[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 15446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07319]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10385]


Notice of a Shipping Coordinating Committee Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9:00 a.m. 
on May 11, 2018, in the CDR Raymond J. Evans Conference Center, Room 
6i10-01-a, 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 99th 
session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Maritime 
Safety Committee to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, 
May 16-25, 2018.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda; report on credentials
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments
--Measures to enhance maritime security
--Regulatory scoping exercise for the use of Maritime Autonomous 
Surface Ships (MASS)
--Goal-based new ship construction standards
--Safety measures for non-SOLAS vessels operating in the polar regions
--Carriage of cargoes and containers (report of the fourth session of 
the Sub-Committee)
--Implementation of IMO instruments (report of the fourth session of 
the Sub-Committee)
--Ship design and construction (report of the fifth session of the Sub-
Committee)
--Pollution prevention and response (report of the fifth session of the 
Sub-Committee)
--Navigation, communications and search and rescue (report of the fifth 
session of the Sub-Committee)
--Ship systems and equipment (urgent matters emanating from the fifth 
session of the Sub-Committee)
--Implementation of the STCW Convention
--Capacity building for the implementation of new measures
--Formal safety assessment
--Piracy and armed robbery against ships
--Unsafe mixed migration by sea
--Application of the Committee's procedures on organization and method 
of work
--Work programme
--Any other business
--Consideration of the report of the Committee on its ninety-eighth 
session

    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, LCDR Staci Weist, by email at 
[email protected], by phone at (202) 372-1376, or in writing at 
2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington DC 20593-
7509, not later than May 7, 2018, 5 days prior to the meeting. Requests 
made after May 7, 2018 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. It is recommended that attendees arrive no 
later than 30 minutes ahead of the scheduled meeting for the security 
screening process. The Headquarters building is accessible by taxi, 
public transportation, and privately owned conveyance (upon request for 
parking). Please contact the meeting coordinator if you plan to 
participate by phone.
    Additional information regarding this and other public meetings may 
be found at https://www.dco.uscg.mil/IMO/.

Joel C. Coito,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Coast Guard 
Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2018-07319 Filed 4-9-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4710-09-P