[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). [[Page 28543]] 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] BILLING CODE 4710-07-M