36862 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 131 / Tuesday, July 13, 2021 / Notices 

—Measures to prevent unlawful 

practices associated with the 

fraudulent registration and fraudulent 

registries of ships 

—Regulatory scoping exercise and gap 

analysis of conventions emanating 

from the Legal Committee with 

respect to Maritime Autonomous 

Surface Ships (MASS) 

—Unified Interpretation on the test for 

breaking the owner’s right to limit 

liability under the IMO conventions 

—Piracy 

—Work of other IMO bodies 

—Technical cooperation activities 

related to maritime legislation 

—Review of the status of conventions 

and other treaty instruments 

emanating from the Legal Committee 

—Any other business 

Please note: IMO’s Legal Committee 

may, on short notice, adjust the LEG 108 

agenda to accommodate the constraints 

associated with the virtual meeting 

format. Any changes to the agenda will 

be reported to those who RSVP and 

those in attendance at the meeting. 

Those who plan to participate may 

contact the meeting coordinator, Mr. 

Stephen Hubchen, by email at 

Stephen.K.Hubchen@uscg.mil, by phone 

at (202) 372–1198, or in writing at 2703 

Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 

7509, Washington DC 20593–7509. 

Members of the public needing 

reasonable accommodation should 

advise Mr. Hubchen not later than July 

16, 2021. Requests made after that date 

will be considered, but might not be 

possible to fulfill. 

Additional information regarding this 

and other IMO public meetings may be 

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

IMO. 

Emily A. Rose, 

Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean 

and Polar Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14817 Filed 7–12–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 11463] 

U.S. Stakeholder; Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State 

(Department) will host a virtual, open, 

U.S. stakeholders meeting, with remote 

participation only, to share information 

and obtain U.S. stakeholder input about 

the possible launch of negotiations to 

develop a global instrument to address 

ocean plastic pollution. There will be no 

in-person option for this meeting. 

DATES: This U.S. stakeholder meeting 

will be held virtually on Tuesday, 

August 10, 2021, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

Eastern Daylight Time. Participants 

must register prior to the meeting at this 

link: https://statedept.webex.com/ 

statedept/j.php?RGID=r8f8633

7987086e15d01f9d0f0059bd91. 

The Department welcomes verbal 

comments from U.S. stakeholders 

during this meeting, with a time limit of 

two minutes per speaker. Written 

comments will not be accepted. There 

may be additional U.S. stakeholder 

meetings on this topic in the future: If 

you would like to be notified of future 

U.S. stakeholder meetings on this topic, 

please send your name, email address, 

and affiliation (if any) no later than 30 

days after date of this notice to Jeneva 

Craig at the address below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeneva Craig, Program Management 

Analyst, U.S. Department of State, 2201 

C Street NW, Room 2726, Washington, 

DC 20520, (202) 531–3065, craigja@

state.gov. 

A participant requesting reasonable 

accommodation should notify Alea S. 

Ortiguerra, Conference Coordinator, 

U.S. Department of State, 2025 E Street 

NW, Washington, DC 20006, (202) 316– 

4874, OrtiguerraAS@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United Nations Environment Assembly 

(UNEA) has been considering how to 

combat ocean plastic pollution since its 

first meeting in 2014. UNEA is expected 

to discuss the possible launch of 

negotiations to develop a new global 

instrument to address this topic at the 

second meeting of the fifth session of 

UNEA (UNEA 5.2), tentatively 

scheduled for February 28 to March 2, 

2022. 

The U.S. Government is considering 

policy and legal issues related to this 

process, and the Department is seeking 

U.S. stakeholder input to inform our 

deliberations, particularly on the 

following questions: 

• Should the United States support 

the development of a global instrument 

on ocean plastic pollution? 

• If so, what should be the scope and 

objective(s) of such an instrument? 

What problem(s) or issue(s) should such 

an instrument address? 

• What should be the form of such an 

instrument? For example, should it be a 

legal instrument with legally binding 

and non-legally binding provisions or a 

voluntary instrument? 

• Should it take a top-down structure 

(i.e., common approach required for all 

countries s) or a bottom-up structure 

(i.e., common objectives but allowance 

for flexible approaches to national 

implementation)? 

• What could be an impactful role for 

stakeholders other than national 

governments, such as sub-national 

governments, industry, and civil 

society, in connection with this 

instrument? 

• What other factors should be 

considered in negotiating such an 

instrument, such as the role of waste 

management, the role of any financial 

mechanism and/or technical assistance, 

flexibility for national circumstances, 

consideration of the full lifecycle of 

plastics, and economic and 

environmental impacts of alternatives to 

plastic? 

• What sorts of provisions would be 

important or essential to include in a 

global instrument focused on ocean 

plastic pollution? What sorts of 

provisions would be problematic if they 

were included in such a global 

instrument? 

Zachary A. Parker, 

Director, Office of Directives Management, 

U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14803 Filed 7–12–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 11455] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Petition To Classify Special 

Immigrant Under INA 203(b)(4) as 

Employee or Former Employee of the 

U.S. Government Abroad 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State is 

seeking Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval for the 

information collection described below. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, we are 

requesting comments on this collection 

from all interested individuals and 

organizations. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow 60 days for public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: The Department will accept 

comments from the public up to 

September 13, 2021. 

You may submit comments by any of 

the following methods: 

• Web: Persons with access to the 

internet may comment on this notice by 

going to www.Regulations.gov. You can 

search for the document by entering 

‘‘Docket Number: DOS–2021–0015’’ in 

the Search field. Then click the 

‘‘Comment Now’’ button and complete 

the comment form. 


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