[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 14 (Thursday, January 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3187-3188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1356]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4588]


Notice of Meeting; Shipping Coordinating Committee

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 3, 2004, 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 Diplomatic Conference on Ballast Water Management for 
Ships by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine 
Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) to be held at IMO Headquarters 
in London, England from February 9th to 13th, 2004.
    The primary matters to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda;
--Adoption of the Rules of Procedure;
--Election of the Vice-Presidents and other officers of the Conference;
--Appointment of the Credentials Committee;
--Organization of the work of the Conference, including the 
establishment of other committees, as necessary;
--Consideration of the draft International Convention for the Control 
and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments and any draft 
Conference resolutions;
--Consideration of the reports of the committees;
--Adoption of the Final Act and any instrument, recommendations and 
resolutions resulting from the work of the Conference;
--Signature of the Final Act.

    Please note that hard copies of documents associated with 
Diplomatic Conference 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 Stewart, 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.


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    Dated: January 13, 2004.
Steve Poulin,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 04-1356 Filed 1-21-04; 8:45 am]
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