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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 55 (Thursday, March 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 17467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06530]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8243]

Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 8, 2013, 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 one-hundredth session of the International Maritime 
Organization's (IMO) Legal Committee to be held at the IMO 
Headquarters, London, England, United Kingdom, April 15-19, 2013.
    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.
--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.
--Collation and preservation of evidence following an allegation of a 
serious crime having taken place on board a ship or a report of a 
missing person from a ship, and pastoral and medical care of victims.
--Matters arising from the 108th and 109th regular sessions of the 
Council.
--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 100th 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, LCDR Lineka Quijano, by email at 
Lineka.N.Quijano@uscg.mil, by phone at (202) 372-3865, 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 1, 2013, one week prior to the meeting. Requests made after April 
1, 2013, 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: March 12, 2013.
Brian Robinson,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2013-06530 Filed 3-20-13; 8:45 am]
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