    [Federal Register Volume 85, Number 168 (Friday, August 28, 2020)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 53432-53433]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 2020-19002]

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    DEPARTMENT OF STATE

    [Public Notice: 11190]

    Notice of Public Meeting for International Maritime
    Organization's (IMO) Facilitation Committee

        The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 9:00 a.m.
    on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, by way of teleconference. Members of
    the public may participate 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: 839 604 42#. The primary purpose of the meeting is to
    prepare for the forty fourth session of the International Maritime
    Organization's (IMO) Facilitation Committee to be held virtually from
    September 28 to October 2, 2020.
        The agenda items to be considered include:

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    --Decisions of other IMO bodies
    --Consideration and adoption of proposed amendments to the Convention
    --Review and update of the annex of 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
    --Consideration of descriptions of Maritime Services in the context of
    e-navigation
    --Development of amendments to the Recommendations on the establishment
    of National Facilitation Committees (FAL.5/Circ.2)
    --Development of guidelines on creating a tool to measure domestic
    implementation of the FAL Convention
    --Unsafe mixed migration by sea
    --Consideration and analysis of reports and information on persons
    rescued at sea and stowaways
    --Guidance to address maritime corruption
    --Regulatory scoping exercise for the use of Maritime Autonomous
    Surface Ships (MASS)
    --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

        Please note: The Committee may, on short notice, adjust the FAL 44
    agenda to accommodate the constraints associated with the virtual
    meeting format. Those who plan to participate may contact the meeting
    coordinator, Mr. James Bull, by email at James.T.Bull@uscg.mil, by
    phone at (202) 372-1144, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr.
    Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509 prior to the meeting with
    any questions or requests for reasonable accommodation. Any requests
    for reasonable accommodation must be received by September 16, 2020.
    Requests received after that date will be considered, but might not be
    possible to fulfill.
        Additional information regarding this and other IMO public meetings
    may be found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/IMO.

    Jeremy M. Greenwood,
    Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs,
    Department of State.
    [FR Doc. 2020-19002 Filed 8-27-20; 8:45 am]
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