67 FR 60 pgs. 14997-14998 - Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting
Type: NOTICEVolume: 67Number: 60Pages: 14997 - 14998
Docket number: [Public Notice 3915]
FR document: [FR Doc. 02-7471 Filed 3-27-02; 8:45 am]
Agency: State Department
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 3915]
Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting
The U.S. Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 16, 2002, in Room 2415 at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100Second Street, SW., Washington, DC. The purpose of this meeting is to prepare for the Eighty-Fourth Session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Legal Committee (LEG 84), scheduled for April 22 through 26, 2002.
The Legal Committee will review the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988, and its Protocol of 1988 relating to FixedPlatforms Located on the Continental Shelf (SUA Convention and Protocol) to determine if the instruments need to be updated in light of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States of America. The Committee will also examine the draft Wreck RemovalConvention with the objective of having the draft ready for a Diplomatic Conference in the 2004-5 biennium. In addition, the Legal Committee will consider a proposal to increase the limits of compensation under the 1992 protocols to the 1969 International Convention on CivilLiability for Oil Pollution Damage and the 1971 International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage. If results are submitted, the Legal Committee will study the survey conducted by the Comite Maritime International on the potential legal issues surrounding the topic of places of refuge. The Legal Committee will then turn its attention to the status of the implementation of the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection With the Carriage of Hazardous andNoxious Substances by Sea. Time also will be allotted to address any other issues on the LegalCommittee's work program.
Members of the public are invited to attend the SHC meeting up to the seating capacity of the room. Due to building security, it is recommended that those who plan on attending call or send an e-mail two days ahead of the meeting so that we may place your name on a list for security personnel to reference. For further information please contact Captain Joseph F. Ahern or Lieutenant Carolyn Leonard-Cho, at U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Maritime and InternationalLaw (G-LMI), 2100 Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001; e-mail cleonardcho@comdt.uscg.mil, telephone (202) 267-1527; fax (202) 267-4496.
Dated: March 14, 2002.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 02-7471 Filed 3-27-02; 8:45 am]
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