[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 61 (Friday, March 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 12013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06075]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 10721]
Notice of Public Meeting
The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9:30 a.m.
on April 23, 2019, in conference room 5J16-15 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 sixth session of the International
Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training
and Watchkeeping (HTW) to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United
Kingdom, April 29 to May 3, 2019.
The agenda items to be considered include:
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Validated model training courses
--Reports on unlawful practices associated with certificates of
competency
--Guidance for STCW Code, section B-I/2
--Comprehensive review of the 1995 STCW-F Convention
--Role of the human element
--Development of amendments to the Revised guidelines for the
development, review and validation of model courses (MSC-MEPC.2/
Circ.15/Rev.1)
--Development of amendments to the STCW Convention and Code for the use
of electronic certificates and documents of seafarers
--Biennial status report and provisional agenda for HTW 7
--Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2020
--Any other business
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:
796 771 84. To facilitate the building security process, and to request
reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend should contact the
meeting coordinator, Mr. Kenneth Doyle, by email at
[email protected], by phone at (202) 372-1046, or in writing at
2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-
7509 not later than April 9, 2019, 14 days prior to the meeting.
Requests made after April 9, 2019 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
Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building at St. Elizabeth's.
This building is accessible by taxi, public transportation, and
privately owned conveyance (upon request).
Gregory J. O'Brien,
Senior Oceans Policy Advisor, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2019-06075 Filed 3-28-19; 8:45 am]
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