[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 1 (Thursday, January 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33313]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice No. 2493]
Shipping Coordinating Committee Subcommittee on Safety of Life at
Sea Working Group on Fire Protection; Meeting
The U.S. Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Working Group on Fire
Protection will conduct an open meeting on January 22, 1997, at 9:30
a.m., in Room 4315 at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 2nd Street,
SW, Washington, DC 20593. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss
the outcome of the Forty-first Session of the International Maritime
Organization's Subcommittee on Fire Protection, held on September 30,
1996. In addition, preparations for the next session will also be
discussed at the meeting.
The meeting will focus on proposed amendments to the 1974 SOLAS
Convention for the fire safety of commercial vessels. Specific
discussion areas include: the new mandatory Fire Test Procedures Code,
proposed restructuring of Chapter II-2, halon fire extinguishing
systems, emergency escape breathing devices, fire retardant materials
for fishing vessel lifeboats, criteria for maximum fire loads, fire
safety measures for deep fat cooking equipment, interpretations to
SOLAS 74, role of the human element in maritime casualties, safety of
passenger submersible craft, recognition of test laboratories, fixed
fire detection and alarm systems for new and existing cargo ships, and
shipboard safety emergency plans.
Although the meeting will focus primarily on the outcome of the
previous session, preparations and plans for the next will also be
discussed. This offers the opportunity for members of the public to be
involved early in the standards development process. Members of the
public wishing to make a statement on new issues or proposals at the
meeting are requested to submit a brief summary to the U.S. Coast Guard
five days prior to the meeting.
Interested members of the public are encouraged to attend. For
further information regarding the meeting of the SOLAS Working Group on
Fire Protection contact Mr. Jack Booth at (202) 267-2997.
Dated: December 18, 1996.
Russell A. La Mantia,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 96-33313 Filed 12-31-96; 8:45 am]
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