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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78935-78936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30711]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8988]

Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday January 20, 2015, in Room 8 of the DOT 
Conference Center which is in the West building, 1200 New Jersey Ave. 
SE., Washington, DC 20590. The primary purpose of the meeting is to 
prepare for the second Session of the International Maritime 
Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and 
Watchkeeping (HTW) to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, 
February 2-06, 2015.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Validated model training courses
--Reports on unlawful practices associated with certificates of 
competency
-- Revised guidelines for model course development, updating and 
validation processes
--Guidance for the implementation of the 2010 Manila Amendments
--Follow-up action to the STCW-F Conference resolutions 6 and 7
--Role of the human element
--Development of guidance for personnel involved with tug-barge 
operations
--Revision of guidance for model course development, updating and 
validation processes
--Mandatory Code for ships operating in polar waters
--Review of STCW passenger ship specific safety training
--Training in hot work procedures on crude oil tankers
--First outline of the detailed review of the Global Maritime Distress 
and Safety System (GMDSS)
--E-navigation strategy implementation plan
--Guidelines for shipowners and seafarers for implementation of 
relevant IMO instruments in relation to the carriage of dangerous goods 
in packaged form by sea
--Non-mandatory instrument on regulations for non-convention ships

    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. Davis J. Breyer, by email at 
davis.j.breyer@uscg.mil, by phone at (202) 372-1445, by fax at (202) 
372-8283, or in writing at Commandant (CG-OES-1), U.S. Coast Guard Stop 
7509, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20593-7509 
not later than January 9, 2015, 11 days prior to the meeting. Requests 
made after January 9, 2015 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 
Conference Center. The DOT Conference Center is accessible by taxi and 
privately owned conveyance (public transportation is not generally 
available). However, parking in the vicinity of the building is 
extremely

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limited. Additional information regarding this and other IMO SHC public 
meetings may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.

    Dated: December 18, 2014.
Marc Zlomek,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2014-30711 Filed 12-30-14; 8:45 am]
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