[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 164 (Monday, August 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 50728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20174]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 8846]
Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting
The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 1st, 2014, in Coast Guard
Headquarters, Room 6i10-01-c, Washington, DC. The primary purpose of
the meeting is to prepare for the sixty-seventh Session of the
International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Marine Environment
Protection Committee to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United
Kingdom, October 13-17, 2014.
The agenda items to be considered include:
Adoption of the agenda
Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water
Recycling of ships
Air pollution and energy efficiency
Further technical and operational measures for enhancing
energy efficiency of international shipping
Reduction of GHG emissions from ships
Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory
instruments
Review of nitrogen and phosphorous removal standards in the
2012 Guidelines on the implementation of effluent standards and
performance tests for sewage treatment plants
Mandatory Code for ships operating in polar waters
Identification and protection of Special Areas and PSSAs
Inadequacy of reception facilities
Reports of sub-committees
Work of other bodies
Promotion of implementation and enforcement of MARPOL and
related instruments
Technical cooperation activities for the protection of the
marine environment
Work programme of the Committee and subsidiary bodies
Application of the Committees' Guidelines
Election of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2015
Any other business
Consideration of the report of the Committee
Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating
capacity of the room. Upon request, members of the public may also
participate via teleconference, up to the capacity of the
teleconference phone line. The access number for this teleconference
line will be posted online at http://www.uscg.mil/imo/mepc/default.asp
at least 2 working days in advance. Physical access to the meeting, or
participation via the teleconference line, requires that all attendees
respond to the meeting coordinator not later than September 17, 2014,
10 working days prior to the meeting. The meeting coordinator, Mr. John
Morris, may be contacted by email at [email protected] or by phone
at 202-372-1433. Responses made after September 23, 2014, might result
in the requester not being able to participate in the meeting. A
request for reasonable accommodation should be made to Mr. Morris, at
the same email address, prior to September 23. Requests made after that
date might not be possible to fulfill.
Please note that due to security considerations, two valid,
government issued photo identifications must be presented to gain
entrance to the Coast Guard Headquarters building. The Coast Guard
Headquarters building is accessible by public transportation or taxi.
Additional information regarding this and other IMO SHC public meetings
may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.
In case of severe weather or other emergency in the Washington, DC
area, attendees should check with the Office of Personnel Management at
http://www.opm.gov or (202) 606-1900 for the operating status of
federal agencies. If federal agencies are closed, this meeting will not
be rescheduled, but the Shipping Coordinating Committee will publish a
separate Federal Register notice to announce an electronic docket to
receive public comments.
Dated: August 12, 2014.
Marc Zlomek,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of
State
[FR Doc. 2014-20174 Filed 8-22-14; 8:45 am]
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