Notice2025-16146

Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International Maritime Organization CCC 11

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August 22, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 161 (Friday, August 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 41155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16146]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12805]


Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International 
Maritime Organization CCC 11

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 10:00 a.m. 
on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, both in-person at Coast Guard Headquarters 
in Washington, DC, and via teleconference through Microsoft Teams. The 
primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the eleventh session 
of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on 
Carriage of Cargoes and Containers (CCC 11) to be held at IMO 
Headquarters in London, United Kingdom from Monday, September 08, 2025, 
to Friday, September 12, 2025.
    Members of the public may participate up to the capacity of the 
teleconference line, which can handle 500 participants or up to the 
seating capacity of the room if attending in-person. The meeting 
location will be the United States Coast Guard Headquarters, and the 
teleconference line will be provided to those who RSVP. To RSVP, 
participants should contact the meeting coordinator, LT Eva McNell, by 
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f9bc8f98d7b4d7b49ab79c9595b98c8a9a9ed7949095"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f7a495e117211725c715a53537f4a4c5c5811525653">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. LT McNell will provide access 
information for in-person and virtual attendance.
    The agenda items to be considered at CCC 11 include:

--Adoption of the agenda;
--Decisions of other IMO bodies;
--Amendments to the IGF Code and development of guidelines for 
alternative fuels and related technologies (2.3);
--Development of guidelines for the use of ammonia cargo as fuel and 
provisions for the use of alternative fuels other than cargo on gas 
carriers (1.17);
--Amendments to the IMSBC Code and supplements (7.13);
--Amendments to the IMDG Code and supplements (7.10);
--Revision of the Revised guidelines for the preparation of the Cargo 
Securing Manual (MSC.1/Circ.1353/Rev.2) to include a harmonized 
performance standard for lashing software to permit lashing software as 
a supplement to the Cargo Securing Manual (7.40);
--Consideration of reports of incidents involving dangerous goods or 
marine pollutants in packaged form on board ships or in port areas 
(7.28);
--Unified interpretation of provisions of IMO safety, security, 
environment, facilitation, liability and compensation-related 
conventions (7.1);
--Development of measures to prevent the loss of containers at sea 
(7.20);
--Revision of the Interim recommendations for carriage of liquefied 
hydrogen in bulk (2.25);
--Development of a safety regulatory framework to support the reduction 
of GHG emissions from ships using new technologies and alternative 
fuels (3.8)
--Biennial status report and provisional agenda for CCC 12;
--Election of the Chair and Vice-Chair for 2026;
--Any other business;
--Report to the Committees.

    Please note: The IMO may, on short notice, adjust the CCC 11 agenda 
to accommodate the constraints associated with the virtual 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 participate may contact the meeting coordinator, 
LT Eva McNell, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a3e6d5c28dee8deec0edc6cfcfe3d6d0c0c48dcecacf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a6f5c4b0467046749644f46466a5f59494d04474346">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, by phone at 571-610-
3684, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Hazardous 
Materials Division (CG-ENG-5), ATTN: LT Eva McNell, 2703 Martin Luther 
King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509, by August 12, 
2025. Members of the public needing reasonable accommodation should 
advise LT Eva McNell no later than August 12, 2025. 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)

Emily C. Miletello,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2025-16146 Filed 8-21-25; 8:45 am]
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