[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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