[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 13994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5766]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3583]


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

    The Subcommittee for the Prevention of Marine Pollution, a 
subcommittee of the Shipping Coordinating Committee, will conduct an 
open meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 17, 2001, in Room 2415 at 
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, 
D.C.
    The purpose of this meeting will be to review the agenda items to 
be considered at the forty-sixth Session of the International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 46) to 
be held at the IMO headquarters in London from 23 through 27 April 
2001. Proposed U.S. positions on the agenda items for MEPC 46 will be 
discussed. The major items for discussion for MEPC 46 include the 
following:
    a. Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory 
instruments;
    b. Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water;
    c. Implementation of the International Convention on Oil Pollution 
Preparedness, Response and Cooperation (OPRC Convention) and the 
Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Cooperation to Pollution 
Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances (OPRC-HNS Protocol);
    d. Harmful effects of the use of anti-fouling paints for ships;
    e. Identification and protection of Special Areas and Particularly 
Sensitive Sea Areas;
    f. Recycling of ships;
    g. Interpretation and amendments of the International Convention 
for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78) and related 
Codes;
    h. Inadequacy of reception facilities;
    i. Prevention of air pollution from ships;
    j. Promotion of implementation and enforcement of MARPOL 73/78 and 
related Codes;
    k. Preparation for the World Summit on Sustainable Development 
(RIO+10);
    l. Matters related to the International Code for the Safe Carriage 
of Packaged Irradiated Nuclear Fule, Plutonium and High-Level 
Radioactive Wastes on board ships (INF Code);
    m. The role of human element with regard to pollution prevention; 
and
    n. Matters related to the 1973 Intervention Protocol.
    Please note that hard copies of documents associated with MEPC 46 
will not be available at this meeting. Requests for hard copies may be 
made in writing to the address provided below. Documents will be 
available in Adobe Acrobat format on CD-ROM on the day of the meeting 
or can be requested on-line at the web address provided below.
    Members of the public are invited to attend the meeting up to the 
seating capacity of the room. For further information, or to submit 
views in advance of the meeting, please contact Lieutenant Dave Beck, 
U.S. Coast Guard, Environmental Standards Division (G-MSO-4), 2100 
Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001; telephone (202) 267-
0713; fax (202) 267-4690, e-mail [email protected]; or on-line at 
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/mso/mso4/mepc.html.

    Dated: February 28, 2001.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, U.S. Department 
of State.
[FR Doc. 01-5766 Filed 3-7-01; 8:45 am]
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