Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 205 (Wednesday, October 23, 2024)

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84664-84665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24502]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12566]


Title: Notice of Shipping Coordinating Committee Meeting in 
Preparation for International Maritime Organization (IMO) Maritime 
Safety Committee (MSC 109) Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 10:00 a.m. 
on Tuesday, November 26, 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 109th session of the 
International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee 
(MSC 109) to be held in London, United Kingdom, from Monday, December 
2, 2024, to Friday, December 06, 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, LCDR Emily Rowan, 
by email at [email protected]. LCDR Rowan will provide access 
information for in-person and virtual attendance.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda; report on credentials
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Amendments to mandatory instruments
--Goal-based new ship construction standards
--Development of a goal-based instrument for maritime autonomous 
surface ships (MASS)
--Development of a safety regulatory framework to support the reduction 
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GHG emissions from ships using new technologies and alternative fuels
--Revision of the Guidelines on Maritime Cyber Risk Management (MSC-
FAL.1/Circ.3/Rev.2) and identification of next steps to enhance 
maritime cybersecurity
--Measures to enhance maritime security
--Piracy and armed robbery against ships
--Unsafe mixed migration by sea
--Formal safety assessment
--Ship system and equipment (Report of the tenth session of the Sub-
Committee)
--Navigation, communications and search and rescue (Report of the 
eleventh session of the Sub-Committee)
--Carriage of cargoes and containers (Urgent matters emanating from the 
tenth session of the Sub-Committee)
--Implementation of IMO Instruments (Report of the tenth session of the 
Sub-Committee)
--Pollution Prevention and Response (Report of the eleventh session of 
the Sub-Committee)
--Domestic ferry safety
--Application of the Committee's method of work
--Work programme
--Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2025
--Any other business
--Consideration of the report of the Committee on its 109th session

    Please note: The IMO may, on short notice, adjust the MSC 109 
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, LCDR Emily K. Rowan at [email protected], by phone at 
(202) 372-1376, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, 
Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509 no later than November 12, 2024, 
14 days prior to the meeting. Requests made after November 12, 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. 2024-24502 Filed 10-22-24; 8:45 am]
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