[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28542-28543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13840]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice #2821]


Shipping Coordinating Committee Subcommittee on Safety of Life at 
Sea, Working Group on Bulk Liquids and Gases; Notice of Meetings

    The Working Group on Bulk Liquids and Gases (BLG) of the 
Subcommittee on Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will conduct an open 
meeting at 1:00 PM on Monday, June 15, 1998 in Room 6103, U.S. Coast 
Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20593-
0001. The purpose of the meeting is to finalize preparations for the 
Third Session of the Subcommittee on Bulk Liquids and Gases of the 
International Maritime Organization (IMO) which will be held on July 6-
10, 1998, at the IMO Headquarters in London.
    The agenda items of particular interest:
    a. Additional safety measures for tankers.
    b. Tanker pump-room safety.
    c. Revision of the International Convention for the Prevention of 
Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 
73/78) regulations I/22 to 24 in the light of the probabilistic 
methodology for oil outflow analysis.
    d. Review of Annexes I and II of MARPOL 73/78.
    e. Revision of carriage requirements for carbon disulfide in the 
International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying 
Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code).

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    f. Requirements for personal protection involved in transportation 
of cargoes containing toxic substances in oil tankers.
    g. Review of existing ships' safety standards: amendment to SOLAS 
regulations VII/9 and VII/12.
    h. Review of specifications for crude oil washing systems.
    i. Revision of chapter 8 of the IBC Code in the light of the 
revised SOLAS regulation II-2/59.
    j. Evaluation of safety and pollution hazards of chemicals and 
preparation of consequential amendments.
    In addition, a supplemental meeting, to discuss the possible 
revision of the environmental hazard evaluation and categorization 
mechanism of the IBC Code, will be held at 9:30 AM on Monday, June 15, 
1998 in Room 1103, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, 
S.W., Washington, DC 20593-0001. The purpose of this meeting will be to 
discuss the ramifications of going from a five pollution category 
system to a three pollution category system and, specifically, to 
determine how this change might affect the chemical shipping industry.
    Members of the public may attend both meetings up to the seating 
capacity of the rooms. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing: Commander K.S. Cook, U.S. Coast Guard (G-MSO-3), 2100 Second 
Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling (202) 267-1577.

    Dated: May 14, 1998.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 98-13840 Filed 5-22-98; 8:45 am]
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