[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37889-37890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16081]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4352]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC), Subcommittee on the 
Prevention of Marine Pollution, will conduct an open meeting at 9:30 
a.m. on Tuesday, July 8, 2003, in Room 2415 of the United States Coast 
Guard Headquarters Building, 2100 2nd Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20593-0001. The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the 
49th Session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine 
Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) to be held at IMO Headquarters 
in London, England from July 14 to 18, 2003.
    The primary matters to be considered include:
    [sbull] Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water;
    [sbull] Recycling of ships;
    [sbull] Prevention of air pollution from ships;
    [sbull] Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory 
instruments;
    [sbull] Harmful anti-fouling systems for ships;
    [sbull] Implementation of the International Convention on Oil 
Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC) Convention and 
the OPRC-Hazardous Noxious Substance Protocol and relevant conference 
resolutions;
    [sbull] Identification and protection of Special Areas and 
Particular Sensitive Sea Areas;
    [sbull] Inadequacy of reception facilities;
    [sbull] Promotion of implementation and enforcement of the 
International Convention on the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 
1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/
78) and related instruments;

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    [sbull] Technical co-operation program;
    [sbull] Interpretation and amendments of MARPOL 73/78 and related 
instruments;
    [sbull] Future role of formal safety assessment and human element 
issues; and
    [sbull] Work program of the Committee and subsidiary bodies.
    Please note that hard copies of documents associated with MEPC 49 
will not be available at this meeting. Documents will be available in 
Adobe Acrobat format on CD-ROM. To requests documents please write to 
the address provided below, or request documents via the following 
Internet link: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/mso/mso4/mepc.html.
    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing to Ensign Mary Weston, Commandant (G-MSO-4), U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., Room 1600, Washington, DC 20593-
0001 or by calling (202) 267-2079.

    Dated: June 9, 2003.
Frederick J. Kenney,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 03-16081 Filed 6-24-03; 8:45 am]
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