Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 24, 2014 / Notices 77591 

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 ViceChairman 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, governmentissued 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 

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 

COMMISSION 

Actions Taken at December 5, 2014, 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As part of its regular business 

meeting held on December 5, 2014, in 

Annapolis, Maryland, the Commission 

took the following actions: (1) Approved 

or tabled the applications of certain 

water resources projects; (2) accepted 

settlements in lieu of penalty from Lion 

Brewery, Inc.; LHP Management, LLC; 

and Southwestern Energy Production 

Company; and (3) took additional 

actions, as set forth in the 

Supplementary Information below. 

DATES: December 5, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission, 4423 N. Front Street, 

Harrisburg, PA 17110–1788. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason E. Oyler, Regulatory Counsel, 

telephone: (717) 238–0423, ext. 1312; 

fax: (717) 238–2436; email: joyler@

srbc.net. Regular mail inquiries may be 

sent to the above address. See also 

Commission Web site at www.srbc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

addition to the actions taken on projects 

identified in the summary above and the 

listings below, the following items were 

also presented or acted upon at the 

business meeting: (1) Adoption of a 

resolution honoring retiring staff 

member Richard A. Cairo, General 

Counsel; (2) an informational 

presentation from SRBC staff member 

Aaron Henning on recent water quality 

and biological characterizations SRBC 

has undertaken for the reservoirs on the 

lower Susquehanna River; (3) adoption 

of a resolution urging the President and 

Congress to provide full funding for the 

National Streamflow Information 

Program, thereby supporting the 

Susquehanna Flood Forecast & Warning 

System; (4) approval of a rulemaking 

action pertaining to clarification of the 

water uses involved in hydrocarbon 

development that are subject to SRBC’s 

consumptive use regulations, as 

implemented by the Approval by Rule 

program; (5) delegation of authority to 

the Executive Director to enter into 

certain settlement agreements; (6) 

approval/ratification of two grants, one 

grant amendment, and one contract; (7) 

approval of a request from Sunbury 

Generation LP for a transfer of approval 

to Hummel Station LLC; and (8) denial 

of a request from Future Power PA, LLC 

for a waiver of 18 CFR 806.3 and 806.4. 

Compliance Matters 

The Commission approved 

settlements in lieu of civil penalty for 

the following projects: 

1. Lion Brewery, Inc., City of WilkesBarre, Luzerne County, Pa.— 

$50,000. 

2. LHP Management, LLC (Muncy 

Creek), Muncy Creek Township, 

Lycoming County, Pa.—$3,000. 

3. Southwestern Energy Production 

Company (Borough of Bellefonte’s 

Wastewater Treatment Plant), 

Borough of Bellefonte, Centre 

County, Pa.—$4,500. 

Project Applications Approved 

The Commission approved the 

following project applications: 

1. Project Sponsor and Facility: 

Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC (Pine 

Creek), Watson Township, 

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