[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 3856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01272]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 9415]
Notice of a Public Meeting
The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 10:00 a.m.
on Wednesday, February 10, 2016, in the Oklahoma Room of the U.S.
Department of Transportation Headquarters, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare
for the third Session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)
Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 3) to be held
at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, from February 15-19, 2016.
The agenda items to be considered include:
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Safety and pollution hazards of chemicals and preparation of
consequential amendments to the IBC Code
--Review of MARPOL Annex II requirements that have an impact on cargo
residues and tank washings of high viscosity and persistent floating
products
--Code for the transport and handling of limited amounts of hazardous
and noxious liquid substances in bulk on offshore support vessels
--Revised guidance on ballast water sampling and analysis
--Production of a manual entitled ``Ballast Water Management--How to do
it''
--Consideration of the impact on the Arctic of emissions of Black
Carbon from international shipping
--Development of standards for shipboard gasification waste to energy
systems and associated amendments to regulation 16 of MARPOL Annex VI
--Amendments to bunker delivery note to permit the supply of fuel oil
not in compliance with regulation 14 of MARPOL Annex VI
--Guidelines for onboard sampling and verification of the sulphur
content of the fuel oil used on ships
--Guidelines for the discharge of exhaust gas recirculation bleed-off
water
--Improved and new technologies approved for ballast water management
systems and reduction of atmospheric pollution
--Revised section II of the Manual on oil pollution contingency
planning
--Guide on oil spill response in ice and snow conditions
--Updated IMO Dispersant Guidelines
--Updated OPRC Model training courses
--Unified interpretation to provisions of IMO environment-related
Conventions
--Biennial agenda and provisional agenda for PPR 4
--Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2016
--Report to the Marine Environment Protection Committee
Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating
capacity of the room. They may also contact the meeting coordinator to
request a call-in number, in order to ensure adequate teleconference
capacity, or to submit written comments and related material ahead of
time. To facilitate the building security process, and to request
reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend should contact the
meeting coordinator, Ms. Regina Bergner, by email at
[email protected], by phone at 202-372-1431, or by fax at (202)
372-8383, not later than February 5, 2016. Requests made after February
5, 2016, might not be able to be accommodated.
Please note that in the case of inclement weather, the meeting will
not be rescheduled. Refer to the Office of Personnel Management Web
site for the operational status of federal agencies (https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/snow-dismissal-procedures/current-status/). In the case of a delayed opening, the meeting will be held as
scheduled. The public meeting will be cancelled if federal agencies are
closed. Please note that due to security considerations, two valid,
government-issued photo identifications must be presented to gain
entrance to the building.
Directions to DOT Headquarters may be found at: http://www.dot.gov/directions. Additional information regarding this and other public
meetings related to the IMO may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.
Dated: January 15, 2016.
Jonathan W. Burby,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-01272 Filed 1-21-16; 8:45 am]
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