[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 50 (Friday, March 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14567-14568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05690]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8659]


 Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, April 18, 2014, in Room 2E16-06, 
United States Coast Guard Headquarters, 2703 Martine Luther King Jr. 
Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20593-7213. The primary purpose of the meeting 
is to prepare for the one hundred first Session of the International 
Maritime Organization's (IMO) Legal Committee to be held at the IMO 
Headquarters, United Kingdom, April 28-May 2, 2014.
    The agenda items to be considered include:
 Adoption of the agenda and report on delegation credentials
 HNS Protocol, 2010
 Fair treatment of seafarers in the event of a maritime 
accident
 Piracy
 Technical cooperation activities related to maritime 
legislation
 Election of officers
 Liability and compensation issues connected with transboundary 
pollution damage from offshore oil exploration and exploitation
    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity

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of the room. To facilitate the building security process, and to 
request reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend should 
contact the meeting coordinator, Ms. Bronwyn Douglass, by email at 
[email protected], by phone at 202-372-3793, or in writing at 
Commandant (CG-094), ATTN: Office of Maritime & International Law, US 
Coast Guard STOP 7213, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE., 
Washington, DC 20593-7213 not later than April 11, 2014, which is seven 
days prior to the meeting. Requests made after April 11, 2014, will be 
considered but might be difficult to fulfill. Arrivals without pre-
clearance cannot be accommodated. Please note that due to security 
considerations, two valid, government issued photo identifications must 
be presented to gain entrance to the Headquarters building. The 
Headquarters building is accessible by taxi and privately owned 
conveyance (public transportation is not generally available). However, 
parking in the vicinity of the building is extremely limited. 
Additional information regarding security and parking may be found at: 
http://www.uscg.mil/baseNCR/documents/visit_instructions.pdf. 
Additional information regarding this and other IMO SHC public meetings 
may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.

    Dated: March 10, 2014.
Marc Zlomek,
 Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2014-05690 Filed 3-13-14; 8:45 am]
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