[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 17540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07461]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9073]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Committee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, in Conference Rooms 8-9-
10 of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) Headquarters 
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. The primary 
purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the sixty-eighth Session of 
the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Marine Environment 
Protection Committee to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United 
Kingdom, May 11-15, 2015.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water
--Air pollution and energy efficiency
--Further technical and operational measures for enhancing energy 
efficiency of international shipping
--Reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions from ships
--Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments
--Review of nitrogen and phosphorus removal standards in the 2012 
Guidelines on the implementation of effluent standards and performance 
tests for sewage treatment plants
--Use of electronic record books
--Identification and protection of Special Areas and Particularly 
Sensitive Sea Areas
--Inadequacy of reception facilities
--Reports of sub-committees
--Work of other bodies
--Promotion of implementation and enforcement of MARPOL and related 
instruments
--Technical co-operation activities for the protection of the marine 
environment
--Capacity building for the implementation of new measures
--Work program of the Committee and subsidiary bodies
--Application of the Committee's Guidelines
--Election of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman
--Any other business
--Consideration of the report of the Committee

Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. To facilitate the building security process, and 
to request reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend should 
contact the meeting coordinator, LCDR Matt Frazee, by email at 
[email protected], or by phone at (202) 372-1376, not later than April 29, 
2015, 7 days prior to the meeting. Upon request, a limited number of 
teleconference lines may be available. Requests made after April 29, 
2015 might not be able to be accommodated. Please note that due to 
security considerations, two valid, government issued photo 
identifications must be presented to gain entrance to the DOT 
Headquarters building. The DOT Headquarters building is accessible by 
public transportation (Navy Yard subway station), taxi and privately 
owned conveyance.

    Dated: March 25, 2015.
Marc Zlomek,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2015-07461 Filed 3-31-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4710-09-P