### 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.
[FR Doc. 2010–3563 Filed 2–22–10; 8:45 am]

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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 andCooperation (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 meetingcoordinator, 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.
[FR Doc. 2010–3565 Filed 2–22–10; 8:45 am]

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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