[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 155 (Monday, August 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 37976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17111]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 10086]


Notice of Public Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9:30 a.m. 
on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, in room 7P15-01 of the Douglas A. Munro 
Coast Guard Headquarters Building at St. Elizabeth's, 2703 Martin 
Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593. The primary purpose 
of the meeting is to prepare for the fourth session of the 
International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on Carriage 
of Cargoes and Containers to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United 
Kingdom, September 11-15, 2017.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Amendments to the IGF Code and development of guidelines for low-
flashpoint fuels
--Suitability of high manganese austenitic steel for cryogenic service 
and development of any necessary amendments to the IGC Code and IGF 
Code
--Amendments to the IMSBC Code and supplements
--Amendments to the IMDG Code and supplements
--Unified interpretations of provisions of IMO safety, security and 
environment-related conventions
--Consideration of reports of incidents involving dangerous goods or 
marine pollutants in packaged form on board ships or in port areas
--Biennial status report and provisional agenda for CCC 5
--Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2018
--Any other business
--Report to the Committees

Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Upon request to the meeting coordinator, members 
of the public may also participate via teleconference, up to the 
capacity of the teleconference phone line. To access the teleconference 
line, participants should call (202) 475-4000 and use Participant Code: 
887 809 72. To facilitate the building security process, and to request 
reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend should contact the 
meeting coordinator, Dr. Amy Parker, by email at [email protected], 
by phone at (202) 372-1423, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King 
Jr. Ave. SE., Stop 7509, Washington DC 20593-7509 not later than August 
24, 2017, five working days prior to the meeting. Requests made after 
August 24, 2017 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 Coast Guard 
Headquarters building. USCG Headquarters is accessible by taxi, public 
transportation, and privately owned conveyance (upon request).

Joel C. Coito,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2017-17111 Filed 8-11-17; 8:45 am]
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