[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 39 (Monday, February 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 11114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04295]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11670]


International Seabed Authority

ACTION: Notice of public meeting

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SUMMARY: The Department of State will hold a public meeting to prepare 
for the meeting of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Council to 
be held at ISA Headquarters, Kingston, Jamaica, from March 21-April 1, 
2022.

DATES: The public meeting will be held via WebEx on March 16, 2022, 3 
p.m.-4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like to participate in 
this meeting, please send your (1) name, (2) organization/affiliation, 
and (3) email address and phone number, to Greg O'Brien at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of State will hold a public 
meeting at 3 p.m. EST on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, to prepare for the 
first part of the twenty-seventh session of the ISA Council. This 
public meeting will be held by way of WebEx, with a capacity of up to 
1000 members of the public to participate. To RSVP, participants should 
contact the meeting coordinator, Greg O'Brien, by email at 
[email protected] for log on and dial-in information, and to request 
reasonable accommodation. Requests for reasonable accommodation 
received after March 11, 2022, will be considered but might not be 
possible to fulfill.
    The ISA Council will convene the first part of its twenty-seventh 
session on March 21-April 1, 2022, at ISA Headquarters in Kingston, 
Jamaica. The agenda for this session includes the Draft regulations on 
exploitation of mineral resources in the Area. Additional information 
on the ISA is available at www.isa.org.jm.
    We are inviting interested stakeholders to this virtual public 
meeting to share views about this session of the ISA Council, in 
particular to provide information to assist the U.S. Government in 
developing its positions. We will provide a brief overview of the 
upcoming session and listen to the viewpoints of U.S. stakeholders. 
Comments are particularly welcome on the Facilitator's text on Part IV 
and VI of the Draft regulations concerning protection and preservation 
of the marine environment and plans for closing a seabed mining area; 
the Facilitator's text draws on textual proposals from ISA delegations 
and various proposals of the Legal and Technical Commission. The 
Facilitator's text is document ISBA/27/C/IWG/ENV/CRP.1 and can be 
accessed at: https://isa.org.jm/node/20859. The information obtained 
from this session will help the U.S. observer delegation prepare for 
participation in the first part of the twenty-seventh session of the 
ISA Council.

Gregory J. O'Brien,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, Department 
of State.
[FR Doc. 2022-04295 Filed 2-25-22; 8:45 am]
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