[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 90404-90405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29942]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9817]


Notice of Public Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9:00am on 
Wednesday, January 11, 2017, in room 7K15-01 of the Douglas A. Munro 
Coast Guard Headquarters Building at St. Elizabeth's, 2703 Martin 
Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20593. The primary purpose 
of the meeting is to prepare for the fourth session of the 
International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on Pollution 
Prevention and Response (PPR 4) to be held at the IMO Headquarters, 
United Kingdom, on January 16-20, 2017. 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
--Review of the guidelines for approval of ballast water management 
systems
--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
--Standards for shipboard gasification of waste systems and associated 
amendments to regulation 16 of MARPOL Annex VI
--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
--Updated IMO Dispersant Guidelines
--Updated OPRC Model training courses
--Unified interpretation to provisions of IMO environment-related 
Conventions
--Use of electronic record books
--Revision of the 2011 SCR Guidelines

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Upon request to the meeting coordinator, members 
of the public may also participate via teleconference. To facilitate 
the building security process, and to request reasonable accommodation, 
those who plan to attend should contact the meeting coordinator, Mr. 
Patrick Keffler, by email at [email protected], by phone at 
(202) 372-1424, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE., 
Stop 7509, Washington DC 20593-7509, not later than January 4, 2017. 
Requests made after January 4, 2017 might not be able to be 
accommodated. 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 building is 
accessible by taxi,

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public transportation, and privately owned conveyance (upon request). 
In the case of inclement weather where the Federal Government is closed 
or delayed, a public meeting may be conducted virtually by calling 
(202) 475-4000 or 1-855-475-2447, Participant code: 887 809 72. The 
meeting coordinator will confirm whether the virtual public meeting 
will be utilized by posting an announcement at: www.uscg.mil/imo. 
Members of the public can find out whether the Federal Government is 
delayed or closed by visiting www.opm.gov/status/. Additional 
information regarding this and other IMO public meetings may be found 
at: www.uscg.mil/imo.

    Dated: December 7, 2016.
Jonathan W. Burby,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-29942 Filed 12-13-16; 8:45 am]
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