[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 59265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23290]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11570]


Notice of Shipping Coordinating Committee Meeting in Preparation 
for International Maritime Organization MEPC 77 Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting of the 
Shipping Coordinating Committee at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 
17, 2021, by way of teleconference. Members of the public may 
participate up to the capacity of the teleconference phone line, which 
can handle 500 participants. To RSVP, participants should contact the 
meeting coordinator, LCDR Jessica Anderson, by email at 
[email protected]. To access the teleconference line 
participants should call (202) 475-4000 and use Participant Code: 138 
541 34#.
    The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the seventy 
seventh session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) 
Marine Environment Protection Committee to be held virtually from 
Monday, November 22, 2021 to Friday, November 26, 2021. The agenda 
items to be considered at the advisory committee meeting mirror those 
to be considered at MEPC 77, and include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Decisions of other bodies
--Identification and protection of Special Areas, ECAs and PSSAs
--Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water
--Air pollution prevention
--Energy efficiency of ships
--Reduction of GHG emissions from ships
--Follow-up work emanating from the Action Plan to address marine 
plastic litter from ships
--Pollution prevention and response
--Reports of other sub-committees
--Work programme of the Committee and subsidiary bodies
--Application of the Committee's method of work
--Any other business
--Consideration of the report of the Committee

    Please note: the IMO may, on short notice, adjust the MEPC 77 
agenda to accommodate the constraints associated with the virtual 
meeting format. Any changes to the agenda will be reported to those who 
RSVP and those in attendance at the meeting.
    Those who plan to participate may contact the meeting coordinator, 
LCDR Jessica Anderson, by email at [email protected], or in 
writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, 
DC 20593-7509. Members of the public needing reasonable accommodation 
should advise LCDR Jessica Anderson not later than November 15, 2021. 
Requests made after that date will be considered, but might not be 
possible to fulfill.
    Additional information regarding this and other IMO public meetings 
may be found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/IMO.

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2656 and 5 U.S.C. 552)

Emily A. Rose,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Office of Ocean 
and Polar Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2021-23290 Filed 10-25-21; 8:45 am]
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