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Department of State, 2201 C Street NW., Washington, DC (Department of State). RSVP should be sent as directed below not later than February 25, 2014. Requests for reasonable accommodation should be made by February 21, 2014.

2. June 9, 2014. The Committee will meet in open session from 11:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon in Room 1207 of the Department of State. RSVP should be sent as directed below not later than June 3, 2014. Requests for reasonable accommodation should be made by May 30, 2014.

3. September 8, 2014. The Committee will meet in open session from 11:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon in Room 1207 of the Department of State. RSVP should be sent as directed below not later than September 2, 2014. Requests for reasonable accommodation should be made by August 29, 2014.

4. December 8, 2014. The Committee will meet in open session from 11:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon in Room 1207 of the Department of State. RSVP should be sent as directed below not later than December 2, 2014. Requests for reasonable accommodation should be made by November 28, 2014.

Closed Sessions. The Committee’s sessions in the afternoon of Monday, March 3, 2014; in the afternoon of Monday, June 9, 2014; in the morning of Tuesday, June 10, 2014; in the afternoon of Monday, September 8, 2014; in the morning of Tuesday, September 9, 2014; in the afternoon of Monday, December 8, 2014; and in the morning of Tuesday, December 9, 2014, will be closed in accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (P. 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)(l) and the public interest requires that such activities be withheld from disclosure.

RSVP Instructions. 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 Department of State building. Members of the public planning to attend the meetings should RSVP for the open meetings, by the dates indicated above, to Julie Fort or Nick Sheldon, Office of the Historian (202–663–3265/1123). When responding, please provide date of birth, valid government-issued photo identification number and type (such as driver’s license number/state, passport number/country, or U.S. 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 Julie Fort for acceptable alternative forms of picture identification.

Personal data is requested pursuant to Public Law 99–399 (Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986), as amended; Public Law 107–56 (USA PATRIOT Act); and Executive Order 13356. The purpose of the collection is to validate the identity of individuals who enter Department facilities. The data will be entered into the Visitor Access Control System (VACS–D) database. Please see the Security Records System of Records Notice (State–36) at http:// www.state.gov/documents/organization/ l03419.pdf, for additional information.

Questions concerning the meeting should be directed to Dr. Stephen P. Randolph, Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation, Department of State, Office of the Historian, Washington, DC 20520, telephone (202) 663–1123, (email history@state.gov ). Note that requests for reasonable accommodation received after the dates indicated in this notice will be considered, but might not be possible to fulfill.

Dated: February 6, 2014. Stephen P. Randolph, Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation.

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**DEPARTMENT OF STATE**

**[Public Notice 8636]**

**Activities of the International Telecommunication Advisory**  **Committee and Preparations for Upcoming International**  **Telecommunications Meetings**

This notice announces a meeting of the Department of State’s International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC) to review the activities of the Department of State in international meetings on international communications and information policy over the last quarter and prepare for similar activities in the next quarter.

The ITAC will meet on March 13, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. EDT at 2300 N Street NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20037– 1128 to review the preparations for and outcomes of international telecommunications meetings of the International Telecommunication Union, the Inter-American Telecommunications Commission, and announce preparations for similar activities for the next quarter.

In particular, preparations for the World Telecommunications Development Conference, the Plenipotentiary Conference, and the Ten year review of implementation of the World Summit on the Information Society outcomes will be discussed.

Further details on this ITAC meeting will be announced on the Department of State’s email list, ITAC@lmlist.state.gov. Use of the ITAC list is limited to meeting announcements and confirmations, distribution of agendas and other relevant meeting documents.

Subscription to the ITAC list is open. Persons wishing to participate in the ITAC list, desiring further information on preparatory meetings, and those persons wishing to request reasonable accommodation during the meeting should contact the Secretariat at minardje@state.gov or gadsdensf@ state.gov.

Attendance at this meeting is open to the public as seating capacity allows. The public will have an opportunity to provide comments at this meeting at the invitation of the chair.

Dated: February 10, 2014. Doreen McGirr, Foreign Affairs Officer, International Communications & Information Policy, U.S. Department of State.

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**DEPARTMENT OF STATE**

**[Public Notice 8637]**

**Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting** 

The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct two (2) open meetings on Thursday, March 13, 2014; and Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at the headquarters of the Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM) in Suite 605, 1611 New Kent Street, Arlington, Virginia 22209. Each meeting will start at 9:30 a.m. The primary purpose of the meetings is to prepare for the first Session of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Sub-Committee on Navigation, Communication, and Search and Rescue to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, from June 30, 2014 to July 4, 2014.

