Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International Maritime Organization Tenth Session of the Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment (SSE) Meeting, 12938-12939 [2024-03387]

Download as PDF 12938 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 20, 2024 / Notices Understanding and waiver of certain regulatory requirements. In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Visitor Program regulations, the Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State, has waived certain regulatory provisions to establish an exchange of German principals to secondary schools overseen and financed by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany within the United States. DATES: This action was effective on November 15, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Pasini, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Private Sector Exchange at 2200 C Street NW, SA–5, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20522 or via email at JExchanges@state.gov or by telephone at (202) 826–4364. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The arrangement between the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany, establishing an exchange of German principals, fosters long-term international cooperation with U.S. communities across the United States. German exchange principals, through their leadership, promote an intercultural environment and strong bonds that last through their students’ years at school, university, and beyond. The principals are instrumental in creating a global network of wellconnected German and American alumni. This exchange has been established in accordance with the existing Exchange Visitor Program regulations (22 CFR part 62), including the regulations applying to the Specialist category (22 CFR 62.26). These exchange visitors are experts in a field with specialized knowledge or skills. Program participants are required to be German citizens, hold a valid German passport, and have teaching certification for the secondary level or an advanced degree equivalent to a Master’s degree in school administration or a similar field. Program participants are selected by the Federal German Foreign Office and its subordinate authority, the Central Agency for Schools Abroad. Participants are placed as principals in German schools in the United States that are recognized and overseen by the Federal Foreign Office. Consistent with the arrangement, the Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs waives certain provisions set forth in 22 CFR 62.26. Regulations at 22 CFR 62.26(i) provide that specialists shall be authorized to participate in the Exchange Visitor ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:54 Feb 16, 2024 Jkt 262001 Program for the length of time necessary to complete the program, which shall not exceed one year. Regulations at 22 CFR 62.26(d)(3) establish that a foreign national is eligible to participate in an exchange visitor program as a specialist if that individual does not fill a permanent or long-term position of employment while in the United States. Through the arrangement with the Federal Republic of Germany, the United States supports the purposes of the Fulbright-Hayes Act by facilitating administrative support for German schools in the United States and recognizing that international schools are an important way to allow the possibility of young people to be educated in a unique multicultural environment. The arrangement allows German principals to promote intercultural exchange throughout their program, which is permitted to be three years, subject to the terms of the principal’s visa. Subject to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), participants may be eligible for one-time repeat participation in the program upon the exchange visitor’s valid application and after meeting any other applicable requirements. Although the principal position filled by the participant may remain a long-term one for the school, varying individual principals, including program participants, may serve in that role. Accordingly, the Department waives subsections (d)(3) and (i) of 22 CFR 62.26 with respect to this program. Lee A. Satterfield, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. [FR Doc. 2024–03346 Filed 2–16–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–05–P DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice: 12333] Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International Maritime Organization Tenth Session of the Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment (SSE) Meeting The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, via teleconference. The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the 10th session of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Sub-committee on Ship Systems and Equipment (SSE 10) to be held at IMO Headquarters in London, United Kingdom from Monday, March 4 to Friday, March 8, 2024. Members of the public may participate up to the capacity of the PO 00000 Frm 00127 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 teleconference phone line, which can handle 500 participants, and the teleconference line will be provided to those who RSVP. To RSVP, participants should contact the meeting coordinator, LT Jeffrey Bors by email at Jeffrey.S.Bors@uscg.mil.LT Bors will provide access information for virtual attendance. The agenda items to be considered at SSE 10 include: —Adoption of the agenda —Decisions of other IMO bodies —New requirements for ventilation of survival craft —Development of design and prototype test requirements for the arrangements used in the operational testing of freefall lifeboat release systems without launching the lifeboat —Revision of SOLAS chapter III and the LSA Code —Amendments to SOLAS chapter III and chapter IV of the LSA Code to require the carriage of self-righting or canopied reversible liferafts for new ships —Development of amendments to paragraph 8.3.5 and annex 1 of the 1994 and 2000 HSC Codes —Revision of the 2010 FTP Code to allow for new fire protection systems and materials —Revision of the provisions for helicopter facilities in SOLAS and the MODU Code —Development of amendments to SOLAS chapter II–2 and the FSS Code concerning detection and control of fires in cargo holds and on the cargo deck of containerships —Validated model training courses —Unified interpretation of provisions of IMO safety, security and environment-related conventions —Development of provisions to consider prohibiting the use of firefighting foams containing fluorinated substances, in addition to PFOS, for fire-fighting on board ships —Comprehensive review of the Requirements for maintenance, thorough examination, operational testing, overhaul and repair of lifeboats and rescue boats, launching appliances and release gear (resolution MSC.402(96)) to address challenges with their implementation —Amendments to the LSA Code for thermal performance of immersion suits —Evaluation of adequacy of fire protection, detection and extinction arrangements in vehicle, special category and ro-ro spaces in order to reduce the fire risk of ships carrying new energy vehicles —Biennial status report and provisional agenda for SSE 11 E:\FR\FM\20FEN1.SGM 20FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 20, 2024 / Notices —Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2025 —Any other business —Report to the Maritime Safety Committee Please note: The IMO may, on short notice, adjust the SSE 10 agenda to accommodate the constraints associated with the meeting format. Any changes to the agenda will be reported to those who RSVP. Those who plan to participate should contact the meeting coordinator, LT Jeffrey Bors, by email at jeffrey.s.bors@ uscg.mil by February 23, 2024. Additional information regarding this and other IMO public meetings may be found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/ IMO. (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. 