[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 19987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-09340]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10757]


 Notice of Public Meeting Shipping Coordination Committee Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9:00 a.m. 
on May 29, 2019, 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, June 5-14, 2019.
    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
--Development of further measures to enhance the safety of ships 
relating to the use of fuel oil
--Carriage of cargoes and containers (report of the fifth session of 
the Sub-Committee)
--Implementation of IMO instruments (report of the fifth session of the 
Sub-Committee)
--Navigation, communications and search and rescue (report of the sixth 
session of the Sub-Committee)
--Ship design and construction (report of the sixth session of the Sub-
Committee)
--Pollution prevention and response (matters emanating from the sixth 
session of the Sub-Committee)
--Ships systems and equipment (report of the sixth session of the Sub-
Committee)
--Implementation of the STCW Convention
--Capacity building for the implementation of new measures
--Formal safety assessment
--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 2020
--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: 
796 771 84. 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 May 24, 2019, 5 days prior to the meeting. Requests 
made after May 24, 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 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,
Senior Oceans Policy Advisor, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2019-09340 Filed 5-6-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4710-09-P