Notice2022-20639
Notice of Shipping Coordinating Committee Meeting in Preparation for International Maritime Organization MSC 106 Meeting
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September 23, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 184 (Friday, September 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 58176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20639]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 11865]
Notice of Shipping Coordinating Committee Meeting in Preparation
for International Maritime Organization MSC 106 Meeting
The Department of State will conduct a public meeting of the
Shipping Coordinating Committee at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 26,
2022, by way of both in-person at Coast Guard Headquarters in
Washington, DC and teleconference. The primary purpose of the meeting
is to prepare for the one-hundred sixth session of the International
Maritime Organization's (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 106) to be
held at IMO Headquarters in London, United Kingdom from Wednesday,
November 2, 2022 to Friday November 11, 2022.
Members of the public may participate in-person or up to the
capacity of the teleconference phone line, which can handle 500
participants. To RSVP, participants should contact the meeting
coordinator, LCDR Jessica Anderson, by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fd97988e8e949e9cd38dd39c9399988f8e9293bd888e9e9ad3909491"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="48222d3b3b212b2966386629262c2d3a3b2726083d3b2b2f66252124">[email protected]</span></a>. The meeting location will be the United
States Coast Guard Headquarters, Ray Evans Conference Room, ANTE-LL6
and the teleconference line will be provided to those who RSVP.
The agenda items to be considered by the advisory committee at this
meeting mirror those to be considered at MSC 106, and include:
--Opening of the session
--Adoption of the agenda; report on credentials
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments
--Goal-based new ship construction standards
--Development of a goal-based instrument for Maritime Autonomous
Surface Ships (MASS)
--Measures to enhance maritime security
--Piracy and armed robbery against ships
--Unsafe mixed migration by sea
--Formal safety assessment
--Human element, training and watchkeeping (Urgent matters emanating
from the eighth session of the Sub-Committee)
--Ship systems and equipment (Report of the eighth session of the Sub-
Committee)
--Pollution prevention and response (matters emanating from the ninth
session of the Sub-Committee)
--Navigation, communications and search and rescue (report of the ninth
session of the Sub-Committee)
--Implementation of IMO instruments (Report of the eighth session of
the Sub-Committee)
--Application of the Committee's method of work
--Work programme
--Election of the Chair and Vice-Chair for 2023
--Any other business
--Consideration of the report of the Committee on its 106th session
Please note: The IMO may, on short notice, adjust the MSC 106
agenda to accommodate the constraints associated with the virtual
meeting format. Any changes to the agenda will be reported to those who
RSVP.
Those who plan to participate may contact the meeting coordinator,
LCDR Jessica Anderson, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="49032c3a3a202a2867196708272d2c3b3a2627093c3a2a2e67242025">[email protected]</a>, or in
writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington,
DC 20593-7509. Members of the public needing reasonable accommodation
should advise LCDR Jessica Anderson not later than October 19, 2022.
Requests made after that date will be considered, but might not be
possible to fulfill.
Additional information regarding this and other IMO public meetings
may be found at: <a href="https://www.dco.uscg.mil/IMO">https://www.dco.uscg.mil/IMO</a>.
(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2656 and 5 U.S.C. 552)
Gregory J. O'Brien,
Senior Oceans Policy Advisor, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2022-20639 Filed 9-22-22; 8:45 am]
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