Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 91 / Wednesday, May 13, 2009 / Notices 22625 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

• Fax: 202–395–6974 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may obtain copies of the proposed 

information collection and supporting 

documents from Andrea B. Lage, Visa 

Services, U.S. Department of State, 2401 

E Street, NW., L–603, Washington, DC, 

20522, who may be reached at (202) 

663–1399. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary to 

properly perform our functions. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond. 

Abstract of Proposed Collection 

The DS–261 allows the beneficiary of 

an approved and current immigrant visa 

petition to provide the Department with 

his or her current address, which will be 

used for communications with the 

beneficiary. The DS–261 also allows the 

beneficiary to appoint an agent to 

receive mailings from the National Visa 

Center (NVC) and assist in the filing of 

various application forms and/or paying 

the required fees. The beneficiary is not 

required to appoint an agent but must 

provide current contact information. All 

cases will be held at NVC until the DS– 

261 is electronically submitted to the 

Department. If the form is not 

electronically submitted to the 

Department within one year, NVC will 

begin the case termination process. 

Methodology 

The DS–261 will be submitted 

electronically to the Department via the 

internet. Respondents who submit the 

electronic form will no longer submit 

paper-based forms to the Department. 

Dated: April 29, 2009. 

David T. Donahue, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 

Consular Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–11182 Filed 5–12–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6600] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee 

Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 

meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 19, 

2009 in Room 4420 of the United States 

Coast Guard Headquarters Building, 

2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20593. The purpose of this meeting 

will be to finalize preparations for the 

59th Session of the Technical CoOperation Committee (TC 59) of the 

International Maritime Organization 

(IMO) and the 102nd Session of the 

IMO’s Council (C 102). 

The 59th Session of the Technical CoOperation (TC) Committee is scheduled 

to be held 23–25 June 2009 at IMO’s 

London headquarters. Agenda items for 

TC 59 include: 

Integrated Technical Co-operation 

Programme: Interim report on 2008– 

2009; 

Linkage between the Integrated 

Technical Co-operation Programme 

and the Millennium Development 

Goals; 

Integrated Technical Co-operation 

Programme for 2010–2011; 

Technical Co-operation Fund: Integrated 

Technical Co-operation Programme 

allocation for 2010–2011; 

Financing the Integrated Technical Cooperation Programme; 

Impact Assessment Exercise 2004–2007: 

Follow-up; 

Partnerships for progress; 

Voluntary IMO Member State Audit 

Scheme; 

Programme on the integration of women 

in the maritime sector; 

Institutional development and 

fellowships; 

Report on the planned outputs of the 

Committee for 2008–2009; 

Work of other bodies and organizations; 

and 

Election of the Chairman and ViceChairman for 2010. 

The 102nd Session of the Council is 

scheduled to be held 29 June–3 July, 

2009 at IMO’s London headquarters. 

Agenda items for C 102 include: 

Strategy and planning (monitoring of 

performance and risk management); 

Organizational reforms; 

Resource management; 

Voluntary IMO Member State Audit 

Scheme; 

Technical Co-operation Fund (biennial 

allocation to support the ITCP 

Programme for 2010–2011); 

Results-based budget for the twentysixth financial period 2010–2011; 

Consideration of the reports of the 

Maritime Safety Committee; 

Consideration of the report of the 

Facilitation Committee; 

Consideration of the report of the Legal 

Committee; 

Consideration of the report of the 

Technical Co-operation Committee; 

Report on the 2009 International 

Conference on the Safe and 

Environmentally Sound Recycling of 

Ships; 

Protection of vital shipping lanes; 

World Maritime University (Report of 

the Governing Board and Budget); 

IMO International Maritime Law 

Institute (Report of Governing Board 

and Budget); 

Assembly matters; 

External relations; 

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; and 

Date and place of the next session of the 

Council. 

Members of the public may attend the 

June 19th meeting of the SHC up to the 

seating capacity of the room. Please note 

that due to security considerations, two 

valid, government-issued photo 

identification documents must be 

presented to gain entrance to the 

building. The Coast Guard Headquarters 

building is accessible by taxi and 

privately owned conveyance. Please 

note that parking in the vicinity of the 

building is extremely limited and that 

public transportation is not generally 

available. 

To facilitate attendance to this 

meeting of the SHC, those who plan to 

attend should contact the meeting 

coordinator, LCDR Jason Smith—not 

later than 4 p.m. on Monday, June 15, 

2009—by e-mail at 

jason.e.smith2@uscg.mil; by phone at 

(202) 372–1376; or by writing to 

Commandant (CG–5212), U.S. Coast 

Guard Headquarters, 2100 2nd Street, 

SW., Room 1308, Washington, DC 

20593–0001. Additional information 

regarding this and other SHC public 

meetings and associated IMO meetings 

may be found at: http://www.uscg.mil/ 

hq/cg5/imo. 

Dated: May 6, 2009. 

Mark Skolnicki, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–11176 Filed 5–12–09; 8:45 am] 

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