2024–03387 Filed 2–16–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–09–P SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD [Docket No. EP 558 (Sub-No. 27)] Railroad Cost of Capital—2023 Surface Transportation Board. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: The Board is instituting a proceeding to determine the railroad industry’s cost of capital for 2023. The decision solicits comments on the following issues: the railroads’ 2023 current cost of debt capital, the railroads’ 2023 current cost of preferred equity capital (if any), the railroads’ 2023 cost of common equity capital, and the 2023 capital structure mix of the railroad industry on a market value basis. SUMMARY: Notices of intent to participate are due by April 2, 2024. Statements of the railroads are due by April 23, 2024. Statements of other interested persons are due by May 14, 2024. Rebuttal statements by the railroads are due by June 4, 2024. ADDRESSES: Comments may be filed with the Board via e-filing on the Board’s website. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pedro Ramirez at (202) 245–0333. If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, please call (202) 245–0245. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The decision in this proceeding is posted at www.stb.gov. Authority: 49 U.S.C. 10704(a). ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 DATES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:54 Feb 16, 2024 Jkt 262001 Decided: February 13, 2024. By the Board, Board Members Fuchs, Hedlund, Oberman, Primus, and Schultz. Stefan Rice, Clearance Clerk. 12939 3630; email: Sabrina.David@dot.gov. The FHWA’s normal business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (eastern time) Monday through Friday. For Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT): Mr. Russell McMurray, Commissioner, [FR Doc. 2024–03374 Filed 2–16–24; 8:45 am] Georgia Department of Transportation, BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 600 West Peachtree Street, 22nd Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30308; telephone (404) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 631–1990; email: RMcMurray@ dot.ga.gov. The GDOT’s normal business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (eastern Federal Highway Administration time) Monday through Friday. Notice of Final Federal Agency Action SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is on Proposed Interchange in Georgia, hereby given that FHWA has taken a Interstate 285 (I–285) at Interstate 20 (I– final agency action by issuing a FONSI 20) Reconstruction Project, Cobb, for the following new highway project Douglas, and Fulton Counties, Georgia in the State of Georgia: The I–285 at I–20 Interchange AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Reconstruction Project located in Cobb, Douglas, and Fulton Counties, Georgia. Transportation (DOT). The Selected Alternative will ACTION: notice of limitations on claims reconstruct the interchange to remove for judicial review of action by FHWA left hand exits and improve design and other Federal agencies. speed, and also includes modification SUMMARY: This notice announces actions and/or replacement of existing bridges taken by FHWA and other Federal and ramps. An I–20 westbound agencies that are final. This final agency collector-distributor (CD) system would action relates to a proposed interchange be constructed from the interchange to reconstruction and widening project, Fulton Industrial Boulevard. Along I– the I–285 at I–20 Interchange 20, the proposed project begins at the Reconstruction Project. Along I–20, the Thornton Road interchange eastbound proposed project begins at the Thornton I–20 on-ramp/acceleration lane (which Road interchange eastbound I–20 onis located at approximately the Factory ramp and ends at the Hamilton E. Shoals Road overpass) and ends at the Holmes interchange for a total length of Hamilton E. Holmes interchange approximately 6.5-miles. Along I–285, (approximate 6.5-mile length). Along I– the proposed project begins just south of 285, the proposed project begins just the Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr. Drive south of the Martin Luther King (MLK) interchange and extends north to the Jr. Drive interchange and extends north Donald Lee (DL) Hollowell Parkway to the Donald Lee (DL) Hollowell interchange for a total length of Parkway interchange (approximate 2.4approximately 2.4-miles. The FHWA’s mile length). The purpose of the project Finding of No Significant Impact is listed below: (FONSI) provides details on the • Improve traffic flow within the I– Selected Alternative for the proposed 285/I–20 West Interchange. interchange and will be used by Federal • Improve operations and safety along Agencies in subsequent proceedings, approximately 6.5 miles of I–20, from including decisions whether to grant Factory Shoals Road to Hamilton E. licenses, permits, and approvals for the Holmes Drive, and approximately 2.4 highway project. miles of I–285 from just south of the DATES: By this notice, FHWA is advising MLK Jr. Drive interchange to the DL the public of the final agency actions Hollowell Parkway interchange. subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A claim • Accelerate project delivery through seeking judicial review of the Federal the Major Mobility Investment Program, agency actions on the highway project which is advancing projects across the will be barred unless the claim is filed state to create additional capacity, on or before July 19, 2024. If the Federal improve freight movement, provide law that authorizes judicial review of a transportation improvements and claim provides a time period of less efficiencies, enhance safety, and than 150 days for filing such claim, then decrease travel times. that shorter time period still applies. The FHWA’s action, related actions by other Federal Agencies, and the laws FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For under which such actions were taken, FHWA: Ms. Sabrina David, Division are described in the Environmental Administrator, Georgia Division, Assessment (EA) for the project, Federal Highway Administration, 75 approved on November 8, 2022, the Ted Turner Drive, Suite 1000, Atlanta, FONSI issued on February 14, 2024, and Georgia 30303; telephone (404) 562– PO 00000 Frm 00128 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\20FEN1.SGM 20FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12938-12939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03387]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12333]


Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International 
Maritime Organization Tenth Session of the Sub-Committee on Ship 
Systems and Equipment (SSE) Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 1:00 p.m. 
on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, via teleconference. The primary purpose 
of the meeting is to prepare for the 10th session of the International 
Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-committee on Ship Systems and 
Equipment (SSE 10) to be held at IMO Headquarters in London, United 
Kingdom from Monday, March 4 to Friday, March 8, 2024.
    Members of the public may participate up to the capacity of the 
teleconference phone line, which can handle 500 participants, and the 
teleconference line will be provided to those who RSVP. To RSVP, 
participants should contact the meeting coordinator, LT Jeffrey Bors by 
email at [email protected] Bors will provide access 
information for virtual attendance.
    The agenda items to be considered at SSE 10 include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--New requirements for ventilation of survival craft
--Development of design and prototype test requirements for the 
arrangements used in the operational testing of free-fall lifeboat 
release systems without launching the lifeboat
--Revision of SOLAS chapter III and the LSA Code
--Amendments to SOLAS chapter III and chapter IV of the LSA Code to 
require the carriage of self-righting or canopied reversible liferafts 
for new ships
--Development of amendments to paragraph 8.3.5 and annex 1 of the 1994 
and 2000 HSC Codes
--Revision of the 2010 FTP Code to allow for new fire protection 
systems and materials
--Revision of the provisions for helicopter facilities in SOLAS and the 
MODU Code
--Development of amendments to SOLAS chapter II-2 and the FSS Code 
concerning detection and control of fires in cargo holds and on the 
cargo deck of containerships
--Validated model training courses
--Unified interpretation of provisions of IMO safety, security and 
environment-related conventions
--Development of provisions to consider prohibiting the use of fire-
fighting foams containing fluorinated substances, in addition to PFOS, 
for fire-fighting on board ships
--Comprehensive review of the Requirements for maintenance, thorough 
examination, operational testing, overhaul and repair of lifeboats and 
rescue boats, launching appliances and release gear (resolution 
MSC.402(96)) to address challenges with their implementation
--Amendments to the LSA Code for thermal performance of immersion suits
--Evaluation of adequacy of fire protection, detection and extinction 
arrangements in vehicle, special category and ro-ro spaces in order to 
reduce the fire risk of ships carrying new energy vehicles
--Biennial status report and provisional agenda for SSE 11

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--Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2025
--Any other business
--Report to the Maritime Safety Committee

    Please note: The IMO may, on short notice, adjust the SSE 10 agenda 
to accommodate the constraints associated with the meeting format. Any 
changes to the agenda will be reported to those who RSVP.
    Those who plan to participate should contact the meeting 
coordinator, LT Jeffrey Bors, by email at [email protected] by 
February 23, 2024. Additional information regarding this and other IMO 
public meetings may be found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/IMO.

(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. 2024-03387 Filed 2-16-24; 8:45 am]
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