[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 57645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20113]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9679]


Shipping Coordinating Committee, Notice of Public Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 13, 2016, in Room 7K15-01 of 
the Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building at St. 
Elizabeth's, 2703 Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue SE., Washington, DC 
20593. The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the 
Seventieth session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) 
Marine Environment Protection Committee to be held at the IMO 
Headquarters, United Kingdom, October 24-28, 2016.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Decisions of other bodies
--Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments
--Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water
--Air pollution and energy efficiency
--Further technical and operational measures for enhancing the energy 
efficiency of international shipping
--Reduction of GHG emissions from ships
--Identification and protection of Special Areas and PSSAs
--Pollution prevention and response (report of the third session of the 
Sub-Committee)
--Reports of other sub-committees
--Technical cooperation activities for the protection of the marine 
environment
--Capacity building for the implementation of new measures
--Analysis and consideration of recommendations to reduce 
administrative burdens in IMO instruments as identified by the SG-RAR
--Application of the Committees' Guidelines
--Work programme of the Committee and subsidiary bodies
--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. Upon request to the meeting coordinator, members 
of the public may also participate via teleconference. To facilitate 
the building security process, and to request reasonable accommodation, 
those who plan to attend should contact the meeting coordinator, LCDR 
Tiffany Duffy, by email at [email protected], by phone at (202) 
372-1376, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue SE., 
Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509 not later than October 6, 2016. 
Requests made after October 6, 2016 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 Coast Guard Headquarters building. It is 
recommended that attendees arrive to the Headquarters building no later 
than 30 minutes ahead of the scheduled meeting for the security 
screening process. The building is accessible by taxi, public 
transportation, and privately owned conveyance (upon request). 
Additional information regarding this and other SHC public meetings may 
be found at: www.uscg.mil/imo.

    Dated: August 12, 2016.
Jonathan W. Burby,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2016-20113 Filed 8-22-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4710-09-P