[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 4878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01442]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 11976]


Notice of a Public Meeting in Preparation for the International 
Maritime Organization FAL 47 Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 10:00 a.m. 
on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, both in-person at the offices of ABSG 
Consulting in Washington, DC, and via teleconference. The primary 
purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the forty-seventh session of 
the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Facilitation Committee 
(FAL 47) to be held at IMO Headquarters in London, United Kingdom from 
Monday, March 13, 2023, to Friday, March 17, 2023.
    Members of the public may participate in-person or up to the 
capacity of the teleconference phone line, which can handle 500 
participants. To RSVP, participants should contact the meeting 
coordinator, Mr. James Bull, by email at [email protected]. The 
meeting location will be the offices of ABSG Consulting at 80 M Street 
SE, Suite 480, Washington, DC 20003, 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 FAL 47, and include:

 Opening of the session
 Adoption of the agenda; report on credentials
 Decisions of other IMO bodies
 Consideration and adoption of amendments to the Convention
 Review and update of the Explanatory Manual to 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
 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 guidelines on Port Community Systems
 Unsafe mixed migration by sea
 Consideration and analysis of reports and information on 
persons rescued at sea and stowaways
 Measures to address Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) 
in the instruments under the purview of the Facilitation Committee
 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
 Work program
 Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2024
 Any other business
 Consideration of the report of the Committee on its forty-
seventh session

    Please note: The Committee may, on short notice, adjust the FAL 47 
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 participate may contact the meeting coordinator, 
Mr. James Bull, by email at [email protected] or in writing at 2703 
Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7501, Washington, DC 20593-7501. 
Members of the public needing reasonable accommodation should advise 
Mr. James Bull not later than February 28, 2023. 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: 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. 2023-01442 Filed 1-24-23; 8:45 am]
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