[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 19167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06928]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11699]


Notice of Shipping Coordinating Committee Meeting in Preparation 
for International Maritime Organization MEPC 78 Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting of the 
Shipping Coordinating Committee at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 25, 
2022, by way of teleconference. The primary purpose of the meeting is 
to prepare for the seventy-eighth session of the International Maritime 
Organization's (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 78) 
to be held virtually from Monday, June 6, 2022 to Friday June 10, 2022.
    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: 877 239 87#.
    The agenda items to be considered by the advisory committee at this 
meeting mirror those to be considered at MEPC 78, and include:

--Adoption of the agenda
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments
--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
--Identification and protection of Special Areas, ECAs and PSSAs
--Technical cooperation activities for the protection of the marine 
environment
--Application of the Committee's method of work
--Work programme of the Committee and subsidiary bodies
--Any other business
--Consideration of the report of the Committee

    Please note: the IMO may, on short notice, adjust the MEPC 78 
agenda to accommodate the constraints associated with the virtual 
meeting format. Any changes to the agenda will be reported to those who 
RSVP.
    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 May 18, 2022. 
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. 2022-06928 Filed 3-31-22; 8:45 am]
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