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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3658-3659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01162]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8600]

Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 25, 2014, at the offices of 
the Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM), 1611 N. 
Kent Street, Suite 605, Arlington, VA 22209. The primary purpose of the 
meeting is to prepare for the first session of the International 
Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and 
Equipment to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, March 10-
14, 2014.
    Substantive agenda items to be considered include:

--Development of requirements for ships carrying hydrogen and 
compressed natural gas vehicles
--Development of amendments to SOLAS regulation II-1/40.2 concerning 
general requirements on electrical installations
--Smoke control and ventilation
--Development of amendments to SOLAS regulation II-2/20 and associated 
guidance on air quality management for ventilation of closed vehicle 
spaces, closed ro-ro and special category spaces
--Development of life safety performance criteria for alternative 
design and arrangements for fire safety (MSC/Circ. 1002)
--Development of a new framework of requirements for safety objectives 
and functional requirements for the approval of alternative design and 
arrangements for SOLAS chapters II-1 (parts C, D and E) and III
--Development of amendments to the LSA Code for thermal performance of 
immersion suits
--Development of amendments to the LSA Code for free-fall lifeboats 
with float-free capability
--Development of amendments to the 2009 MODU Code concerning lifeboat 
drills
--Revision of the Recommendation on conditions for the approval of 
servicing stations for inflatable liferafts (resolution A.761(18))

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--Development of requirements for onboard lifting appliances and 
winches
--Considerations related to the double sheathed low-pressure fuel pipes 
for fuel injection systems in engines on crude oil tankers
--Development of amendments to the provisions of SOLAS chapter II-2 
relating to secondary means of venting cargo tanks
--Development of amendments to the requirements for foam-type fire-
extinguishers in SOLAS regulation II-2/10.5
--Consideration of IACS unified interpretations
--Biennial agenda and provisional agenda for SSE 2
--Any other business

    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, Mr. Randall Eberly, by email at 
randall.eberly@uscg.mil, by phone at (202) 372-1393, by fax at (202) 
372-8379, or in writing at Commandant (CG-ENG-4), U.S. Coast Guard, 
2703 Martin Luther King Jr Ave. SE., Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-
7509 not later than February 18, 2014, 7 days prior to the meeting. 
Requests made after February 18, 2014, might not be able to be 
accommodated. RTCM Headquarters is adjacent to the Rosslyn Metro 
station. For further directions and lodging information, please see: 
http://www.rtcm.org/visit.php. Additional information regarding this 
and other IMO SHC public meetings may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.

    Dated: January 13, 2014.
Marc Zlomek,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2014-01162 Filed 1-21-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710-09-P
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