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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 21991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08922]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8701]

Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in the Alexander 
Hamilton Room (AHR), 9th floor, of the U.S. Coast Guard Personnel 
Service Center (PSC), 4200 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1100, Arlington, VA 
20598-7200. The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the 
thirty-ninth session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) 
Facilitation Committee to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United 
Kingdom, September 22-26, 2014.
    The agenda items to be considered include:
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Consideration and adoption of proposed amendments to the Convention
--General review of the Convention, including harmonization with other 
international instruments
--E-business possibilities for the facilitation of maritime traffic
--Formalities connected with the arrival, stay and departure of persons
--Ensuring security in and facilitating international trade
--Ship/port interface
--Guidelines on minimum training and education for mooring personnel
--Technical cooperation activities related to facilitation of maritime 
traffic
--Relations with other organizations
--Application of the Committee's Guidelines
--Work programme
--Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2015
--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. David Du Pont, by email at 
David.A.DuPont@uscg.mil, by phone at (202) 372-1497, by fax at (202) 
372-1928, or in writing at Commandant (CG-REG), U.S. Coast Guard Stop 
7418, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20593-7418 
not later than May 6, 2014, 7 days prior to the meeting. Requests made 
after May 6, 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 building. The 
USCG PSC is in the Ballston Commons Plaza located above the Ballston 
Common Mall in Arlington, VA. It can be reached by driving and is 
conveniently located next to the Ballston Metro Station.
    For members of the public that would like to participate, but are 
unable to attend this meeting the Coast Guard will provide a 
teleconference option. To participate by phone, contact the meeting 
coordinator (details above) to obtain teleconference information. Note 
the number of teleconference lines is limited and will be available on 
a first-come, first-served basis.
    Additional information regarding this and other IMO SHC public 
meetings may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo. Information specific to the 
Facilitation Committee may be found at www.uscg.mil/imo/fal and 
www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg523/imo.asp.

    Dated: April 14, 2014.
Marc Zlomek,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2014-08922 Filed 4-17-14; 8:45 am]
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