57638 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 181 / Tuesday, September 18, 2012 / Notices 

—Human resource matters, including 

amendments to the Staff 

Regulations and Staff Rules 

—Recommendations of the External 

Auditor: implementation action 

plan 

—Report on arrears of contributions 

and of advances to the Working 

Capital Fund and on the 

implementation of Article 61 of the 

IMO Convention 

—Budget considerations for 2012 and 

2013 

—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: 

—Relations with the United Nations 

and the specialized agencies 

—Joint Inspection Unit 

—Relations with intergovernmental 

organizations 

—Relations with non-governmental 

organizations 

—Day of the Seafarer 

—Report on World Maritime Day 

2012 

—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 

—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. To facilitate the building 

security process, those who plan to 

attend should contact the meeting 

coordinator, LCDR Matthew Frazee, by 

email at imo@uscg.mil; by phone at 

(202) 372–1376; or in writing at 

Commandant (CG–5PS), U.S. Coast 

Guard Headquarters, 2100 2nd Street 

SW STOP 7126, Room 1200, 

Washington, DC 20593–7126, not later 

than 7 days before the meeting. Please 

note that due to security considerations, 

two valid, government issued photo 

identifications must be presented to 

gain entrance to the Headquarters 

building. The Headquarters building is 

accessible by taxi and privately owned 

conveyance (public transportation is not 

generally available), however, parking 

in the vicinity of the building is 

extremely limited. Additional 

information regarding this and other 

IMO SHC public meetings may be found 

at: www.uscg.mil/imo. 

Dated: September 12, 2012. 

Brian Robinson, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8030] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; 

Notice of Committee Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 

meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, 

November 16, in Room 2501 of the 

United States Coast Guard Headquarters 

Building, 2100 Second Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20593–7126. The 

primary purpose of the meeting is to 

prepare for the ninety-first Session of 

the International Maritime 

Organization’s (IMO) Marine Safety 

Committee to be held at the IMO 

Headquarters, London, England, United 

Kingdom, November 26–30, 2012. 

The matters to be considered include: 

Adoption of the agenda; report on 

credentials; 

Decisions of other IMO bodies; 

Consideration and adoption of 

amendments to mandatory 

instruments; 

Measures to enhance maritime security; 

Goal-based new ship construction 

standards; 

LRIT-related matters; 

Passenger ship safety; 

Making the Polar Code mandatory; 

Radiocommunications and search and 

rescue (report of the sixteenth session 

of the Sub-Committee); 

Flag State implementation (report of the 

twentieth session of the SubCommittee); 

Training and Watchkeeping (report of 

the forty-third session of the SubCommittee); 

Safety of navigation (report of the fiftyeighth session of the Sub-Committee); 

Dangerous goods, solid cargoes and 

containers (urgent matters emanating 

from the seventeenth session of the 

Sub-Committee); 

Technical co-operation activities 

relating to maritime safety and 

security; 

Capacity-building for the 

implementation of new measures; 

Formal safety assessment; 

Piracy and armed robbery against ships; 

Implementation of instruments and 

related matters; 

Work programme; 

Election of Chairman and ViceChairman for 2013; 

Any other business; 

Consideration of the report of the 

Committee on its ninety-first session. 

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, LCDR Matthew 

Frazee, by email at imo@uscg.mil; by 

phone at (202) 372–1376; or in writing 

at Commandant (CG–5PS), U.S. Coast 

Guard, 2100 2nd Street SW., Stop 7126, 

Washington, DC 20593–7126. Requests 

should be made no later than November 

9, 2012. Requests made after this date 

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 

Headquarters building. The 

Headquarters building is accessible by 

taxi and privately owned conveyance 

(public transportation is not generally 

available), however, parking in the 

vicinity of the building is extremely 

limited. Additional information 

regarding this and other IMO SHC 

public meetings may be found at: 

www.uscg.mil/imo. 

Dated: September 12, 2012. 

Brian Robinson, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–23005 Filed 9–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

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