[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 160 (Wednesday, August 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 50375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20490]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 9226]
Notice of Public Meeting
The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9 a.m. on
Wednesday, September 2, 2015, in Conference Room 8-9-10 of the
Department of Transportation (DOT) Headquarters Conference Center, West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. The primary
purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the second Session of the
International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on Carriage
of Cargoes and Containers to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United
Kingdom, September 14-18, 2015.
The agenda items to be considered include:
--Adoption of the agenda
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Amendments to the IGF Code and development of guidelines for low-
flashpoint fuels
--Safety requirements for carriage of liquefied hydrogen in bulk
--Amendments to the IMSBC Code and supplements
--Amendments to the IMDG Code and supplements
--Amendments to CSC 1972 and associated circulars
--Revised Guidelines for packing of cargo transport units
--Unified interpretation to provisions of IMO safety, security and
environment related Conventions
--Consideration of reports of incidents involving dangerous goods or
marine pollutants in packaged form on board ships or in port areas
--Mandatory requirements for classification and declaration of solid
bulk cargoes as harmful to the marine environment
--Biennial agenda and provisional agenda for CCC 3
--Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2016
--Any other business
--Report to the Committees
Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating
capacity of the room. Upon request, members of the public may also
participate via teleconference, up to the capacity of the
teleconference phone line. To facilitate the building security process,
and to request reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend, or
participate via the teleconference line, should contact the meeting
coordinator, Ms. Amy Parker, by email at [email protected], by
phone at (202) 372-1423, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr.
Ave. SE., Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509, not later than August
24, 2015, or 7 business days prior to the meeting. Requests made after
August 24, 2015 might not be able to be accommodated. Please note that
due to security considerations, a valid, government issued photo
identification must be presented to gain entrance to the DOT
Headquarters building. DOT Headquarters is accessible by metro via the
Navy Yard Metrorail Station, taxi, and privately owned conveyance.
However, parking in the vicinity of the building is extremely limited.
Additional information regarding this and other IMO-related public
meetings may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.
Dated: August 10, 2015.
Jonathan W. Burby,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-20490 Filed 8-18-15; 8:45 am]
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