[Federal Register: May 5, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 86)]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 3034]

 
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 Monday, May 17, 1999, 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 results of the Seventy 
Ninth Session of the International Maritime Organization Legal 
Committee (LEG 79), held April 19-23, 1999 in London.
    This SHC meeting will address the following topics: the draft IMO 
Guidelines on Shipowners' Responsibilities in Respect of Maritime 
Claims; the draft Protocol to the Athens Convention relating to 
passenger claims; a draft convention regarding bunker fuel spills; and 
a draft convention regarding wreck removal.
    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 in advance of the meeting, please contact Captain Malcolm J. 
Williams, Jr., or Lieutenant William G. Rospars, U.S. Coast Guard, 
Office of Maritime and International Law (G-LMI), 2100 Second Street, 
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20593-0001; telephone (202) 267-1527; fax (202) 
267-4496.

    Dated: April 29, 1999.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 99-11282 Filed 5-4-99; 8:45 am]
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