[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 7191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3538]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE


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 24, 1998, at 9:30 AM 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 forty first session of the Marine Environment 
Protection Committee (MEPC 41) of the International Maritime 
Organization (IMO). MEPC 41 will be held from March 30-April 3, 1998. 
Proposed U.S. positions on the agenda items for MEPC 41 will be 
discussed.
    The major items for discussion for MEPC 41 will begin at 9:30 AM 
and include the following:
    a. Prevention of pollution from offshore oil and gas activities;
    b. Identification and protection of Special Areas and Particularly 
Sensitive Sea Areas;
    c. Interpretation and amendments of MARPOL 73/78 and related Codes;
    d. Follow-up to the Conference on prevention of air pollution from 
ships;
    e. Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water;
    f. Harmful effects of the use of antifouling paints for ships;
    g. Promotion of implementation and enforcement of MARPOL and 
related codes, including the development of an IMO manual on MARPOL. 
How to enforce it;
    h. Implementation of the Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and 
Cooperation Convention (OPRC), and;
    i. Irradiated Nuclear Fuel Code related matters.
    Members of the public may attend this meeting 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-MSO-4), 2100 Second Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20593-0001; Telephone: (202) 267-2714.

    Dated: January 29, 1998.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 98-3538 Filed 2-11-98; 8:45 am]
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