[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 212 (Thursday, November 1, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54973-54974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23865]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 10596]


Notice of Public Meeting Shipping Coordination Committee Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9 a.m. on 
November 27, 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 one-
hundredth session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) 
Maritime Safety Committee to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United 
Kingdom, December 3-7, 2018.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda; report of 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 ships operating in polar waters
--Pollution prevention and response (matters emanating from the fifth 
session of the Sub-Committee)
--Ships systems and equipment (report of the fifth session of the Sub-
Committee)
--Human element, training and watchkeeping (report of the fifth session 
of the Sub-Committee)
--Carriage of cargoes and containers (urgent matters emanating from the 
fifth session of the Sub-Committee)
--Implementation of IMO instruments (urgent matters emanating from the 
fifth session of the Sub-Committee)

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--Capacity building for the implementation of new measures
--Piracy and armed robbery against ships
--Unsafe mixed migration by sea
--Application of the Committee's method of work
--Work programme
--Election of the Chair and Vice-Chair for 2019
--Any other business
--Consideration of the report of the Committee on its one-hundredth 
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 November 21, 2018, 5 days prior to the meeting. 
Requests made after November 21, 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/.

Gregory J. O'Brien,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Office of Ocean 
and Polar Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2018-23865 Filed 10-31-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4710-09-P