[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 213 (Friday, November 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55190-55191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24031]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2018-0880]
Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for the IMO's One Hundred
Twenty First Session of IMO's Council
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The United States Coast Guard will conduct an open meeting in
Washington, DC in preparation for the upcoming one hundred twenty first
session of IMO Council to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United
Kingdom, November 19-23, 2018.
DATES: This meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 13, 2018,
beginning at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time. This meeting is open to the
public.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in Room 5L18-01 of the
Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building at St. Elizabeth's,
2703 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20593. Due to
security requirements, each visitor must present two valid, government-
issued forms of identification in order to gain entrance to the
building. Those desiring to attend the public meeting should contact
the Coast Guard ahead of the meeting (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT) to facilitate the security process related to building access,
or to request reasonable accommodation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about this
public meeting you may contact Lieutenant Commander Staci Weist by
telephone at 202-372-1376 or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The primary purpose of this meeting is to prepare for the upcoming
one hundred twenty first session of IMO Council (C 120). The agenda
items for this session include:
[cir] Adoption of the agenda
[cir] Report of the Secretary-General on credentials
[cir] Strategy, planning and reform
[cir] Rules of Procedure of the Assembly
[cir] Resource Management
[cir] IMO Member State Audit Scheme
[cir] Consideration of the report of the Marine Environment Protection
Committee
[cir] Consideration of the report of the Technical Cooperation
Committee
[cir] Technical Cooperation Fund: Report on activities of the 2017
programme
[cir] Word Maritime University
[cir] IMO International Maritime Law Institute
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[cir] Protection of vital shipping lanes
[cir] External relations
[cir] Report on the status of the Convention and membership of the
Organization
[cir] Report on the status of conventions and other multilateral
instruments in respect of which the Organization performs functions
[cir] Contract of the Secretary-General
[cir] Place, date and duration of the next session of the Council
[cir] Supplementary agenda items, if any
Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating
capacity of the room. To facilitate the building security process, and
to request reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend should
contact the meeting coordinator, Lieutenant Commander Staci Weist, not
later than November 7, 2018. Requests made after November 7, 2018, may
not be able to be accommodated. It is recommended that attendees arrive
to Coast Guard Headquarters no later than 30 minutes ahead of the
scheduled meeting for the security screening process. Parking in the
vicinity of the building is extremely limited. Additional information
regarding this and other IMO public meetings may be found at:
www.uscg.mil/imo.
Dated: October 26, 2018.
Benjamin J. Hawkins,
Acting Director, Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S. Coast
Guard.
[FR Doc. 2018-24031 Filed 11-1-18; 8:45 am]
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