[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 184 (Friday, September 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58176-58177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20645]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11866]


Notice of Shipping Coordinating Committee Meeting in Preparation 
for International Maritime Organization MEPC 79 Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting of the 
Shipping Coordinating Committee at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 7, 
2022, by way of both in-person at Coast Guard Headquarters in 
Washington, DC and teleconference. The primary purpose of the meeting 
is to prepare for the seventy ninth session of the International 
Maritime Organization's (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee 
(MEPC 79) to be held at IMO Headquarters from Monday, December 12, 2022 
to Friday December 16, 2022.

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    Members of the public may participate in-person or 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]. The meeting location will be the United 
States Coast Guard Headquarters, Ray Evans Conference Room, 6I10-01-B/C 
and the teleconference line will be provided to those who RSVP.
    The agenda items to be considered by the advisory committee at this 
meeting mirror those to be considered at MEPC 79, 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
--Reports of other sub-committees
--Identification and protection of Special Areas, ECAs and PSSAs
--Application of the Committee's method of work
--Work programme of the Committee and subsidiary bodies
--Election of the Chair and Vice-Chair
--Any other business
--Consideration of the report of the Committee

    Please note: the IMO may, on short notice, adjust the MEPC 79 
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 November 30, 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)

Gregory J. O'Brien,
Senior Oceans Policy Advisor, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2022-20645 Filed 9-22-22; 8:45 am]
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