[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63757-63758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30120]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice No. 2300]


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 January 3, 1996, at 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 inform the public of the 
accomplishments at the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) 
37, to discuss what will be on the Agenda at MEPC 38, and set forth a 
strategy for establishing the U.S. position on these issues. MEPC 38 
will take place from July 1-10, 1996 in London, England.
    The major items for discussion will be the following:
    1. The adoption of amendments to Annex V of the International 
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as 
modified by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/78) to require placards, 
garbage management plans and record keeping on ships;

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    2. The approval of a draft Assembly resolution on follow-up action 
to the U.N. Conference on the Environment and Development (UNCED);
    3. The adoption of an MEPC resolution on Guidelines on the 
Application of the Precautionary Approach;
    4. Plans for a special meeting of entities involved with the 
carriage of materials subject to the Irradiated Nuclear Fuel (INF) 
Code;
    5. The proposed new Annex VI to MARPOL on prevention of air 
pollution from ships;
    6. The future work of the committee on ``The Human Element'';
    7. Port State Control procedures;
    8. Unwanted aquatic organisms in ballast water; and
    9. The work plan for the international Convention on Oil Pollution, 
Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC) intersessional meeting 
which will take place from 27 February--1 March 1996 in London, 
England.
    For further information or documentation pertaining to the SPMP 
meeting, contact Lieutenant Commander Ray Perry, U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters (G-MOS-4), 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20593-0001, Telephone: (202) 267-2714, Facsimile: (202) 267-4690.

    Dated: December 1, 1995.
Richard T. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 95-30120 Filed 12-11-95; 8:45 am]
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