[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 185 (Thursday, September 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25587]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2899]


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, October 27, 1998, 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 forty-second session of the Marine Environment 
Protection Committee (MEPC 42) of the International Maritime 
Organization (IMO). MEPC 42 will be held from November 2-6, 1998. 
Proposed U.S. positions on the agenda items for MEPC 42 will be 
discussed.

    The major items for discussion for MEPC 42 will begin at 9:30 
a.m. and include the following:
    a. Harmful effects of the use of anti-fouling paints for ships;
    b. Inadequacy of waste reception facilities at ports and 
terminals;
    c. Implementation of the Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response, 
and Cooperation Convention (OPRC) convention and associated 
conference resolutions;
    d. Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water;
    e. Prevention of air pollution from ships;
    f. Identification and protection of Special Areas and 
Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas;
    g. Interpretation and amendments of MARPOL 73/78 and related 
codes;
    h. Promotion of implementation and enforcement of MARPOL 73/78 
and related codes;
    i. Irradiated Nuclear Fuel Code related matters;
    j. Role of the human element with regard to pollution 
prevention;
    k. Formal safety assessment including environmental indexing of 
ships.
    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 John 
Meehan, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters (G-MSO-4), 2100 Second Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001; Telephone: (202) 267-2714.

    Dated: September 16, 1998.
Stephen M. Miller,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 98-25587 Filed 9-23-98; 8:45 am]
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