[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 55445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18849]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5166]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of State's Shipping Coordinating Committee; 
Subcommittee on Ocean Dumping will hold an open meeting on Wednesday, 
October 19, 2005, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. to obtain public comment on the 
issues to be addressed at the October 24-28, 2005, Twenty-seventh 
Consultative Meeting of Contracting Parties to the London Convention. 
The London Convention of 1972 is the global international treaty 
regulating ocean dumping. The meeting will also review the results of 
the Twenty-eighth Scientific Group Meeting of the London Convention 
that was held in London, United Kingdom from May 23-27, 2005.
    In addition, participants at this meeting will discuss plans for 
ratification, by the United States, of the 1996 London Protocol. The 
Protocol is a treaty signed by the United States in 1998 that is 
separate from the London Convention. It sets forth a regime that is 
more comprehensive, more stringent, and more protective of the marine 
environment than the London Convention.
    The public meeting will be held at the Department of State located 
at 2201 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20520 in Room 7835. Interested 
members of the public are invited to attend, up to the capacity of the 
room.
    For further information and pre-clearance into the Department of 
State, please contact: Anne Chick, Office of Ocean Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State, Room 5805, 2201 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20520, telephone (202) 647-3879, or email [email protected] by Monday, 
October 17, 2005.

    Dated: September 15, 2005.
Clayton Diamond,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 05-18849 Filed 9-20-05; 8:45 am]
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