[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 76 (Friday, April 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 16555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07866]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10740]


Notice of a Shipping Coordination Committee Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct an open meeting at 9 a.m. on 
May 8, 2019, in Room 6i10-01-c 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 74th 
session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Marine 
Environment Protection Committee to be held at the IMO Headquarters, 
United Kingdom, May 13-17, 2019.
    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
--Follow-up work emanating from the Action Plan to address marine 
plastic litter from ships
--Identification and protection of Special Areas, ECAs and PSSAs
--Pollution prevention and response
--Reports of other sub-committees
--Technical cooperation 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 Committees' method of work
--Election of the Chair and Vice-Chair
--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 (202) 475-4000 and use Participant Code: 
796 771 84. 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) 372-1372, or in writing at 
2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-
7509 not later than May 3, 2019, 5 days prior to the meeting. Requests 
made after May 3, 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 Douglas 
A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building. The Douglas A. Munro Coast 
Guard Headquarters Building is accessible by taxi, public 
transportation, and privately owned conveyance (upon request).

Gregory J. O'Brien,
Senior Oceans Policy Advisor, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2019-07866 Filed 4-18-19; 8:45 am]
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