[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 81 (Friday, April 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 19781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08551]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9979]


Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Public Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC) will conduct an open 
meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in room 6I10-01-b 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 
seventy-first session of the International Maritime Organization's 
(IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee to be held at the IMO 
Headquarters, United Kingdom, July 3-7, 2017.
    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 fourth 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
--Application of the Committees' Guidelines
--Work program of the Committee and subsidiary bodies
--Election of the Chair and Vice-Chair for 2018
--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, up to the 
capacity of the teleconference phone line. To access the teleconference 
line, participants should call (855) 475-2447 and use Participant Code: 
993 678 424. To facilitate the building security process, and to 
request reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend should 
contact the meeting coordinator, LCDR Staci Weist, by email at 
[email protected], by phone at (202) 372-1376, or in writing at 
2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE., Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-
7509 no later than June 21, 2017. Requests made after June 21, 2017 
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). Parking in the vicinity of 
the building is extremely limited and not guaranteed. Additional 
information regarding this and other SHC public meetings may be found 
at: www.uscg.mil/imo.

Jonathan W. Burby,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2017-08551 Filed 4-27-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4710-09-P