40834 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 155 / Thursday, August 13, 2009 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2009–0693] 

Maritime Labour Convention, 2006; 

Informational Meeting 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of informational meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard and the 

Maritime Administration will host an 

informational meeting to discuss the 

content of the Maritime Labour 

Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006). The 

purpose of this meeting is to provide the 

industry with an overview of the MLC, 

2006, and to help clarify areas that may 

require additional interpretation. This 

meeting is strictly informational and it 

is not meant to discuss the merits of 

ratification of the MLC, 2006. The 

meeting will be on Monday, August 24, 

2009, and open to the public. 

DATES: The public meeting will be on 

Monday, August 24, 2009, from 9 a.m. 

to 11:50 a.m., at the Department of 

Transportation, Conference Center, 

Rooms 8–9–10, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, 

telephone 202–366–4000. Please note 

this meeting may close early if all 

business is finished. 

ADDRESSES: This notice is available on 

the Internet at www.regulations.gov 

under the docket number USCG–2009– 

0693. The MLC, 2006, is available on 

the Internet at http://www.ilo.org/ 

global/What_we_do/ 

InternationalLabourStandards/ 

MaritimeLabourConvention/lang—en/ 

index.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this notice 

contact Mr. Anthony D. Morris, U.S. 

Coast Guard Headquarters, CG–5221, 

Room 1210, 2100 Second Street SW., 

Stop 7126, Washington, DC 20593– 

7126; telephone 202–372–1408, fax 

202–372–1926, or e-mail at Anthony D. 

Morris@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact Mr. Anthony D. Morris 

at the telephone number or e-mail 

address indicated under the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this notice as soon as possible. 

Background and Purpose: The MLC, 

2006, was adopted by the International 

Labour Conference of the International 

Labour Organization (ILO) in February 

2006. It sets out seafarers’ rights to 

decent conditions of work and helps to 

create conditions of fair competition for 

shipowners. The MLC, 2006, has been 

designed to become the ‘‘fourth pillar’’ 

of the international regulatory regime 

for quality shipping complementing the 

key conventions of the International 

Maritime Organization (IMO), such as 

the International Convention for the 

Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended 

(SOLAS), the International Convention 

on Standards of Training, Certification 

and Watchkeeping, 1978, as amended 

(STCW), and the International 

Convention for the Prevention of 

Pollution from Ships, 73/78 (MARPOL). 

The MLC, 2006, contains a 

comprehensive set of global standards, 

based on those that are already found in 

68 maritime labour instruments adopted 

by the ILO since 1920. 

Meeting Agenda: The purpose of this 

meeting is to provide the industry with 

an overview of the MLC, 2006, and to 

help clarify areas that may require 

additional interpretation. This meeting 

is strictly informational and it is not 

meant to discuss the merits of 

ratification of the MLC, 2006. The 

tentative agenda of the meeting is: 

• Introduction to the MLC, 2006; 

• Seafarer’s perspective; 

• Shipowner’s perspective; 

• Overview of the MLC, 2006; 

• United States Process for 

ratification. 

Procedural 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Please note that the meeting may close 

early if all business is finished. At the 

meeting facilitator’s discretion, 

members of the public may make 

presentations and ask questions in 

response to information provided at the 

meeting. The meeting will not be 

recorded and the Coast Guard and the 

Maritime Administration do not intend 

to provide response to presentations. 

However, a summary of the information 

presented by the Coast Guard and the 

Maritime Administration will be made 

available after the meeting on the 

Internet at http://homeport.uscg.mil. 

A government-issued photo 

identification (for example, a driver’s 

license) will be required for entrance at 

the meeting location. We encourage 

individuals planning on attending to 

arrive early in order to allow sufficient 

time before the meeting to clear 

security. 

This notice is issued under authority 

of 5 U.S.C. 552. 

Dated: August 7, 2009. 

J.G. Lantz, 

Director of Commercial, Regulations and 

Standards. 

[FR Doc. E9–19395 Filed 8–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for 1029–0098 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing 

its intention to request approval to 

continue the collection of information 

under 30 CFR Part 769—Petition 

process for designation of Federal lands 

as unsuitable for all or certain types of 

surface coal mining operations and for 

termination of previous designations. 

This information collection activity was 

previously approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), and 

assigned clearance number 1029–0098. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

information collection activity must be 

received by October 13, 2009, to be 

assured of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

receive a copy of the information 

collection request, or to comment on the 

information collection activity, contact 

John A. Trelease, Office of Surface 

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 

1951 Constitution Ave, NW., Room 202– 

SIB, Washington, DC 20240. You may 

contact Mr. Trelease or submit 

comments electronically at 

jtrelease@osmre.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB 

regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which 

implement provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13), 

require that interested members of the 

public and affected agencies have an 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection and recordkeeping activities 

[see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)] This notice 

identifies an information collection that 

OSM will be submitting to OMB for 

renewed approval. This collection is 

contained in 30 CFR Part 769—Petition 

process for designation of Federal lands 

as unsuitable for all or certain types of 

surface coal mining operations and for 

termination of previous designations. 


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