[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 65783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27725]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10639]


Notice of Public Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 1:00 p.m. 
Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, February 12, 2019, in room 6I10-01-
A 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 sixth 
session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-
Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 6) to be held at 
the IMO Headquarters, United Kingdom, on February 18-22, 2019.
    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.
--Revised guidance on ballast water sampling and analysis.
--Revised guidance on methodologies that may be used for enumerating 
viable organisms.
--Amendment of annex 1 to the AFS Convention to include controls on 
cybutryne, and consequential revision of relevant guidelines.
--Consideration of the impact on the Arctic of emissions of Black 
Carbon from international shipping.
--Consistent implementation of regulation 14.1.3 of MARPOL Annex VI.
--Amendments to regulation 14 of MARPOL Annex VI to require a dedicated 
sampling point for fuel oil.
--Standards for shipboard gasification of waste systems and associated 
amendments to regulation 16 of MARPOL Annex VI.
--Review of the 2015 Guidelines for Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems 
(resolution MEPC.259(68)).
--Development of measures to reduce risks of use and carriage of heavy 
fuel oil as fuel by ships in Arctic waters.
--Review of the IBTS Guidelines and amendments to the IOPP Certificate 
and Oil Record Book.
--Amendments to the 2012 Guidelines on implementation of effluent 
standards and performance tests for sewage treatment plants (resolution 
MEPC.227(64)) to address inconsistencies in their application.
--Guide on practical methods for the implementation of the OPRC 
Convention and the OPRC-HNS Protocol.
--Unified interpretation to provisions of IMO environment-related 
conventions.
--Biennial agenda and provisional agenda for PPR 7.
--Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2020.
--Any other business.
--Report to the Marine Environment 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, Ms. Melissa Perera, by email at 
[email protected], by phone at (202) 372-1446, or in writing at 
2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington DC 20593-
7509, not later than February 5, 2019, five business days prior to the 
meeting. Requests made after February 5, 2019 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 (upon request).

Joel C. Coito,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2018-27725 Filed 12-20-18; 8:45 am]
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