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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 

related to the implementation of the 


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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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