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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 12353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4851]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7764]

Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 9, 2012, in Room 1422 of the United 
States Coast Guard Headquarters Building, 2100 Second Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20593-7121. The primary purpose of the meeting is to 
prepare for the ninety-ninth Session of the International Maritime 
Organization's (IMO) Legal Committee to be held at the IMO 
Headquarters, London, England, United Kingdom, April 16-20, 2012.
    The primary matters to be considered include:
    Adoption of the agenda; report on credentials;
    Monitoring the implementation of the 2010 Protocol to the 
International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in 
Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by 
Sea;
    Consideration of a proposal to amend the limits of liability of the 
1996 Protocol to the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime 
Claims, 1976 (LLMC 96);
    Provision of financial security in cases of abandonment, personal 
injury to, or death of seafarers related to entry into force of the 
International Labour Organization Maritime Labour Convention, 2006;
    Fair treatment of seafarers in the event of a maritime accident;
    Piracy;
    Matters arising from the 106th and 107th regular sessions of the 
Council; the twenty-sixth extraordinary session of the Council; and the 
twenty-seventh regular session of the Assembly;
    Technical co-operation activities related to maritime legislation;
    Review of the status of conventions and other treaty instruments;
    Application of the Committee's Guidelines;
    Election of officers;
    Any other business, including reconsideration of the Committee's 
recommendation related to liability and compensation issues connected 
to transboundary oil pollution damage from offshore exploration and 
exploitation activities;
    Consideration of the report of the Committee on its ninety-ninth 
session.
    The public should be aware that Assembly, at its twenty-seventh 
session in resolution A.1058(27) (20 December 2011), invited Member 
States and other concerned parties to submit proposals to the Committee 
to enable consideration of developing guidance to assist (1) in the 
collation and preservation of evidence following the allegation of a 
serious crime onboard, or following a report of a missing person from, 
a ship and (2) in the pastoral and medical care of alleged victims of 
serious crimes onboard ships. Although no such formal proposal has been 
received at this time, the U.S. delegation anticipates that this issue 
will be raised at this session.
    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. To facilitate the building security process, and 
to request reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend should 
contact the meeting coordinator, Ms. Bronwyn G. Douglass, by email at 
bronwyn.douglass@uscg.mil, by phone at (202) 372-3792, by fax at (202) 
372-3975, or in writing at Commandant (CG-0941), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 
2nd Street SW., Stop 7121, Washington, DC 20593-7121 not later than 
April 2, 2012, 7 days prior to the meeting. Requests made after April 
2, 2012 might not be able to be accommodated. Please note that due to 
security considerations, two valid, government issued photo 
identifications must be presented to gain entrance to the Headquarters 
building. The Headquarters building is accessible by taxi and privately 
owned conveyance (public transportation is not generally available). 
However, parking in the vicinity of the building is extremely limited. 
Additional information regarding this and other IMO SHC public meetings 
may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.

    Dated: February 22, 2012.
Brian Robinson,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2012-4851 Filed 2-28-12; 8:45 am]
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