Notice2025-00594
Notice of Public Meeting to Prepare for International Maritime Organization Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping 11 Session
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January 14, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 3271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00594]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12634]
Notice of Public Meeting to Prepare for International Maritime
Organization Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping 11 Session
The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 10:00 a.m.
on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, by way of teleconference and in-person at
the Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building at St.
Elizabeth's, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20593. The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the
eleventh session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO)
Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping (HTW) to be
held in London, United Kingdom, from Monday, February 10, 2025, to
Friday, February 14, 2025.
The agenda items to be considered include:
--Adoption of the agenda
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Validated model training courses
--Role of the human element
--Reports on unlawful practices associated with certificates of
competency
--Comprehensive review of the 1978 STCW Convention and Code
--Development of a safety regulatory framework to support the reduction
of GHG emissions from ships using new technologies and alternative
fuels
--Biennial status report and provisional agenda for HTW 12
--Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2026
--Any other business
--Report to the Maritime Safety Committee
Please note: The sub-committee may, on short notice, adjust the HTW
11 agenda to accommodate any constraints associated with the meeting.
Although no changes to the agenda are anticipated, if any are
necessary, they will be provided to those who RSVP. Members of the
public may participate up to the capacity of the teleconference line,
which will handle 500 participants, or up to the seating capacity of
the room if attending in-person.
Those who plan to attend should contact the meeting coordinator,
Mrs. Megan Johns Henry at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#82efe7e5e3ecace1ace8edeaecf1c2f7f1e1e5acefebee"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="670a020006094904490d080f09142712140400490a0e0b">[email protected]</span></a>, by phone at (202)
372-1255, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop
7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509 not later than January 30, 2025.
Requests made after January 30, 2025, may not be able to be
accommodated. The meeting coordinator will provide the teleconference
information, facilitate the building security process, and address
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
advanced 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)
Leslie W. Hunt,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2025-00594 Filed 1-13-25; 8:45 am]
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