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[Federal Register: October 18, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 200)]
[Notices]               
[Page 63888-63889]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7167]

 
 Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 10 a.m. on Monday November 8th, 2010, in Room 1422 of

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the United States Coast Guard Headquarters Building, 2100 Second 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The primary purpose of the 
meeting is to prepare for the ninety-seventh Session of the 
International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Legal Committee to be held 
at the IMO headquarters in London, United Kingdom, from November 15-
19th, 2010.
    The primary matters to be considered include:

--Report on the 2010 Diplomatic Conference adopting 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, 1996
--Provision of financial security in cases of abandonment, personal 
injury to, or death of seafarers
--Fair treatment of seafarers in the event of a maritime accident
--Implementation of the International Convention on Civil Liability for 
Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001
--Consideration of a proposal to amend the limits of liability of the 
1996 Protocol to the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime 
Claims
--Review of national legislation regarding piracy
--Matters arising from the 25th extraordinary and the 104th regular 
sessions of the IMO Council and the 26th regular session of the IMO 
Assembly
--Technical cooperation activitites related to maritime legislation
--Review of the status of conventions and other treaty instruments 
adopted as a result of the work of the Legal Committee
--Review of work programme outputs
--Review of the Guidelines on Work Methods and Organization of Work of 
the Legal Committee
--Any other business
--Consideration of the report of the Legal Committee on its ninety-
seventh 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 e-mail at 
bronwyn.douglass@uscg.mil, by phone at (202) 372-3792, by fax at (202) 
372-3972, or in writing at Commandant (CG-0941), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 
2nd Street, SW., Stop 7121, Washington, DC 20593-7121. 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: http://www.uscg.mil/imo.

    Dated: October 13, 2010.
Jon Trent Warner,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2010-26184 Filed 10-15-10; 8:45 am]
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