[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 151 (Monday, August 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48216-48217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16924]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 11806]


Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for the International 
Maritime Organization CCC 8 Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 1:00 p.m. 
on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, by way of teleconference. The primary 
purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the eighth session of the 
International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on Carriage 
of Cargoes and Containers (CCC 8) to be held at the IMO Headquarters in 
London, United Kingdom from Wednesday, September 14, 2022 to Friday, 
September 23, 2022.
    Members of the public may participate up to the capacity of the 
teleconference phone line, which can handle 500 participants. To attain 
details on the teleconference line, participants should contact the 
meeting coordinator, Dr. Amy Parker, by email at [email protected].
    The agenda items to be considered at the public meeting mirror 
those to be considered at CCC 8, and 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 introduce 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;
    --Review of the IGC Code;
    --Development of measures regarding the detection and mandatory 
reporting of containers lost at sea that may enhance the positioning, 
tracking and recovery of such containers;
    --Unified interpretation of provisions of IMO safety, security, and 
environment-related conventions;
    --Development of guidelines for the safety of ships using ammonia 
as fuel;
    --Revision of the Interim recommendations for carriage of liquefied 
hydrogen in bulk;
    --Biennial status report and provisional agenda for CCC 9;
    --Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2023;
    --Any other business; and
    --Report to the Committees.
    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 
16, 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

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found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/IMO.

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2656.)

Emily A. Rose,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2022-16924 Filed 8-5-22; 8:45 am]
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