[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 44 (Monday, March 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 11080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5621]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice No. 2997]
Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting
The U.S. Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open
meeting at 10:00 a.m., on Thursday, April 8, 1999, in Room 2415 at U.S.
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.
The purpose of this meeting is twofold: (1) to report on the results of
the Diplomatic Conference on the Arrest of Ships, held March 01-12,
1999 in Geneva; and (2) to prepare for the Seventy Ninth Session of the
International Maritime Organization Legal Committee (LEG 79), to be
held April 19-23, 1999 in London.
This SHC meeting will address the following topics: the Convention
on the Arrest of ships; the draft IMO Code or Guidelines on Shipowners'
Responsibilities in Respect of Maritime Claims; the draft Protocol to
the Athens Convention relating to passenger claims; a draft convention
regarding bunker fuel spills; and a draft convention regarding wreck
removal.
Members of the U.S. Delegation to LEG 79 will be attending a
meeting, in London on April 16, regarding international efforts at
ratification and implementation of the Hazardous and Noxious Substances
Convention, adopted in London in May, 1996. This SHC meeting will be a
further opportunity for interested members of the public to express
their views on whether the United States should ratify the HNS
Convention.
Members of the public are invited to attend the SHC meeting, up to
the seating capacity of the room. For further information, or to submit
views in advance of the meeting, please contact Captain Malcolm J.
Williams, Jr., or Lieutenant William G. Rospars, U.S. Coast Guard,
Office of Maritime and International Law (G-LMI), 2100 Second Street,
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20593-0001; telephone (202) 267-1527; fax (202)
267-4496.
Dated: March 2, 1999.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee 2.
[FR Doc. 99-5621 Filed 3-5-99; 8:45 am]
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