66 FR 225 pg. 58546 - Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting
Type: NOTICEVolume: 66Number: 225Page: 58546
Docket number: [Notice Number 3845]
FR document: [FR Doc. 01-29157 Filed 11-20-01; 8:45 am]
Agency: State Department
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Notice Number 3845]
Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting
The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 11, 2001, in room 1303 at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20593-0001.
The purpose of the meeting is to review the agenda items to be considered at the twenty-ninth session of the Facilitation Committee (FAL 29) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which is scheduled for January 7 to 11, 2002, at the IMO headquarters in London. Proposed U.S. positions on the agenda items for FAL 29 will be discussed.
The major items for discussion for FAL 29 will include the following:
-Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic
-Consideration and adoption of proposed amendments to the Annex to the Convention
-EDI messages for the clearance of ships
-Application of the Committee's Guidelines
-General review of the Convention including harmonization with other international instruments
-Formalities connected with the arrival, stay and departure of ships
-Formalities connected with the arrival, stay and departure of persons-Stowaways
-Facilitation aspects of other IMO forms and certificates
-Technical co-operation sub-programme for facilitation
-Ship-port interface
Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by writing: Chief, Office of Standards Evaluation and Development, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Commandant (G-MSR), room 1400, 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC, 20593-0001 or by calling Mr. David A. Du Pont at: (202) 267-0971.
Dated: November 9, 2001.
Stephen Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 01-29157 Filed 11-20-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710-07-P