[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 3 (Thursday, January 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28462]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 10251]


Notice of Public Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9:00 a.m. 
on Wednesday, January 24, 2018, in Room 6K15-15 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 fifth session of the International 
Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and 
Response (PPR 5) to be held at the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, on 
February 5-9, 2018.
    The agenda items to be considered include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Safety and pollution hazards of chemicals and preparation of 
consequential amendments to the IBC Code
--Review of MARPOL Annex II requirements that have an impact on cargo 
residues and tank washings of high viscosity and persistent floating 
products
--Revised guidance on ballast water sampling and analysis
--Revised guidance on methodologies that may be used for enumerating 
viable organisms
--Consideration of the impact on the Arctic of emissions of Black 
Carbon from international shipping
--Standards for shipboard gasification of waste systems and associated 
amendments to regulation 16 of MARPOL Annex VI
--Guidelines for the discharge of exhaust gas recirculation bleed-off 
water
--Revised certification requirements for SCR systems under the 
NOX Technical Code
--Review of the 2015 Guidelines for Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems 
(resolution MEPC.259(68))
--Amendments to regulation 14 of MARPOL Annex VI to require a dedicated 
sampling point for fuel oil
--Consistent implementation of regulation 14.1.3 of MARPOL Annex VI
--Revised Guidelines for the application of MARPOL Annex I requirements 
to FPSOs and FSUs
--Review of the IBTS Guidelines and amendments to the IOPP Certificate 
and Oil Record Book
--Updated IMO Dispersant Guidelines (Part IV)
--Guide on practical methods for the implementation of the OPRC 
Convention and the OPRC-HNS Protocol
--Use of electronic record books
--Consideration of an initial proposal to amend annex 1 to the AFS 
Convention to include controls of cybutryne
--Unified interpretation to provisions of IMO environment-related 
Conventions
--Biennial status report and provisional agenda for PPR 6
--Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2019
--Any other business
--Report to the Marine Environmental Protection 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 (202) 475-4000 and use Participant Code: 
887 809 72. To facilitate the building security process, and to request 
reasonable accommodation, those who plan to attend should contact the 
meeting coordinator, Mr. Patrick Keffler, by email at 
[email protected], by phone at (202) 372-1424, or in writing 
at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington DC 20593-
7509, not later than January 17, 2018, five business days prior to the 
meeting. Requests made after January 17, 2018 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. The building is 
accessible by taxi, public transportation, and privately owned 
conveyance (parking is available upon request).

Peter J. Ganser,
Senior Advisor, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2017-28462 Filed 1-3-18; 8:45 am]
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