[Federal Register: May 1, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 84)]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice #2797]

 
Shipping Coordinating Committee International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) Legal Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The U.S. Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 10:00 a.m., on Thursday, May 14, 1998, in room 2415 at U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
The purpose of this meeting is to report on the 77th session of the IMO 
Legal Committee, which will be held April 20-24, in London, regarding 
the provision of financial security for seagoing vessels, compensation 
for pollution from ships' bunkers, a draft convention on wreck removal, 
and other matters. This meeting will also be a further opportunity for 
interested members of the public to express their views on whether the 
United States should ratify the Hazardous and Noxious Substances 
Convention, adopted in London in May, 1996.
    Members of the public are invited to attend the SHC meeting, up to 
the seating capacity of the room. For further information, or to submit 
views concerning the subjects of discussion, write to either Captain 
Malcolm J. Williams, Jr., of Lieutenant Commander Bruce P. Dalcher, 
U.S. Coast Guard (G-LMI), 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20593, or by telephone (202) 267-1527, telefax (202) 267-4496.

    Dated: April 13, 1998.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 98-11600 Filed 4-30-98; 8:45 am]
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