{"id":1090,"date":"2014-10-14T16:47:48","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T20:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2018-08-14T16:48:27","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T20:48:27","slug":"announcing-the-october-29-2014-fmc-speaker-series-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/announcing-the-october-29-2014-fmc-speaker-series-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the October 29, 2014 FMC Speaker Series Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>October 14, 2014<\/div>\n<p>Press Contact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:secretary@fmc.gov\">Karen V. Gregory<\/a>, Secretary (202-523-5725)<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Maritime Commission\u2019s Maritime Environmental Committee invites you to attend its Brown Bag Speaker Series with presentations by: Kris Gilson, REM, CHMM, Environmental Protection Specialist, U.S. Maritime Administration; Bill Noggle, Environmental Protection Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and Kathy Metcalf, Director of Maritime Affairs, Chamber of Shipping of America. The speakers will discuss issues related to ship recycling including the Hong Kong Convention, environmental impacts of ship recycling, and efforts being made to mitigate the environmental impacts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nWednesday, October 29, 2014; 12:30 p.m. \u2013 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong><br \/>\nFederal Maritime Commission<br \/>\n800 N. Capitol St. NW<br \/>\nWashington, DC 20573<br \/>\nHearing Room (Main floor)<\/p>\n<p>Please RSVP to:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:lengel@fmc.gov\">Lauren M. Engel<\/a>, Brown Bag Speaker Series Coordinator, (202-523-5740)<\/p>\n<p>Walk-ins welcome, RSVP Preferred.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Federal Maritime Commission is the federal agency responsible for regulating the nation\u2019s international ocean transportation for the benefit of American exporters, importers, and consumers. The FMC\u2019s mission is to foster a fair, efficient, and reliable international ocean transportation system while protecting the public from unfair and deceptive practices.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 14, 2014 Press Contact:\u00a0Karen V. Gregory, Secretary (202-523-5725) The Federal Maritime Commission\u2019s Maritime Environmental Committee invites you to attend its Brown Bag Speaker Series with presentations by: Kris Gilson, REM, CHMM, Environmental Protection Specialist, U.S. Maritime Administration; Bill Noggle, Environmental Protection Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and Kathy Metcalf,... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"\/announcing-the-october-29-2014-fmc-speaker-series-presentation\/\">Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1091,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090\/revisions\/1091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}