97-8515. Shipping Coordinating Committee Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea Working Group on Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue; Notice of Meeting

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[FR Doc No: 97-8515]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice No. 2525]


Shipping Coordinating Committee Subcommittee on Safety of Life at 
Sea Working Group on Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue; Notice 
of Meeting

    The Working Group on Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue of 
the Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea will conduct an open meeting 
at 1:30 PM on Thursday, May 1, 1997. This meeting will be held at the 
Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services Annual Assembly, in 
the Tradewinds Hotel, 5500 Gulf Boulevard, St. Petersburg Beach, FL 
33706. The purpose of this meeting is to prepare for the Third Session 
of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Subcommittee on 
Radiocommunications and Search and Rescue which is tentatively 
scheduled for the week of February 23, 1998, at the IMO headquarters in 
London, England. Among other things, the items of particular interest 
are:

--The implementation of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System 
(GMDSS).
--Maritime Search and Rescue matters.

    Further information, including meeting agendas, minutes, and input 
papers, can be obtained from the Coast Guard Navigation Information 
Center Internet World Wide Web by entering: ``http://
www.navcen.uscg.mil/marcomms/imo/imo.htm''
    Members of the public may attend these meetings up to the seating 
capacity of the conference room. Interested persons may seek 
information by writing: Mr. Ronald J. Grandmaison, U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, Commandant (G-SCT-2), Room 6509, 2100 Second Street, 
S.W., Washington, DC 20593-0001, by calling: [phone], or by 
sending Internet electronic mail to [e-mail].

    Dated: March 17, 1997.
Russell A. La Mantia,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 97-8515 Filed 4-2-97; 8:45 am]
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