[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-9508]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 1987]
Shipping Coordinating Committee; International Maritime
Organization (IMO) Legal Committee; Meeting
In U.S. Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open
meeting at 10 a.m., on Thursday, May 19, 1994, in room 2415 of U.S.
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC. The
purpose of this meeting is to report on the 70th Session of the
International Maritime Organization (IMO) Legal Committee head March
21-25, 1994, and to begin preparations for the 71st Session to be held
October 10-14, 1994.
To facilitate the attendance of those participants who may be
interested in only certain aspects of the public meeting, the first
subject addressed will be the draft International Convention on
Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage
of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (HNS Convention). The second
major subject, which will be considered at approximately 11:30 a.m.,
will be possible revisions to the 1976 Convention on Limitation of
Liability for Maritime Claims '76 LLMC).
The draft HNS Convention would impose strict liability upon the
shipowner with an additional international fund modeled after the
International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund. The convention would
provide compensation for environmental damage as well as personal
injury and property damage from a broad range of substances. At the
70th Session, the Legal Committee finalized decisions on several issues
regarding the draft convention and agreed in principle on several
others. Other important questions remain to be resolved. The views of
the public are requested.
The Legal Committee resumed deliberations on the '76 LLMC at the
70th Session. Several decisions were made, and discussion centered on a
draft protocol which provides for raising the limits of liability and a
streamlined tacit amendment procedure. Work will continue at the 71st
session in October. Although the United States has not ratified the '76
LLMC, interests within the United States--such as owners of foreign
flag vessels and passengers on foreign flag vessels--may be affected by
changes to the Convention. The views of the public are requested.
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 concerning the subjects of discussion, contact either Captain
David J. Kantor or Lieutenant Lee A. Handford, U.S. Coast Guard (G-
LMI), 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593, telephone (202)
267-1527, telefax (202) 267-4496.
Dated: April 6, 1994.
Geoffrey Ogden,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 94-9508 Filed 4-19-94; 8:45 am]
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