[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 7291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3831]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2509]


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 Tuesday, March 4, 1997, at 9:30 a.m. in Room 2415, 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-ninth session of the Marine Environment 
Protection Committee (MEPC 39) of the International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) to be held from March 10-14, 1997. Proposed U.S. 
positions on the agenda items for MEPC will be discussed.
    The major items for discussion will be the following:
    a. Development of a draft protocol to amend the International 
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as 
modified by the Protocol of 1978, to include Annex VI (Air Pollution) 
regulations.
    b. Work relating to the human element.
    c. Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water.
    d. Identification and protection of Special Areas and particularly 
sensitive sea areas.
    e. Implementation of the Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response, and 
Co-operation (OPRC) Convention and Oil Pollution Preparedness Response 
Conference resolution, including expansion of the OPRC Convention to 
include Hazardous Substances.
    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 Ensign Lamont Bazemore, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters 
(G-MSO-4), 2100 Second Street, SW. Washington, DC 20593-0001; 
Telephone: (202) 267-0713.

    Dated: January 30, 1997.
Russell A. LaMantia,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 97-3831 Filed 2-14-97; 8:45 am]
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