[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 63159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22078]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11224]


Notice of Shipping Coordination Committee Meeting in Preparation 
for International Maritime Organization Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting of the 
Shipping Coordination Committee at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 29, 
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: 415 533 25#.
    The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the 102nd 
session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Maritime 
Safety Committee to be held remotely, November 4 to 11, 2020.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda; report on credentials
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments
--Goal-based new ship construction standards
--Human element, training and watchkeeping (report of the sixth session 
of the Sub-Committee)
--Implementation of IMO instruments (report of the sixth session of the 
Sub-Committee)
--Carriage of cargoes and containers (report of the sixth session of 
the Sub-Committee)
--Navigation, communications and search and rescue (report of the 
seventh session of the Sub-Committee)
--Ship design and construction (report of the seventh session of the 
Sub-Committee)
--Pollution prevention and response (matters emanating from the seventh 
session of the Sub-Committee)
--Ship systems and equipment (urgent matters emanating from the seventh 
session of the Sub-Committee)
--Any other business (only matters related to the COVID-19 pandemic)
--Consideration of the report of the Committee on its 102nd session

    Please note: The Committee may, on short notice, adjust the MSC 102 
agenda to accommodate the constraints associated with the virtual 
meeting format. Although no changes to the agenda are anticipated, if 
any are necessary they will be provided to those who RSVP.
    Those who plan to participate may contact the meeting coordinator, 
LT Jessica Anderson, 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.
    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. 2020-22078 Filed 10-5-20; 8:45 am]
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