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provide, by August 21, 2009, their 

name, professional affiliation, date of 

birth, citizenship, and a valid 

government-issued ID number (i.e., U.S. 

government ID, U.S. military ID, 

passport, or drivers license with state) 

by e-mailing: iapr@state.gov. Requests 

for reasonable accommodation should 

be sent to the same e-mail address by 

August 27th. Requests made after that 

time will be considered, but might not 

be able to be fulfilled. Because of space 

restrictions, we request that companies 

interested in attending send only one 

representative. 

If you have any questions, please 

contact Jonathan Blyth at 

BlythJJ@State.Gov or on (703) 875–4131. 

Dated: July 29, 2009. 

Adam Namm, 

Director, Acting, Bureau of Overseas Building 

Operations, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–19363 Filed 8–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6639] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee 

Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 

meeting at 10 a.m. on Thursday, 

September 10, 2009, in Room 1303 of 

the United States Coast Guard 

Headquarters Building, 2100 Second 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593. The 

primary purpose of the meeting is to 

prepare for the 14th Session of the 

International Maritime Organization 

(IMO) Sub-Committee on Dangerous 

Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers 

(DSC 14) to be held at the IMO 

Headquarters in London, England from 

September 21 to September 25, 2009. 

The primary matters to be considered 

at DSC 14 include: 

—Amendments to the International 

Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) 

Code and Supplements including 

harmonization of the IMDG Code with 

the United Nations Recommendations 

on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. 

—Amendments to the International 

Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code 

(IMSBC Code) including evaluation of 

properties of solid bulk cargos. 

—Amendments to the Code of Safe 

Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing 

(CSS Code). 

—Casualty and incident reports and 

analysis. 

—Review of the Code of Practice for 

the Safe Unloading and Loading of Bulk 

Carriers (BLU Code). 

—Review of the Recommendations on 

the Safe Use of Pesticides in Ships. 

—Guidance on protective clothing. 

—Revision of the Code of Safe 

Practice for Ships Carrying Timber Deck 

Cargoes. 

—Stowage of water-reactive materials. 

—Amendments to the International 

Convention for Safe Containers, 1972 

and associated circulars. 

—Review of the Guidelines for 

packing of cargo transport units. 

—Review of documentation 

requirements for dangerous goods in 

packaged form. 

—Amendments to MARPOL Annex 

III. 

—Revision of the Recommendations 

for entering enclosed spaces aboard 

ships. 

—Consideration for the efficacy of 

Container Inspection Programme. 

—Installation of equipment for 

detection of radioactive sources or 

radioactive contaminated objects in 

ports. 

Members of the public may attend the 

September 10, 2009 meeting up to the 

seating capacity of the room. The Coast 

Guard Headquarters building is 

accessible by taxi and privately owned 

conveyance. Please note that parking in 

the vicinity of the building is extremely 

limited and that public transportation is 

not generally available. For members of 

the public that cannot attend the 

meeting in person, telephone 

conferencing may be available upon 

request. To facilitate the building 

security process or to obtain additional 

meeting information please contact Mr. 

R. Bornhorst by mail at U.S. Coast 

Guard (CG–5223), 2100 Second Street, 

SW STOP 7126, Washington, DC 20593– 

7126; by e-mail at 

Richard.C.Bornhorst@uscg.mil; or by 

calling (202) 372–1426. A member of the 

public needing reasonable 

accommodation should make his or her 

request by September 3rd. Requests 

submitted after that date will be 

considered, but might not be able to be 

fulfilled. Additional information 

regarding this and other SHC public 

meetings and associated IMO meetings 

may be found at: http://www.uscg.mil/ 

imo. 

Dated: August 6, 2009. 

J. Trent Warner, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–19354 Filed 8–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6638] 

Advisory Committee on Historical 

Diplomatic Documentation; Notice of 

Meeting 

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on 

Historical Diplomatic Documentation 

will meet on September 14th and 

September 15th at the Department of 

State, 2201 ‘‘C’’ Street, NW., 

Washington, DC. Prior notification and 

a valid government-issued photo ID 

(such as driver’s license, passport, U.S. 

government or military ID) are required 

for entrance into the building. Members 

of the public planning to attend must 

notify Nathaniel Smith, Office of the 

Historian (202–663–3268) no later than 

September 10, 2009, to provide date of 

birth, valid government-issued photo 

identification number and type (such as 

driver’s license number/State, passport 

number/country, or US government ID 

number/agency or military ID number/ 

branch), and relevant telephone 

numbers. If you cannot provide one of 

the specified forms of ID, please consult 

with Nathaniel Smith for acceptable 

alternative forms of picture 

identification. In addition, any requests 

for reasonable accommodation should 

be made prior to September 7, 2009. 

Requests for reasonable accommodation 

received after that time will be 

considered, but might be impossible to 

fulfill. 

The Committee will meet in open 

session from 1:30 p.m. through 2:30 

p.m. on Monday, September 14, 2009, in 

the Department of State, 2201 ‘‘C’’ Street 

NW., Washington, DC, in Conference 

Room 1107, to discuss declassification 

and transfer of Department of State 

records to the National Archives and 

Records Administration and the status 

of the Foreign Relations series. The 

remainder of the Committee’s sessions 

from 2:45 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Monday, 

September 14, 2009, and 9 a.m. until 12 

p.m. on Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 

will be closed in accordance with 

section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463). The 

agenda calls for discussions of agency 

declassification decisions concerning 

the Foreign Relations series and other 

declassification issues. These are 

matters properly classified and not 

subject to public disclosure under 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and the public interest 

requires that such activities be withheld 

from disclosure. Questions concerning 

the meeting should be directed to 

Ambassador John Campbell, Executive 

Secretary, Advisory Committee on 

Historical Diplomatic Documentation, 

Department of State, Office of the 


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