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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 164 (Monday, August 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 50728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20174]

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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 sixty-seventh 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 Vice-Chairman 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]
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