the Department of State will continue 
to obtain the views and advice of the general public, industry, non-
governmental organizations, and interested government agencies in the 
maritime and related fields, on issues related to maritime security, 
safety of life at sea, and protection of the marine environment 
considered by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and other 
matters relating to international maritime shipping. The Under 
Secretary for Management has determined the Committee is necessary and 
in the public interest.
    The Committee follows the procedures prescribed by the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Meetings will be open to the public 
unless a determination is made in accordance with section 10(d) of the 
FACA and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) that a meeting or portion of the meeting 
should be closed to the public. Notice of each meeting will be 
published in the Federal Register at least 15 days prior to the 
meeting, unless there are extraordinary circumstances that require 
shorter notice.
    For further information, please contact: Lieutenant Commander 
Jonathan W. Burby, Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 
Committee, U.S. Department of State, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
at [email protected] or by telephone at 202-647-3946. A copy of the 
Committee charter may also be obtained by accessing the FACA database 
maintained by the General Services Administration: http://facadatabase.gov/.

Jonathan W. Burby,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2017-04095 Filed 3-2-17; 8:45 am]
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