[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 25297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12302]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6625]


Title: Shipping Coordinating Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 26th, 2008, in Room 4202 of the 
United States Coast Guard Headquarters Building, 2100 2nd Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20593. The purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the 
59th Session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine 
Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 59) to be held at the IMO's 
London headquarters from July 13-17, 2009. The primary matters to be 
discussed at MEPC 59 include:

--Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water;
--Recycling of ships;
--Prevention of air pollution from ships;
--Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments;
--Interpretations of, and amendments to, MARPOL and related 
instruments;
--Implementation of the International Convention on Oil Pollution 
Preparedness,
    Response and Cooperation (OPRC) and the OPRC-Hazardous and Noxious
    Substances Protocol and relevant conference resolutions;
--Identification and protection of Special Areas and Particularly 
Sensitive Sea Areas;
--Inadequacy of reception facilities;
--Reports of sub-committees;
--Work of other bodies;
--Status of conventions;
--Harmful anti-fouling systems for ships;
--Promotion of implementation and enforcement of MARPOL and related 
Instruments;
--Technical Cooperation Sub-program for the Protection of the Marine
    Environment;
--Role of the human element;
--Formal safety assessment;
--Development of a guidance document for minimizing the risk of ship 
strikes
    with Cetaceans;
--Noise from commercial shipping and its adverse impacts on marine 
life;
--Work program of the Committee and subsidiary bodies;
--Application of the Committees' Guidelines; and
--Election of MEPC Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 2010.

    Members of the public may attend the June 26th meeting of the SHC 
up to the seating capacity of the room. Due to security considerations, 
two valid, government-issued photo identification documents must be 
presented to gain entrance to the building. The Coast Guard 
Headquarters building is accessible by taxi and privately owned 
conveyance. Please note that parking in the vicinity of the building is 
extremely limited and that public transportation is not generally 
available. To facilitate attendance to this meeting of the SHC, those 
who plan to attend should contact the meeting coordinator, Lieutenant 
Commander Brian Moore--not later than 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 23, 
2009--by e-mail at [email protected]; by phone at (202) 372-1434; 
or by writing to Commandant (CG-5224), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 
2100 Second Street, SW., Room 1601, Washington, DC 20593-0001.
    Printed copies of documents associated with MEPC 59 will not be 
provided at this meeting. To request documents in electronic format 
(via e-mail or CD-ROM), please write to the address provided below, or 
request documents via the following Internet link: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg522/cg5224/imomepc.asp. Additional information regarding this 
and other SHC public meetings and associated IMO meetings may be found 
at: www.uscg.mil/imo.

    Dated: May 18, 2009.
Mark Skolnicki,
 Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. E9-12302 Filed 5-26-09; 8:45 am]
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