50728 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 164 / Monday, August 25, 2014 / Notices 

Dated: August 15, 2014. 

Kelly Keiderling, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–20169 Filed 8–22–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

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 sixtyseventh 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 ViceChairman 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 John.C.Morris@

uscg.mil 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] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[Docket No. FTA–2013–0013] 

Notice of Issuance of Final Circular: 

Guidance on Joint Development 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice—Issuance of Joint 

Development Circular. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) has issued and 

placed in the docket and on its Web site 

final Agency guidance, in the form of a 

circular, on joint development. This 

circular provides guidance to recipients 

of FTA financial assistance on how to 

use FTA funds or FTA-funded real 

property, for joint development. This 

circular: (1) Defines the term ‘‘joint 

development’’; (2) explains how a joint 

development project can qualify for 

FTA assistance; (3) describes the legal 

requirements applicable to the 

acquisition, use, and disposition of real 

property acquired with FTA assistance; 

(4) outlines the most common 

crosscutting requirements applicable to 

FTA-assisted joint developments; and 

(5) describes FTA’s process for 

reviewing a joint development project 

proposal. This circular incorporates 

provisions of the Moving Ahead for 

Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP– 

21), Public Law 112–141 (2012), 

advances the goals of 49 U.S.C. 5315 by 

informing FTA recipients of 

opportunities for private sector 

participation in public transportation 

projects, and includes the most current 

guidance for the Federal public 

transportation program. This final 

circular is the result of the notice issued 

by FTA that appeared in the Federal 

Register on March 6, 2013, entitled 

‘‘Joint Development: Proposed 

Circular’’. 

DATES: The effective date of the circular 

is October 1, 2014. Projects for which 

sponsors have executed joint 

development agreements with third 

parties before October 1, 2014 will be 

considered according to FTA’s existing 

guidance and statements of policy. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

legal questions, contact Christopher T. 

Hall, Office of Chief Counsel, Federal 

Transit Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue Southeast, Room E54– 

413, Washington, DC 20590–0001. For 

policy questions, contact Sharon Pugh, 

Office of Budget and Policy, Federal 

Transit Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue Southeast, Room E52– 

322, Washington, DC 20590–0001. For 

program questions, contact the 

appropriate FTA Regional Office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice does not contain a copy of the 

final circular. A copy of the final 

circular and comments and material 

received from the public, as well as any 

documents indicated in the preamble as 

being available in the docket, are part of 

docket number FTA–2013–0013. For 


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