The primary matters to be considered include: —Routing of ships, ship reporting and

related matters —Consideration of ECDIS matters

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carriage requirements in SOLAS regulations V/19.2.10 and V/19.2.11 —Consolidation of ECDIS-related IMO

circulars —Consideration of the application of

the satellite navigation system ‘‘BeiDou’’ in the maritime field —Development of explanatory footnotes

to SOLAS regulations V/15, V/18, V/ 19 and V/27 —Consideration of LRIT-related matters —Development of an e-navigation

strategy implementation plan —Development of performance

standards for multi-system shipborne navigation receivers —Revision of the Guidelines for the

onboard operational use of shipborne automatic identification systems (AIS) —Developments in maritime

radiocommunication systems and technology —Review and modernization of the

Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) —Further development of the GMDSS

master plan on shore-based facilities —Consideration of operational and

technical coordination provisions of maritime safety information (MSI) services, including the development and review of related documents —International Telecommunication

Union (ITU) matters, including Radiocommunication ITU–R Study Group matters —ITU matters, including ITU World

Radiocommunication Conference

matters —Consideration of developments in

Inmarsat and Cospas-Sarsat —Development of guidelines on

harmonized aeronautical and maritime search and rescue procedures, including SAR training

matters —Further development of the Global

SAR Plan for the provision of maritime SAR services, including procedures for routeing distress information in the GMDSS —Development of amendments to the

IAMSAR Manual —Development of measures to protect

the safety of persons rescued at sea —Development of a mandatory Code for

ships operating in polar waters —Consideration of International

Association of Classification Societies (IACS) unified interpretations —Biennial agenda and provisional

agenda for NCSR 2 —Report to the Maritime Safety

Committee 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. George Detweiler, not later than 7 days prior to the meeting. Mr. Detweiler may be contacted by email at George.H.Detweiler@uscg.mil, or by phone at (202) 372–1566. Requests made after that date might not be able to be accommodated. Additional information regarding these and other IMO SHC public meetings may be found

at: www.uscg.mil/imo

.

Dated: February 10, 2014. Marc Zlomek, Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of State.

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**DEPARTMENT OF STATE**

**[Public Notice 8639]**

**Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting** 

The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 12th, 2014, in Conference Rooms 8–9–10 of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) Headquarters Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the sixty sixth Session of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, March 31—April 4, 2014.

The agenda items to be considered include: —Adoption of the agenda —Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast

water —Recycling of ships —Air pollution and energy efficiency;

Further technical and operational measures for enhancing energy efficiency of international shipping —Reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG)

emissions from ships —Consideration and adoption of

amendments to mandatory instruments —Interpretations of, and amendments

to, MARPOL and related instruments —Implementation of the OPRC

Convention and the OPRC–HNS Protocol and relevant Conference resolutions —Identification and protection of

Special Areas and Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas —Inadequacy of reception facilities —Reports of sub-committees —Work of other bodies —Harmful anti-fouling systems for ships —Promotion of implementation and

enforcement of MARPOL and related instruments —Technical co-operation activities for

the protection of the marine environment

—Role of the human element —Noise from commercial shipping and

its adverse impacts on marine life —Work program of the Committee and

subsidiary bodies —Application of the Committee’s

Guidelines —Any other business —Consideration of the report of the

Committee 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. John Morris, by email at john.c.morris@uscg.mil, by phone at (202) 372–1433, by fax at (202) 372–8383, or in writing at Commandant (CG–5PS), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE., Washington, DC 20593– 7509 not later than March 3, 2014, or 7 days prior to the meeting. Requests made after March 3, 2014 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 DOT Headquarters building. The DOT Headquarters building is accessible by public transportation (Navy Yard subway station), taxi and privately owned conveyance. Additional information regarding this and other IMO SHC public meetings may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo

.

In case of severe weather or other emergency in the Washington, DC area, attendees should check with the Office of Personnel Management at http://

www.opm.gov or (202) 606–1900 for the operating status of federal agencies. If federal agencies are closed, this meeting will not be rescheduled, but the Shipping Coordinating Committee will publish a separate Federal Register notice to announce an electronic docket to receive public comments.

Dated: February 7, 2014. Marc Zlomek, Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of State.

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