[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 3 (Thursday, January 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28462]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 10251]
Notice of Public Meeting
The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9:00 a.m.
on Wednesday, January 24, 2018, in Room 6K15-15 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 fifth session of the International
Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and
Response (PPR 5) to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, on
February 5-9, 2018.
The agenda items to be considered include:
--Adoption of the agenda
--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
--Revised guidance on ballast water sampling and analysis
--Revised guidance on methodologies that may be used for enumerating
viable organisms
--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
--Revised certification requirements for SCR systems under the
NOX Technical Code
--Review of the 2015 Guidelines for Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems
(resolution MEPC.259(68))
--Amendments to regulation 14 of MARPOL Annex VI to require a dedicated
sampling point for fuel oil
--Consistent implementation of regulation 14.1.3 of MARPOL Annex VI
--Revised Guidelines for the application of MARPOL Annex I requirements
to FPSOs and FSUs
--Review of the IBTS Guidelines and amendments to the IOPP Certificate
and Oil Record Book
--Updated IMO Dispersant Guidelines (Part IV)
--Guide on practical methods for the implementation of the OPRC
Convention and the OPRC-HNS Protocol
--Use of electronic record books
--Consideration of an initial proposal to amend annex 1 to the AFS
Convention to include controls of cybutryne
--Unified interpretation to provisions of IMO environment-related
Conventions
--Biennial status report and provisional agenda for PPR 6
--Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2019
--Any other business
--Report to the Marine Environmental Protection Committee
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, up to the
capacity of the teleconference phone line. To access the teleconference
line, participants should call (202) 475-4000 and use Participant Code:
887 809 72. 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 17, 2018, five business days prior to the
meeting. Requests made after January 17, 2018 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, public transportation, and privately owned
conveyance (parking is available upon request).
Peter J. Ganser,
Senior Advisor, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2017-28462 Filed 1-3-18; 8:45 am]
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