[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 249 (Thursday, December 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 80246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28354]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 11955]


Notice of Public Meeting To Prepare for International Maritime 
Organization HTW 9 Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 10 a.m. on 
Wednesday, February 1, 2023, both in-person at Coast Guard Headquarters 
in Washington, DC, and via teleconference. The primary purpose of the 
meeting is to prepare for the ninth session of the International 
Maritime Organization's Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and 
Watchkeeping (HTW) to be held in London, United Kingdom, from Monday, 
February 6, 2023, to Friday, February 10, 2023.
    Members of the public may participate up to the capacity of the 
teleconference phone line, which can handle 500 participants, or up to 
the seating capacity of the room if attending in-person. To RSVP, 
participants should contact the meeting coordinator, Mr. Charles J. 
Bright by email at [email protected]. The meeting location will 
be the United States Coast Guard Headquarters, Ray Evans Conference 
Room, Room A, and the teleconference line will be provided to those who 
RSVP.
    The agenda items to be considered at this meeting mirror those to 
be considered at HTW 9, and include:

 Adoption of the agenda
 Decisions of other IMO bodies
 Validated model training courses
 Role of the human element
 Reports on unlawful practices associated with certificates of 
competency
 Implementation of the Standards of Training, Certification and 
Watchkeeping (STCW) Convention
 Comprehensive review of the 1978 STCW Convention and Code
 Comprehensive review of the 1995 STCW-Fish Convention
 Development of measures to ensure quality of onboard training 
as part of the mandatory seagoing service required by the STCW 
Convention
 Development of measures to facilitate mandatory seagoing 
service required under the STCW Convention
 Development of training provisions for seafarers related to 
the BWM Convention
 Biennial status report and provisional agenda for HTW 10
 Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2024
 Any other business
 Report to the Maritime Safety Committee

    Please note: The Sub-committee may, on short notice, adjust the HTW 
9 agenda to accommodate the constraints associated with the 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 attend should contact the meeting coordinator, 
Mr. Charles J. Bright, by email at [email protected], by phone 
at (202) 372-1046, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. 
SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509 by January 18, 2023. Members 
of the public needing reasonable accommodation should also advise Mr. 
Charles Bright by January 18, 2023. Requests made after that date will 
be considered but might not be possible to fulfill. The meeting 
coordinator will provide the teleconference information, facilitate the 
building security process, and process requests for reasonable 
accommodation. Please note, that due to security considerations, two 
valid, government issued photo identifications must be presented to 
gain entrance to the Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building 
at St. Elizabeth's. This building is accessible by taxi, public 
transportation, and privately owned conveyance (upon request).
    Additional information regarding this and other IMO public meetings 
may be found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/IMO.

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2656 and 5 U.S.C. 552)

Emily A. Rose,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2022-28354 Filed 12-28-22; 8:45 am]
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