[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 10202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03478]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 11043]


Notice of Public Meeting for International Maritime Organization 
Sub-Committee Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 11:00 a.m. 
on Wednesday, March 11, in Room 7P15-01, United States Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2703 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. SE, Washington, DC 
20593-7213. The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the 
107th session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Legal 
Committee to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, March 16-
20, 2020.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Facilitation of the entry into force and harmonized interpretation of 
the 2010 HNS Protocol
--Provision of financial security in case of abandonment of seafarers
--Fair treatment of seafarers in the event of a maritime accident
--Measures to prevent unlawful practices associated with the fraudulent 
registration and fraudulent registries of ships
--Regulatory scoping exercise and gap analysis of conventions emanating 
from the Legal committee with respect to Maritime Autonomous Surface 
Ships (MASS)
--Unified Interpretation on the test for breaking the owner's right to 
limit liability under the IMO conventions
--Piracy
--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 facilitate the building 
security process, request the teleconference call information, and to 
request reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend should 
contact the meeting coordinator, Stephen Hubchen, by email at 
[email protected], by phone at (202) 372-1198, or in writing 
at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 
20593-7509 not later than March 4, 2020, 4 business days prior to the 
meeting. Requests made after March 4, 2020 might not be able to be 
accommodated, and same day requests will not be accommodated due to the 
building's security process. Please note that due to security 
considerations, two valid, government issued photo identifications must 
be presented to gain entrance to the Coast Guard Headquarters. Coast 
Guard Headquarters is accessible by taxi, public transportation, and 
privately owned conveyance (upon request). In the case of inclement 
weather where the U.S. Government is closed or delayed, a public 
meeting may be conducted virtually. The meeting coordinator will 
confirm whether the virtual public meeting will be utilized. Members of 
the public can find out whether the U.S. Government is delayed or 
closed by visiting www.opm.gov/status/. Additional information 
regarding this and other IMO public meetings may be found at: 
www.uscg.mil/imo.

Jeremy M. Greenwood,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2020-03478 Filed 2-20-20; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4710-09-P