[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 10147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02925]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12328]


Notice of Shipping Coordinating Committee Meeting in Preparation 
for International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Environmental 
Protection Committee (MEPC) 81 Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 11 a.m. on 
Thursday, March 7, 2024, both in-person at Coast Guard Headquarters in 
Washington DC, and via teleconference. The primary purpose of the 
meeting is to prepare for the eighty-first session of the International 
Maritime Organization's (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee 
(MEPC 81) to be held in London, United Kingdom, from Monday, March 18, 
2024, to Friday, March 22, 2024.
    Members of the public may participate up to the capacity of the 
teleconference line, which will handle 500 participants, or up to the 
seating capacity of the room if attending in-person.
    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 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
--Report of other sub-committees
--Identification and protection of Special Areas, ECAs and PSSAs
--Technical cooperation activities for the protection of the marine 
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--Application of the Committees' 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 81 
agenda to accommodate any constraints associated with the meeting. 
Although no changes to the agenda are anticipated, if any are 
necessary, they will be provided to those who RSVP.
    Those who plan to participate should contact the meeting 
coordinator, LT Emily K. Rowan at [email protected], by phone at 
(202) 372-1376, or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, 
Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509 no later than February 29, 2024, 7 
days prior to the meeting. Requests made after February 29, 2024, might 
not be able to be accommodated. The meeting coordinator will provide 
the teleconference information, facilitate the building security 
process, and requests for reasonable accommodation. 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 at St. Elizabeth's. This 
building is accessible by taxi, public transportation, and privately 
owned conveyance (upon advanced request).
    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)

Leslie W. Hunt,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2024-02925 Filed 2-12-24; 8:45 am]
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