[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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