[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 64 (Monday, April 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19570-19571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06954]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 11700]


Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for the International 
Maritime Organization FAL 46 Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 9 a.m. on 
Monday, May 2, 2022, by way of teleconference. The primary purpose of 
this meeting is to prepare for the forty-sixth session of the 
International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Facilitation Committee 
(FAL) to be held virtually from Monday, May 9, 2022 to Friday, May 13, 
2022.
    Members of the public may participate up to the capacity of the 
teleconference phone line, which can handle 500 participants. To RSVP, 
participants should contact the meeting coordinator, James Bull, by 
email at [email protected]. To access the teleconference line, 
participants should call (202) 475-4000 and use Participant Code: 303 
334 49#.
    The agenda items to be considered at this meeting mirror those to 
be considered at FAL 46, and include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--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, including additional e-business solutions
--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 guidelines for harmonized communication and electronic 
exchange of operational data for port calls
--Development of amendments to the Recommendations on the establishment 
of National Facilitation Committees (FAL.5/Circ.2)
--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)
--Development of guidelines for the prevention and suppression of the 
smuggling of wildlife on ships engaged in international maritime 
traffic
--Introduction of the API/PNR concept in maritime transport
--Analysis of possible means of auditing compliance with the Convention 
on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic
--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

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--Work programme
--Any other business
--Consideration of the report of the Committee on its forty-sixth 
session

    Please note: The Committee may adjust the FAL 46 agenda to 
accommodate the constraints associated with the virtual meeting format. 
Any changes to the agenda will be reported to those who RSVP.
    Those who plan to participate may contact the meeting coordinator, 
Mr. James Bull, by email at [email protected], 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. Members of the public needing reasonable accommodation 
should advise Mr. Bull not later than April 25, 2022. 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.

Emily A. Rose,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2022-06954 Filed 4-1-22; 8:45 am]
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