[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42210-42211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20075]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 2234]


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 September 6, 1995, at 9:30 AM in Room 2415 of U.S. 
Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.
    The purpose of this meeting will be to review the agenda items to 
be considered at the thirty-seventh session of the Marine Environment 
Protection Committee (MEPC 37) of the International Maritime 
Organization 

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(IMO) to be held from September 11-15, 1995. Proposed U.S. positions on 
the agenda items for MEPC 37 will be discussed.
    The major items for discussion will be the following:
    1. 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 considering finalization of interim 
guidelines for structural and operational requirements for existing 
ships, equivalences for double-hulls for new ships, and guidelines for 
enhanced inspections.
    2. Implementation of the International Convention on Oil Pollution 
Preparedness, Response and Cooperation (OPRC). An IMO working group 
will address topics such as development of model pollution response 
courses, expansion of the OPRC Convention to include hazardous and 
noxious substances, and work to update IMO guidelines on salvage.
    3. 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, which will include the development of 
``Precautionary Approach Guidelines.''
    4. 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.
    5. Enforcement of Pollution Conventions. A working group will 
consider for adoption refuse record keeping amendments to Annex V of 
MARPOL 73/78 proposed by the United States.
    6. Development of a draft MARPOL Annex VI (Air Pollution) 
regulations.
    7. 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: August 2, 1995.
Charles A. Mast,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 95-20075 Filed 8-14-95; 8:45 am]
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