[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 92 (Friday, May 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 40524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10183]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12405]


Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International 
Maritime Organization NCSR 11th Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 11:00 a.m. 
on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, both in-person at Coast Guard Headquarters 
in Washington, DC, and via teleconference. The primary purpose of the 
meeting is to prepare for the 11th session of the International 
Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on Navigation, 
Communication and Search and Rescue (NCSR 11) to be held in London, 
United Kingdom from Tuesday, June 4, 2024 to Thursday, June 13, 2024.
    Members of the public may participate up to the capacity of the 
teleconference line, which will 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, and the 
teleconference line will be provided to those who RSVP. To RSVP, 
participants should contact the meeting coordinator, Mr. John Stone, by 
email at [email protected]. Mr. Stone will provide access 
information for in-person and virtual attendance.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Routing measures and mandatory ship reporting systems
--Updates to the LRIT system
--Developments in GMDSS services, including guidelines on maritime 
safety information (MSI)
--Response to matters related to the ITU-R Study Groups and ITU World 
Radiocommunication Conference
--Development of global maritime SAR services, including harmonization 
of maritime and aeronautical procedures and amendments to the IAMSAR 
Manual
--Development of performance standards for a digital navigational data 
system (NAVDAT)
--Development of amendments to SOLAS chapters IV and V and performance 
standards and guidelines to introduce VHF Data Exchange System (VDES)
--Review of the appropriateness and effectiveness of SOLAS regulation 
IV/5 (Provision of radiocommunication services)
--Revision of the Criteria for the provision of mobile satellite 
communication services in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety 
System (GMDSS) (Resolution A. 1001(25))
--Development of guidelines for the use of electronic nautical 
publications (ENP)
--Revision of SOLAS regulation V/23 and associated instruments to 
improve the safety of pilot transfer arrangements
--Identification of measures to improve the security and integrity 
aspects of AIS
--Unified interpretation of provision of IMO safety, security, 
environment, facilitation, liability and compensation-related 
conventions.
--Biennial status report and provisional agenda for NCSR 12
--Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2025
--Any other business
--Report to the Maritime Safety Committee

    Please note: The IMO may, on short notice, adjust the NCSR 11 
agenda to accommodate any constraints associated with the meeting. 
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 should contact the meeting 
coordinator, Mr. John Stone at [email protected], by phone at (206) 
815-1335, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 
7418, Washington, DC 20593-7418 not later than May 15, 2024, 14 days 
prior to the meeting. Requests made after May 15, 2024 might not be 
able to be accommodated. The meeting coordinator will provide the 
teleconference information, facilitate the building security process, 
and 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 advanced 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)

Leslie W. Hunt,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2024-10183 Filed 5-9-24; 8:45 am]
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