[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 23490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08016]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12044]


Notice of Shipping Coordinating Committee Meeting in Preparation 
for International Maritime Organization MSC 107 Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting of the 
Shipping Coordinating Committee at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, May 22, 2023, 
both in-person at Coast Guard Headquarters and via teleconference. The 
primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the one-hundred 
seventh session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) 
Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 107) to be held at IMO Headquarters in 
London, United Kingdom from Wednesday, May 31, 2023 to Friday June 9, 
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. The meeting 
location will be the United States Coast Guard Headquarters, Ray Evans 
Conference Center, Section A, and the teleconference line will be 
provided to those who RSVP. To RSVP, participants should contact the 
meeting coordinator, LCDR Jessica Anderson, by email at 
[email protected]. LCDR Anderson will provide access 
information for in-person and virtual attendance.
    The agenda items to be considered by the advisory committee at this 
meeting mirror those to be considered at MSC 107, and include:

 Opening of the session
 Adoption of the agenda; report on credentials
 Decisions of other IMO bodies
 Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory 
instruments
 Goal-based new ship construction standards
 Development of a goal-based instrument for Maritime Autonomous 
Surface Ships (MASS)
 Development of further measures to enhance the safety of ships 
relating to the use of fuel oil
 Measures to enhance maritime security
 Piracy and armed robbery against ships
 Unsafe mixed migration by sea
 Formal safety assessment
 Carriage of cargoes and containers (Report of the eighth 
session of the Sub-Committee)
 Human element, training and watchkeeping (Report of the ninth 
session of the Sub-Committee)
 Ship systems and equipment (Report of the ninth session of the 
Sub-Committee)
 Navigation, communications and search and rescue (Urgent 
matters emanating from the tenth session of the Sub-Committee)
 Application of the Committee's method of work
 Work programme
 Election of the Chair and Vice-Chair for 2024
 Any other business

    Please note: the IMO may, on short notice, adjust the MSC 107 
agenda to accommodate the constraints associated with the meeting 
format. Any changes to the agenda will be reported to those who RSVP.
    Those who plan to participate should contact the meeting 
coordinator, LCDR Jessica Anderson, by email at 
[email protected], or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King 
Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509 no later than May 17, 
2023. 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). 
Additionally, members of the public needing reasonable accommodation 
should advise the meeting coordinator not later than May 17, 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. 1009.)

Emily A. Rose,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Office of Ocean 
and Polar Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2023-08016 Filed 4-14-23; 8:45 am]
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