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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 2085]

 

Shipping Coordinating Committee, Subcommittee for the Prevention 
of Marine Pollution; Notice of Meeting

    The Subcommittee for the Prevention of Marine Pollution (SPMP), a 
subcommittee of the Shipping Coordinating Committee, will conduct an 
open meeting on October 26, 1994, 9:30 AM in Room 2415 of U.S. Coast 
Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW, Washington, DC.
    The purpose of this meeting will be to review the agenda items to 
be considered at the thirty-sixth session of the Marine Environment 
Protection Committee (MEPC 36) of the International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) to be held from October 31-November 4, 1994. 
Proposed U.S. positions on the agenda items for MEPC 36 will be 
discussed. The major items for discussion will be the following:
    a. Prevention of oil pollution. Work will continue on guidelines 
for implementation of Regulations 13F and 13G to Annex I of The 
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 
(MARPOL 73/78). This will include guidelines for structural and 
operational requirements for existing ships, equivalences for double-
hulls for new ships, and guidelines for enhanced inspections.
    b. Implementation of the International Convention on Oil Pollution 
Preparedness, Response and Cooperation (OPRC). An IMO working group 
will address topics such as guidelines for the use and application of 
dispersants, the redraft of the contingency planning portion of the IMO 
Oil Pollution Manual.
    c. Follow-up action to the United Nations Conference on Environment 
and Development (UNCED). An MEPC working group will examine IMO's role 
in implementation of UNCED and discuss the results of a correspondence 
group on use of the precautionary principle.
    d. Unwanted aquatic organisms in ballast water. A working group 
will discuss a possible technical annex to MARPOL 73/78 to prevent the 
introduction of exotic species through discharge of ballast water.
    e. Enforcement of Pollution Conventions. A working group will 
consider refuse recordkeeping amendments to Annex V of MARPOL 73/78 
proposed by the United States.
    f. The future work program of the MEPC.
    Members of the public may attend these meetings up to the seating 
capacity of the room.
    For further information or documentation pertaining to the SPMP 
meeting, contact Lieutenant Commander Ray Perry, U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters (G-MEP-3), 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20593-0001, Telephone: (202) 267-0423.

    Dated: September 16, 1994.
Marie Murray,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 94-24036 Filed 9-28-94; 8:45 am]
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