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and Work Opportunity Reconciliation

Act of 1996, as amended.

Dated: August 18, 1997.

Glenna Donnelly,

Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Programs

and Policy.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2593]

United States International

Telecommunications Advisory

Committee (ITAC), Standardization

Sector (ITAC–T); Study Groups B and

D and Citel Ad-Hoc; Meeting Notice

The Department of State announces

that the United States International

Telecommunications Advisory

Committee (ITAC), Telecommunications

Standardization Sector (ITAC–T) Study

Groups B and D and CITEL AD–HOC

have scheduled meetings to develop

United States positions and

contributions for upcoming ITU–T

meetings dealing with standardization

activities of the International

Telecommunications Union and

preparatory activity for CITEL PCC–I

and COM/CITEL. These meetings will

take place at the Department of State, at

2201 C Street, NW., Washington, DC

beginning at 9:30 a.m. each day and are

scheduled to meet all day. The ITAC–

T Study Groups B and D dealing

primarily with the upcoming meetings

of ITU–T Study Groups 7, 8, and 4 will

meet September 23 in Room 1207, and

the preparatory activities for CITEL

meetings will follow in the same room.

Study Groups B and D will meet on

November 4, 1997 in Room 1406 to

continue preparations for ITU–T Study

Group 7 in December, 1997, and the

meeting of ITU–T Study Group in

January 1998, and the COM/CITEL

meeting scheduled for December 1–5,

1997 in Montevideo, Uruguay. A more

extensive agenda may be developed and

distributed by fax or electronic mail to

members prior to the announced

meetings including the scheduling of

appropriate Ad-Hoc meetings. Other

matters within the purview of U.S.

Study Group D as well as Ad-Hoc CITEL

preparations may be raised.

Members of the General Public may

attend this meeting and join in the

discussions, subject to the instructions

of the Chair. Admittance of public

members will be limited to the seating

available. In this regard, entrance to the

Department of State is controlled.

Questions regarding the meeting may be

addressed to Mr. Gary Fereno at (202)

647–0200.

Note: If you wish to attend please send a

fax to (202) 647–7407 not later than 24 hours

before the scheduled meeting. On this fax,

please include subject meeting, your name,

social security number, company/

organization, and date of birth. One of the

following valid photo identifications will be

required for admittance: U.S. driver’s license

with your picture on it, U.S. passport, U.S.

Government identification (company ID’s are

no longer accepted by Diplomatic Security).

Enter from the ‘‘C’’ Street Main Lobby.

Dated: August 15, 1997.

Earl S. Barbely,

Chairman, U.S. ITAC for

Telecommunications Standardization.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2591]

Shipping Coordinating Committee

International Maritime Organization

(IMO) Legal Committee; Notice of

Meeting

The U.S. Shipping Coordinating

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open

meeting at 10:00 a.m., on Wednesday,

October 1, 1997, in Room 2415 U.S.

Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second

Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. The

purpose of this meeting is to prepare for

the 76th session of the IMO Legal

Committee, which will be held October

13–17, 1997, in London, regarding the

provision of financial security for

seagoing vessels, compensation for

pollution from ships’ bunkers, a draft

convention on wreck removal, the

carriage by sea of radioactive materials,

and other matters. This meeting will

also be a further opportunity for

interested members of the public to

express their views on whether the

United States should ratify the

Hazardous and Noxious Substances

Convention, adopted in London in May,

1996.

Members of the public are invited to

attend the SHC meeting, up to the

seating capacity of the room. For further

information, or to submit views

concerning the subjects of discussion,

write to either Captain Malcolm J.

Williams, Jr., or Lieutenant Commander

Bruce P. Dalcher, U.S. Coast Guard (G–

LMI), 2100 Second Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20593, or by

telephone (202) 267–1527, telefax (202)

267–4496.

Dated: August 14, 1997.

Russell A. La Mantia,

Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2592]

Shipping Coordinating Committee,

Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea

and Associated Bodies, Working

Group on Stability and Load Lines and

on Fishing Vessels Safety; Notice of

Meeting

The Working Group on Stability and

Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels

Safety of the Subcommittee on Safety of

Life at Sea will conduct an open

meeting at 9 a.m. on Thursday,

September 18, 1997, in Room 6103, at

U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100

Second Street, SW, Washington, DC

20593–0001. This meeting will discuss

the upcoming 41st Session of the

Subcommittee on Stability and Load

Lines and on Fishing Vessels Safety

(SLF) and associated bodies of the

International Maritime Organization

(IMO) which will be held on January

26–30, 1998, at the IMO Headquarters in

London, England.

Items of discussion will include the

following:

a. Harmonization of damage stability

provisions in the IMO;

b. Progress of the Intersessional

Correspondence Group on Load Lines

issues;

c. Technical revisions to the Code on

Intact Stability;

d. High Speed Craft Code revision;

e. Role of the human element, including

shipboard loading and stability

software; and

f. Safety aspects of ships engaged in a

ballast water exchange.

Members of the public may attend

this meeting up to the seating capacity

of the room. Interested persons may

seek information by writing: Mr. Paul

Cojeen, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters,

Commandant (G–MSE–2), Room 1308,

2100 Second Street, SW, Washington,

DC 20593–0001 or by calling (202) 267–

2988.

Dated: August 14, 1997.

Russell A. La Mantia,

Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.

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