[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 7094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3246]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 3213]


Shipping Coordinating Committee, Subcommittee for the Prevention 
of Marine Pollution; Meeting Notice

    The Subcommittee for the Prevention of Marine Pollution, a 
subcommittee of the Shipping Coordinating Committee, will conduct an 
open meeting on Tuesday, February 29, 2000, 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-fourth session of the Marine Environment 
Protection Committee (MEPC 44) and the agenda items of the Conference 
on International Co-operation on Preparedness and Response to Pollution 
Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances (the Conference) of the 
International Maritime Organization (IMO). MEPC 44 and the Conference 
will be held in conjunction with each other from March 6-15, 2000. 
Proposed U.S. positions on the agenda items for MEPC 44 and the 
Conference will be discussed.
    The major items for discussion for MEPC 44 will begin at 9:30 AM 
and include the following:
    a. Harmful effects of the use of anti-fouling paints for ships;
    b. Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water;
    c. Inadequacy of reception facilities;
    d. Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory 
instruments;
    e. Identification and protection of Special Areas and Particularly 
Sensitive Sea Areas;
    f. Prevention of air pollution from ships;
    g. Interpretation and amendments of MARPOL 73/78 and related Codes;
    h. Promotion of implementation and enforcement of MARPOL 73/78 and 
related Codes; and
    i. Recycling of ships.
    At the conclusion of the MEPC 44 discussion, the major item for the 
Conference, ``Consideration and adoption of the Protocol on 
Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to Pollution Incidents by 
Hazardous and Noxious Substances, 2000,'' will be discussed.
    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. For further information or documentation 
pertaining to the 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: February 3, 2000.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 00-3246 Filed 2-10-00; 8:45 am]
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