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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 187 (Friday, September 26, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58025-58026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22999]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8882]

Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 12, 2014, in Coast Guard 
Headquarters, Room 6i10-01-c, Washington, DC. The primary purpose of 
the meeting is to prepare for the ninety-fourth Session of the 
International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee 
to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, November 17-21, 
2014.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

 Adoption of the agenda; report on credentials
 Decisions of other IMO bodies
 Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory 
instruments
 Measures to enhance maritime security
 Goal-based new ship construction standards
 Passenger ship safety
 Human element, training and watch keeping (report of the first 
session of the Sub-Committee)
 Ship systems and equipment (report of the first session of the 
Sub-Committee)
 Navigation, communications, search and rescue (report of the 
first session of the Sub-Committee)
 Implementation of IMO instruments (report of the first session 
of the Sub-Committee)
 Carriage of cargoes and containers (urgent matters emanating 
from the first session of the Sub-Committee)
 Capacity building for the implementation of new measures
 Formal safety assessment, including general cargo ship safety
 Piracy and armed robbery against ships
 Implementation of instruments and related matters
 Relations with other organizations
 Review and reform of the Organization, including application 
of the Committee's Guidelines
 Work programme
 Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2015
 Any other business

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Upon request, members of the public may also 
participate via teleconference, up to the capacity of the 
teleconference phone line. The access number for this teleconference 
line will be posted online at http://www.uscg.mil/imo/msc/default.asp 
at least 2 working days in advance. Physical access to the meeting, or 
participation via the teleconference line, requires that all attendees 
respond to the meeting coordinator not later than October 29, 2014, 10 
working days prior to the meeting. The meeting coordinator, LCDR 
Matthew Frazee, may be contacted by email at matthew.p.frazee@uscg.mil 
or by phone at (202) 372-1376. Responses made after October 29, 2014 
might result in not being able to participate in the meeting.
    Please note that due to security considerations, two valid, 
government issued photo identifications must be presented to gain 
entrance to the Coast Guard Headquarters building. The Coast Guard 
Headquarters building is accessible by public transportation or

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taxi. Additional information regarding this and other IMO SHC public 
meetings may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.
    In case of severe weather or other emergency in the Washington, DC 
area, attendees should check with the Office of Personnel Management at 
http://www.opm.gov or (202) 606-1900 for the operating status of 
federal agencies. If federal agencies are closed, this meeting will not 
be rescheduled, but the Shipping Coordinating Committee will publish a 
separate Federal Register notice to announce an electronic docket to 
receive public comments.

    Dated: September 19, 2014.
Marc Zlomek,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2014-22999 Filed 9-25-14; 8:45 am]
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