Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 13 / Friday, January 19, 2024 / Notices 3703 

consequential amendments to the IBC 

Code; 

—Amendments to MARPOL Annex II in 

order to improve the effectiveness of 

cargo tank stripping, tank washing 

operations and prewash procedures 

for products with a high melting point 

and/or high viscosity; 

—Development of guidance on matters 

relating to in-water cleaning; 

—Reduction of the impact on the Arctic 

of Black Carbon emissions from 

international shipping; 

—Evaluation and harmonization of rules 

and guidance on the discharge of 

discharge water from EGCS into the 

aquatic environment, including 

conditions and areas; 

—Development of amendments to 

MARPOL Annex VI and the NOX

Technical Code on the use of multiple 

engine operational profiles for a 

marine diesel engine test cycles; 

—Development of a guide compiling 

best practices to develop local-level 

marine spill contingency plans to aid 

States, particularly local governments 

and key institutions, in implementing 

the OPRC Convention and OPRC– 

HNS Protocol; 

—Development of measures to reduce 

risks of use and carriage of heavy fuel 

oil as fuel by ships in Arctic waters 

(7.11); 

—Review of the IBTS Guidelines and 

amendments to the IOPP Certificate 

and Oil Record Book (2.13); 

—Revision of MARPOL Annex IV and 

associated guidelines (1.26); 

—Follow-up work emanating from the 

Action Plan to address marine plastic 

litter from ships (4.3); 

—Unified interpretation of provisions of 

IMO environment-related conventions 

(7.1); 

—Biennial agenda and provisional 

agenda for PPR 11; 

—Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 

2024; 

—Any other business; and 

—Report to the Marine Environment 

Protection Committee. 

Please note: The IMO may, on short 

notice, adjust the PPR 11 agenda to 

accommodate the constraints associated 

with the meeting format. Any changes to 

the agenda will be reported to those 

who RSVP. 

Those who plan to participate should 

contact the meeting coordinator, Ms. 

Nicole M. Schindler, by email at 

Nicole.M.Schindler@uscg.mil, by phone 

at (202) 372–1403, or in writing at 

United States Coast Guard (CG–OES), 

ATTN: Ms. Nicole M. Schindler, 2703 

Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 

7509, Washington DC 20593–7509, not 

later than Thursday, February 1, 2024. 

Additional information regarding this 

and other IMO public meetings may be 

found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/ 

IMO. 

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2656 and 5 U.S.C. 552) 

Leslie W. Hunt, 

Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean 

and Polar Affairs, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12308] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Object Being Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: ‘‘George 

Gershwin and Modern Art: A Rhapsody 

in Blue’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that a certain object being 

imported from abroad pursuant to an 

agreement with its foreign owner or 

custodian for temporary display in the 

exhibition ‘‘George Gershwin and 

Modern Art: A Rhapsody in Blue’’ at 

Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum, in 

Naples, Florida, and at possible 

additional exhibitions or venues yet to 

be determined, is of cultural 

significance, and, further, that its 

temporary exhibition or display within 

the United States as aforementioned is 

in the national interest. I have ordered 

that Public Notice of these 

determinations be published in the 

Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator, 

Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. 

Department of State (telephone: 202– 

632–6471; email: section2459@

state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C Street 

NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington, 

DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 

12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign 

Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 

1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 

6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of 

Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, 

Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of 

August 28, 2000, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 523 of December 22, 

2021. 

Nicole L. Elkon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Notice of Conforming Amendment To 

Reinstated Exclusion: China’s Acts, 

Policies and Practices Related to 

Technology Transfer, Intellectual 

Property, and Innovation 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative (USTR). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Effective January 1, 2024, the 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

(USITC) implemented certain changes to 

statistical reporting categories in the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS). As a result of 

these changes, USTR is making a 

conforming amendment to one 

previously reinstated exclusion 

associated with the Section 301 

investigation of China Acts, Policies and 

Practices Related to Technology 

Transfer, Intellectual Property, and 

Innovation. 

DATES: The conforming amendment in 

the Annex to this notice is applicable as 

of January 1, 2024. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) will issue instructions 

on entry guidance and implementation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions about this notice, 

contact Senior Associate General 

Counsel Philip Butler or Assistant 

General Counsel Rachel Hasandras at 

(202) 395–5725. For specific questions 

on customs classification or 

implementation of the product 

exclusion identified in the Annex to this 

notice, contact traderemedy@

cbp.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

Effective January 1, 2024, the USITC 

implemented certain changes to tendigit statistical reporting categories of 

the HTSUS in accordance with its 

responsibility under section 484(f) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C. 1484(f). 

One of the previously reinstated 

exclusions in the Section 301 

investigation of China’s Acts, Policies 

and Practices Related to Technology 

Transfer, Intellectual Property, and 


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