[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 5633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2861]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Notice Number 3883]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee, will conduct an open meeting 
at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 26, 2002, in Room 2415 at 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-seventh Session of the International Maritime 
Organization (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 47) to 
be held at the IMO headquarters in London from 4 through 8 March 2002. 
Proposed U.S. positions on the agenda items for MEPC 47 will be 
discussed. The major items for discussion for MEPC 47 include the 
following:
    a. Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water;
    b. Recycling of ships;
    c. Prevention of air pollution from ships;
    d. Implementation of the Convention on the Prevention on Oil 
Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC) and the OPRC 
Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to Pollution 
Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances, 2000 and relevant 
conference resolutions;
    e. Interpretation and amendments of Convention on the Prevention of 
Oil Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78) and related Codes;
    f. Harmful effects of the use of anti-fouling paints for ships;
    g. Identification and protection of Special Areas and Particularly 
Sensitive Sea Areas;
    h. Inadequacy of reception facilities;
    i. Promotion of implementation and enforcement of MARPOL 73/78 and 
related Codes;
    j. Preparation for the Ten-Year Review Conference of the United 
Nations Conference on Environment and Development (RIO+10);
    k. Future role of formal safety assessment and human element 
issues; and
    l. Matters related to the 1973 Intervention Protocol.
    Please note that hard copies of documents associated with MEPC 47 
will not be available at this meeting. Documents will be available in 
Adobe Acrobat format on CD-ROM on the day of the meeting. To requests 
documents prior to the meeting date, please write to the address 
provided below or download the documents from our web site.
    Members of the public are invited to attend this 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: January 28, 2002.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 02-2861 Filed 2-5-02; 8:45 am]
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