[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 146 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 41881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16458]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11483]


Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International 
Maritime Organization Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 10:00 a.m. 
on Monday, August 23, 2021, 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: 
138 541 34#.
    The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the seventh 
session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-
Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers (CCC) to be held 
remotely from Monday, September 6, 2021 to Friday, September 10, 2021.
    The agenda items to be considered at the public meeting include the 
items to be considered at the IMO CCC meeting, which include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Amendments to the IGF Code and development of guidelines for low-
flashpoint fuels
--Amendments to the IGC and IGF Codes to include high manganese 
austenitic steel and related guidance for approving alternative 
metallic material for cryogenic service
--Amendments to the IMSBC Code and supplements
--Amendments to the IMDG Code and supplements
--Amendments to the International Code for the Safe Carriage of Grain 
in Bulk (resolution MSC.23 (59)) to include a new class of loading 
conditions for special compartments
--Revision of the Revised recommendations for entering enclosed spaces 
aboard ships (resolution A.1050 (27))
--Consideration of reports of incidents involving dangerous goods or 
marine pollutants in packaged form on board ships or in port areas
--Revision of the Inspection programmes for cargo transport units 
carrying dangerous goods (MSC.1/Circ.1442, as amended by MSC.1/
Circ.1521)
--Unified interpretation of provisions of IMO safety, security, and 
environment-related conventions
--Biennial status report and provisional agenda for CCC 8
--Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2022
--Any other business
--Report to the Committees

    Please note: The Sub-committee may, on short notice, adjust the CCC 
7 agenda to accommodate the constraints associated with the virtual 
meeting format. Any changes to the agenda will be reported to those who 
RSVP and those in attendance at the meeting.
    Those who plan to participate may contact the meeting coordinator, 
Dr. Amy Parker, by email at [email protected], by phone at (202) 
372-1423, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 
7509, Washington DC 20593-7509. Members of the public needing 
reasonable accommodation should advise Dr. Parker not later than August 
18, 2021. Requests made 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.
    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 551 et seq. and 22 U.S.C. 2656.

Emily A. Rose,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2021-16458 Filed 8-2-21; 8:45 am]
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