```

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 187 (Friday, September 26, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58024-58025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23007]

=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8881]

Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 6, 2014, in Coast Guard 
Headquarters, Room 05L18-01, Washington, DC. The primary purpose of the 
meeting is to prepare for the one-hundred and thirteenth Session of the 
IMO Council Session (C 113) to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United 
Kingdom, from December 1-5, 2014.

    The agenda items to be discussed include:
 Adoption of the agenda

[[Page 58025]]

 Report of the Secretary-General on credentials
 Strategy, planning and reform
 Resource management:
    [cir] Human resource matters, including amendments to the Staff 
Regulations and Staff Rules
    [cir] Recommendations of the External Auditor: Implementation 
action plan
    [cir] Report on arrears of contributions and of advances to the 
Working Capital Fund and on the implementation of Article 61 of the IMO 
Convention
    [cir] Budget considerations for 2012 and 2013
    [cir] Development of a long-term plan for the future financial 
sustainability of the Organization
 Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme
 Consideration of the report of the Marine Environment 
Protection Committee
 Report on the 34th Consultative Meeting of Contracting Parties 
to the London Convention 1972 and the 7th Meeting of Contracting 
Parties to the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention
 Report on the 2012 Conference for the adoption of an agreement 
on the implementation of the 1993 Protocol relating to the 1977 
Torremolinos Convention on the Safety of Fishing Vessels
 IMO International Maritime Law Institute: Review of the IMLI 
Statute
 Protection of vital shipping lanes
 Periodic review of administrative requirements in mandatory 
IMO instruments
 External relations:
    [cir] Relations with the United Nations and the specialized 
agencies
    [cir] Joint Inspection Unit
    [cir] Relations with intergovernmental organizations
    [cir] Relations with nongovernmental organizations
    [cir] Day of the Seafarer
    [cir] Report on World Maritime Day 2014
    [cir] IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea
 Report on the status of the Convention and membership of the 
Organization
 Report on the status of conventions and other multilateral 
instruments in respect of which the Organization performs functions
 Contract of the Secretary-General
 Substantive items for inclusion in the provisional agendas for 
the next two sessions of the Council
 Place, date and duration of the next session of the Council
 Supplementary agenda items, if any

Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Access to the meeting requires that all attendees 
respond to the meeting coordinator not later than October 28, 2014, 7 
working days prior to the meeting.
    The meeting coordinator, LCDR Matthew Frazee, may be contacted by 
email at matthew.p.frazee@uscg.mil or by phone at (202) 372-1376. 
Responses made after October 28, 2014 might result in not being able to 
participate in the meeting. Please note that due to security 
considerations, two valid, government issued photo identifications must 
be presented to gain entrance to the Coast Guard Headquarters building. 
The Coast Guard Headquarters building is accessible by public 
transportation or taxi. 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: September 19, 2014.
Marc Zlomek,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2014-23007 Filed 9-25-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710-09-P
```