8176 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 35 / Tuesday, February 23, 2010 / Notices 

• Appeals Council. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3495 Filed 2–22–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice Number: 6372] 

U.S. Advisory Commission on Public 

Diplomacy; Notice of Meeting 

The U.S. Advisory Commission on 

Public Diplomacy has rescheduled its 

public meeting to March 15, 2010 from 

9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the conference room 

of the International Foundation for 

Electoral Systems (IFES) located at 1850 

K Street, NW., Fifth Floor, Washington, 

DC 20006. This will replace the 

previously scheduled February 11 

meeting (canceled due to inclement 

weather) at the same location. 

The Commissioners will discuss 

public diplomacy issues, including 

interagency collaboration in advancing 

U.S. government public diplomacy 

efforts. 

The Commission is a bipartisan panel 

created by Congress in 1948 to assess 

public diplomacy policies and programs 

of the U.S. government and of publicly 

funded nongovernmental organizations. 

The Commission reports its findings 

and recommendations to the President, 

the Congress, the Secretary of State, and 

the American people. 

The public may attend this meeting as 

seating capacity allows. To attend this 

meeting and for further information, 

please contact Carl Chan at (202) 632– 

2823; e-mail: chanck@state.gov. Any 

member of the public requesting 

reasonable accommodation at this 

meeting should contact Mr. Chan prior 

to March 8th. Requests received after 

that date will be considered, but might 

not be possible to fulfill. 

Dated: February 16, 2010. 

Carl Chan, 

Executive Director, ACPD. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6879] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee; 

Notice of Committee Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 

meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday March 

9th, 2010, in Room 2415 of the United 

States Coast Guard Headquarters 

Building, 2100 Second Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20593–0001. The 

primary purpose of the meeting is to 

prepare for the sixtieth Session of the 

International Maritime Organization 

(IMO) Marine Environmental Protection 

Committee to be held at the IMO 

headquarters in London, United 

Kingdom, from March 22 to March 26th, 

2010. 

The primary matters to be considered 

include: 

—Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast 

water 

—Recycling of ships 

—Prevention of air pollution from ships 

—Consideration and adoption of 

amendments to mandatory 

instruments 

—Interpretations of and amendments to 

MARPOL and related instruments 

—Implementation of the International 

Convention on Oil Pollution 

Preparedness, Response and 

Cooperation (OPRC) and the OPRCHazardous and Noxious Substances 

Protocol and relevant conference 

resolutions 

—Identification and protection of 

Special Areas and Particularly 

Sensitive Sea Areas 

—Inadequacy of reception facilities 

—Reports of sub-committees 

—Work of other bodies 

—Status of conventions 

—Harmful anti-fouling systems for ships 

—Promotion of implementation and 

enforcement of MARPOL and related 

instruments 

—Technical Cooperation Sub-program 

for the Protection of the Marine 

Environment 

—Role of the human element 

—Formal safety assessment 

—Noise from commercial shipping and 

its adverse impacts on marine life 

—Work program of the Committee and 

subsidiary bodies 

—Application of the Committees’ 

Guidelines 

—Consideration of the report of the 

Committee 

Members of the public may attend 

this meeting up to the seating capacity 

of the room. To facilitate the building 

security process, those who plan to 

attend should contact the meeting 

coordinator, LCDR Brian Moore, by email at brian.e.moore@uscg.mil, by 

phone at (202) 372–1434, by fax at (202) 

372–1925, or in writing at Commandant 

(CG–5224), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 2nd 

Street, SW., Stop 7126, Washington, DC 

20593–7126 not later than March 2nd, 

2010, 7 days prior to the meeting. A 

member of the public requesting 

reasonable accommodation should also 

make such request prior to March 2nd, 

2010. Requests made after March 2nd, 

2010 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 Headquarters building. The 

Headquarters building is accessible by 

taxi and privately owned conveyance 

(public transportation is not generally 

available). 

However, parking in the vicinity of 

the building is extremely limited. 

Additional information regarding this 

and other IMO SHC public meetings 

may be found at: http://www.uscg.mil/ 

imo. 

Dated: February 12, 2010. 

Jon Trent Warner, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6880] 

Advisory Committee on Historical 

Diplomatic Documentation; Notice of 

Meeting 

Summary: The Advisory Committee 

on Historical Diplomatic Documentation 

will meet on March 1 and March 2 at 

the Department of State, 2201 ‘‘C’’ Street 

NW., Washington, DC. 

Prior notification and a valid 

government-issued photo ID (such as 

driver’s license, passport, U. S. 

government or military ID) are required 

for entrance into the building. Members 

of the public planning to attend must 

notify Margaret Morrissey, Office of the 

Historian (202–663–3529) no later than 

February 25, 2010 to provide date of 

birth, valid government-issued photo 

identification number and type (such as 

driver’s license number/State, passport 

number/country, or US government ID 

number/agency or military ID number/ 

branch), and relevant telephone 

numbers. If you cannot provide one of 

the specified forms of ID, please consult 

with Margaret Morrissey for acceptable 

alternative forms of picture 

identification. In addition, any requests 

for reasonable accommodation should 

be made No later than February 23, 

2010. Requests for reasonable 

accommodation received after that time 

will be considered, but might be 

impossible to fulfill. 

The Committee will meet in open 

session from 1:30 p.m. through 2:30 

p.m. on Monday, March 1, 2010, in the 

Department of State, 2201 ‘‘C’’ Street 

NW., Washington, DC, in Conference 

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