7732 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 13 / Wednesday, January 22, 2025 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12637] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Being Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: ‘‘The 

Book of Esther in the Age of 

Rembrandt’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that certain objects being 

imported from abroad pursuant to 

agreements with their foreign owners or 

custodians for temporary display in the 

exhibition ‘‘The Book of Esther in the 

Age of Rembrandt’’ at The Jewish 

Museum, New York, New York; the 

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 

North Carolina; the Isabella Stewart 

Gardner Museum, Boston, 

Massachusetts; and at possible 

additional exhibitions or venues yet to 

be determined, are of cultural 

significance, and, further, that their 

temporary exhibition or display within 

the United States as aforementioned is 

in the national interest. I have ordered 

that Public Notice of these 

determinations be published in the 

Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator, 

Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. 

Department of State (telephone: 202– 

632–6471; email: section2459@

state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C Street 

NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington, 

DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 

12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign 

Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 

1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 

6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of 

Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, 

Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of 

August 28, 2000, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 523 of December 22, 

2021. 

Nicole L. Elkon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01449 Filed 1–21–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12642] 

International Maritime Organization 

Eleventh Session of the SubCommittee on Ship Systems and 

Equipment (SSE) Meeting 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

The Department of State will conduct 

a public meeting at 1 p.m. on Thursday, 

February 13, 2025, both in-person at 

Coast Guard Headquarters in 

Washington, DC, and via teleconference. 

The primary purpose of the meeting is 

to prepare for the 11th session of the 

International Maritime Organization’s 

(IMO) Sub-committee on Ship Systems 

and Equipment (SSE) to be held at IMO 

Headquarters in London, United 

Kingdom from Monday, February 24 to 

Friday, February 28, 2025. 

Members of the public may 

participate up to the capacity of the 

teleconference via Microsoft Teams, 

which can handle 500 participants or up 

to the seating capacity of the room if 

attending in person. The meeting 

location will be the United States Coast 

Guard Headquarters, and the 

teleconference line will be provided to 

those who RSVP. To RSVP, participants 

should contact the meeting coordinator, 

LT Jeff Bors, by email at jeffrey.s.bors@

uscg.mil, via phone at (571) 610–2849. 

LT Bors will provide access information 

for in-person and virtual attendance. 

The agenda items to be considered at 

SSE 11 include: 

—Adoption of the agenda 

—Decisions of other IMO bodies 

—New requirements for ventilation of 

survival craft (7.36) 

—Development of design and prototype 

test requirements for the arrangements 

used in the operational testing of freefall lifeboat release systems without 

launching the lifeboat (7.33) 

—Revision of SOLAS chapter III and the 

LSA Code (2.16) 

—Amendments to SOLAS chapter III 

and chapter IV of the LSA Code to 

require the carriage of self-righting or 

canopied reversible life rafts for new 

ships (7.30) 

—Review and update of the Code of 

practice for atmospheric oil mist 

detectors (MSC.1/Circ.1086) 

—Revision of the 2010 FTP Code to 

allow for new fire protection systems 

and materials (7.34) 

—Review and update SOLAS regulation 

II–2/9 on containment of fire to 

incorporate existing guidance and 

clarify requirements 

—Unified interpretation of provisions of 

IMO safety, security, environment, 

facilitation, liability and 

compensation-related conventions 

(7.1) 

—Validated model training courses (6.2) 

—Development of amendments to 

SOLAS chapter II–2 and the FSS Code 

concerning detection and control of 

fires in cargo holds and on the cargo 

deck of containerships (7.15) 

—Development of provisions to 

consider prohibiting the use of firefighting foams containing fluorinated 

substances, in addition to PFOS, for 

fire-fighting on board ships (7.41) 

—Comprehensive review of the 

Requirements for maintenance, 

thorough examination, operational 

testing, overhaul and repair of 

lifeboats and rescue boats, launching 

appliances and release gear 

(resolution MSC.402(96)) to address 

challenges with their implementation 

(7.29) 

—Amendments to the LSA Code for 

thermal performance of immersion 

suits (OW 14) 

—Evaluation of adequacy of fire 

protection, detection and extinction 

arrangements in vehicle, special 

category and ro-ro spaces in order to 

reduce the fire risk of ships carrying 

new energy vehicles (7.37) 

—Biennial status report and provisional 

agenda for SSE 12 

—Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 

2026 

—Any other business 

—Report to the Maritime Safety 

Committee 

Please note: The IMO may, on short 

notice, adjust the SSE 11 agenda to 

accommodate the constraints associated 

with the meeting format. Any changes to 

the agenda will be reported to those 

who RSVP. 

Those who plan to participate should 

contact the meeting coordinator, LT Jeff 

Bors, by email at jeffrey.s.bors@uscg.mil, 

via phone at (571) 610–2849, or in 

writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. 

Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 

20593–7509, by February 3rd, 2024. 

Please note that, due to security 

considerations, two valid, government 

issued photo identifications must be 

presented to gain entrance to the 

Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard 

Headquarters Building at St. Elizabeth’s. 

This building is accessible by taxi, 

public transportation, and privately 

owned conveyance (upon request). 

Additionally, members of the public 

needing reasonable accommodation 

should advise the meeting coordinator 

not later than February 3, 2024. 

Requests made after that date will be 

considered but might not be possible to 

fulfill. 


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