[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 9198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04592]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10708]


Notice of Public Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9:00 a.m. 
on Monday, April 1, 2019, at the offices of ABS Consulting, 1525 Wilson 
Boulevard, Suite 625, Arlington, Virginia 22209. The primary purpose of 
the meeting is to prepare for the forty third session of the 
International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Facilitation Committee to 
be held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, April 8-12, 2019.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Consideration and adoption of proposed amendments to the Convention
--Review and update the Explanatory Manual to the FAL Convention
--Application of single-window concept
--Review and revision of the IMO Compendium on Facilitation and 
Electronic Business
--Developing guidance for authentication, integrity and confidentiality 
of content for the purpose of exchange via a maritime single window
--Update the guidelines for setting up a single window system in 
maritime transport
--Unsafe mixed migration by sea
--Consideration and analysis of reports and information on persons 
rescued at sea and stowaways
--Technical cooperation activities related to facilitation of maritime 
traffic
--Relations with other organizations
--Application of the Committee's procedures on organization and method 
of work
--Work program
--Any other business

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of 30 for 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, which will handle 500 
participants. To access the teleconference line, participants should 
call (202) 475-4000 and use Participant Code: 740 587 42#. To 
facilitate the building security process, and to request reasonable 
accommodation, those who plan to attend should contact the meeting 
coordinator, Mr. James Bull, by email at [email protected], by 
phone at (202) 372-1144, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. 
Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509 not later than Monday, 
March 25, 2019, seven days prior to the meeting. Requests made after 
Monday, March 25, 2019, might not be able to be accommodated. The ABS 
Consulting office is accessible by taxi, public transportation, and 
privately owned conveyance.
    Additional information regarding this and other IMO public meetings 
may be found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/IMO.

Joel C. Coito,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2019-04592 Filed 3-12-19; 8:45 am]
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