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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 77591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30236]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8984]

Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 in the Oklahoma 
Room of the U.S. Department of Transportation Headquarters, 1200 New 
Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590. The primary purpose of the 
meeting is to prepare for the second Session of the International 
Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and 
Response (PPR 2) to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, 
February 19-23, 2015.
    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, taking into account 
recommendations of GESAMP-EHS
--Code for the transport and handling of limited amounts of hazardous 
and noxious liquid substances in bulk on offshore support vessels
--Guidelines for port State control under the 2004 BWM Convention, 
including guidance on ballast water sampling and analysis
--Production of a manual entitled ``Ballast Water Management--How to do 
it''
--Improved and new technologies approved for ballast water management 
systems and reduction of atmospheric pollution
--Consideration of the impact on the Arctic of emissions of Black 
Carbon from international shipping
--Revised guidelines for the Inventory of Hazardous Materials
--Guidance for international offers of assistance in response to a 
marine oil pollution incident
--Revised section II of the Manual on oil pollution contingency 
planning
--Guide on oil spill response in ice and snow conditions
--Updated IMO Dispersant Guidelines
--Updated OPRC Model training courses
--Unified interpretation to provisions of IMO environment-related 
Conventions
--Guidelines pertaining to equivalent methods set forth in regulation 4 
of MARPOL Annex VI and not covered by other guidelines
--Guidelines as called for under paragraph 2.2.5.6 of the revised 
NOX Technical Code 2008 (NOX-reducing devices)
--Biennial agenda and provisional agenda for PPR 3
--Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2016
--Any other business
--Report to the Marine Environment Protection Committee

    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. They may also contact the meeting coordinator to 
request a call-in number, in order to ensure adequate teleconference 
capacity, or to submit written comments and related material ahead of 
time. To facilitate the building security process, and to request 
reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend should contact the 
meeting coordinator, Ms. Regina Bergner, by email at 
regina.r.bergner@uscg.mil, by phone at 202-372-1431, or by fax at (202) 
372-8383, not later than January 5, 2015, or 9 days prior to the 
meeting. Requests made after January 5, 2015 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 building. Directions to DOT Headquarters may be found 
at: http://www.dot.gov/directions. Additional information regarding 
this and other IMO SHC public meetings may be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.

    Dated: December 18, 2014.
Marc Zlomek,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2014-30236 Filed 12-23-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710-09-P
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