Notice2022-28354
Notice of Public Meeting To Prepare for International Maritime Organization HTW 9 Meeting
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Published
December 29, 2022
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State Department
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 249 (Thursday, December 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 80246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28354]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 11955]
Notice of Public Meeting To Prepare for International Maritime
Organization HTW 9 Meeting
The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 10 a.m. on
Wednesday, February 1, 2023, both in-person at Coast Guard Headquarters
in Washington, DC, and via teleconference. The primary purpose of the
meeting is to prepare for the ninth session of the International
Maritime Organization's Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and
Watchkeeping (HTW) to be held in London, United Kingdom, from Monday,
February 6, 2023, to Friday, February 10, 2023.
Members of the public may participate up to the capacity of the
teleconference phone line, which can handle 500 participants, or up to
the seating capacity of the room if attending in-person. To RSVP,
participants should contact the meeting coordinator, Mr. Charles J.
Bright by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f1c373e2d333a2c7115711d2d3638372b1f2a2c3c3871323633"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eba8838a99878e98c5a1c5a999828c839fab9e98888cc5868287">[email protected]</span></a>. The meeting location will
be the United States Coast Guard Headquarters, Ray Evans Conference
Room, Room A, and the teleconference line will be provided to those who
RSVP.
The agenda items to be considered at this meeting mirror those to
be considered at HTW 9, and include:
<bullet> Adoption of the agenda
<bullet> Decisions of other IMO bodies
<bullet> Validated model training courses
<bullet> Role of the human element
<bullet> Reports on unlawful practices associated with certificates of
competency
<bullet> Implementation of the Standards of Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping (STCW) Convention
<bullet> Comprehensive review of the 1978 STCW Convention and Code
<bullet> Comprehensive review of the 1995 STCW-Fish Convention
<bullet> Development of measures to ensure quality of onboard training
as part of the mandatory seagoing service required by the STCW
Convention
<bullet> Development of measures to facilitate mandatory seagoing
service required under the STCW Convention
<bullet> Development of training provisions for seafarers related to
the BWM Convention
<bullet> Biennial status report and provisional agenda for HTW 10
<bullet> Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2024
<bullet> Any other business
<bullet> Report to the Maritime Safety Committee
Please note: The Sub-committee may, on short notice, adjust the HTW
9 agenda to accommodate the constraints associated with the meeting
format. Although no changes to the agenda are anticipated, if any are
necessary, they will be provided to those who RSVP.
Those who plan to attend should contact the meeting coordinator,
Mr. Charles J. Bright, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#37745f56455b5244197d1975455e505f437742445450195a5e5b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d4e656c7f61687e2347234f7f646a65794d787e6e6a23606461">[email protected]</span></a>, by phone
at (202) 372-1046, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.
SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509 by January 18, 2023. Members
of the public needing reasonable accommodation should also advise Mr.
Charles Bright by January 18, 2023. Requests made after that date will
be considered but might not be possible to fulfill. The meeting
coordinator will provide the teleconference information, facilitate the
building security process, and process requests for reasonable
accommodation. Please note, that due to security considerations, two
valid, government issued photo identifications must be presented to
gain entrance to the Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building
at St. Elizabeth's. This building is accessible by taxi, public
transportation, and privately owned conveyance (upon request).
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)
Emily A. Rose,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2022-28354 Filed 12-28-22; 8:45 am]
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