[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 234 (Monday, December 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76057-76058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30774]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 9370]


Notice of Public Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9:30 a.m. 
on Tuesday January 26, 2016, in Room 5 of the DOT Conference Center, 
1200 New Jersey Ave, SE., Washington, DC 20590. The primary purpose of 
the meeting is to prepare for the third Session of the International 
Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training 
and Watchkeeping (HTW) to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United 
Kingdom, on February 1-5, 2016.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Validated model training courses
--Reports on unlawful practices associated with certificates of 
competency
--Guidance for the implementation of the 2010 Manila Amendments
--Comprehensive review of the 1995 STCW-F Convention
--Role of the human element
--Revision of the Guidelines on Fatigue
--Revised Guidelines on the Implementation of the ISM Code by 
Administrations (resolution A.1071(28)) on training audits
--Review of STCW passenger ship-specific safety training
--Amendments to SOLAS chapter II-1 and associated guidelines on damage 
control drills for passenger ships
--Completion of the detailed review of the Global Maritime Distress and 
Safety System (GMDSS)
--Revision of requirements for escape route signs and equipment 
location markings in SOLAS and related instruments
--Amendments to the IGF Code and development of guidelines for low-
flashpoint fuels
--Review MODU Code, LSA Code and MSC.1/Circ.1206/Rev.1

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Upon request, members of

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the public may also participate via teleconference, up to the capacity 
of the teleconference phone line. The access number for this 
teleconference line will be posted online at http://www.uscg.mil/imo/htw/default.asp at least 5 working days in advance. For physical access 
to the meeting, reasonable accommodation or participation via the 
teleconference line, all attendees should respond to the meeting 
coordinator, Mr. E.J. Terminella, by email at 
[email protected], by phone at (202) 372-1239, by fax at 
(202) 372-8283, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE. 
Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509, not later than January 15, 2016. 
Requests made after January 15, 2016 might not be able to be 
accommodated. Please note that due to security considerations, two 
valid, government issued photo identifications must be presented to 
gain entrance to the DOT Conference Center. The DOT Conference Center 
is accessible by taxi, privately owned conveyance and public 
transportation. However, parking in the vicinity of the building is 
limited. Additional information regarding this and other IMO public 
meetings may be found at: http://www.uscg.mil/imo.

    Dated: November 23, 2015.
Jonathan Burby,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-30774 Filed 12-4-15; 8:45 am]
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