[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5288-5289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02272]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10304]


Notice of Public Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 10:00 a.m. 
on Thursday, March 1, 2018, at the offices of the Radio Technical 
Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM), 1611 N. Kent Street, Suite 
605, Arlington, VA 22209. The primary purpose of the meeting is to 
prepare for the fifth session of the International Maritime 
Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment to be 
held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, March 12-16, 2018.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Safety objectives and functional requirements of the Guidelines on 
alternative design and arrangements for SOLAS chapters II-1 and III
--Develop new requirements for ventilation of survival crafts
--Uniform implementation of paragraph 6.1.1.3 of the LSA Code
--Consequential work related to the new Code for ships operating in 
polar waters
--Review SOLAS chapter II-2 and associated codes to minimize the 
incidence and consequences of fires on ro-ro spaces and special 
category spaces of new and existing ro-ro passenger ships
--Amendments to the FSS Code for CO2 pipelines in under-deck 
passageways
--Amendments to MSC.1/Circ.13151
--Requirements for onboard lifting appliances and anchor handling 
winches
--Revised SOLAS regulations II 1/13 and II-1/13-1 and other related 
regulations for new ships
--Unified interpretation of provisions of IMO safety, security, and 
environment-related Conventions
--Development of guidelines for cold ironing of ships and of amendments

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to SOLAS chapters II-1 and II-2, if necessary
--Biennial status report and provisional agenda for SSE 6
--Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2019
--Any other business

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. In order to ensure 
reasonable accommodation for the full number of meeting participants, 
those who plan to attend should contact the meeting coordinator, LT 
Laura Fitzpatrick, by email at [email protected], by phone 
at (202) 372-1396, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. 
SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509 not later than February 22, 
2018, 7 days prior to the meeting. Requests made after February 22, 
2018 might not be able to be accommodated. RTCM Headquarters is located 
adjacent to the Rosslyn Metro station and is accessible by taxi and 
privately owned conveyance. In the case of inclement weather where the 
U.S. Government is closed or delayed, a public meeting may be conducted 
virtually by calling (202) 475-4000, Participant code: 887 809 72. The 
meeting coordinator will confirm whether the virtual public meeting 
will be utilized. Members of the public can find out whether the U.S. 
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.

Joel C. Coito,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2018-02272 Filed 2-5-18; 8:45 am]
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