Notice of Shipping Coordinating Committee Meeting in Preparation for International Maritime Organization MEPC 80 Meeting, 34204 [2023-11325]

Download as PDF 34204 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 102 / Friday, May 26, 2023 / Notices of the meeting is to prepare for the eightieth session of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 80) to be held at IMO Headquarters in London, United Kingdom from Monday, July 3, 2023 to Friday July 7, 2023. Members of the public may participate up to the capacity of the teleconference phone line, which can handle 500 participants or up to the seating capacity of the room if attending in person. The meeting location will be the United States Coast Guard Headquarters, Ray Evans Conference Center, and the teleconference line will be provided to those who RSVP. To RSVP, participants should contact the meeting coordinator, LT Emily Rowan, by email at Emily.K.Rowan@uscg.mil. LT Rowan will provide access information for in-person and virtual attendance. 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Additionally, members of the public needing reasonable accommodation should advise the meeting coordinator not later than June 14, 2023. 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. 1009.) Emily A. Rose, Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, Department of State. [FR Doc. 2023–11325 Filed 5–25–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–09–P SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD [Docket No. FD 36687] Rio Grande Pacific Corporation— Continuance in Control Exemption— Bogalusa and Northern Railway, LLC Rio Grande Pacific Corporation (RGPC), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) to continue in control of Bogalusa and Northern Railway, LLC (BNR), upon BNR’s becoming a Class III rail carrier. 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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 102 (Friday, May 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 34204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11325]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12088]


Notice of Shipping Coordinating Committee Meeting in Preparation 
for International Maritime Organization MEPC 80 Meeting

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting of the 
Shipping Coordinating Committee at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 29, 
2023, both in-person at Coast Guard Headquarters and via 
teleconference. The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for 
the eightieth session of the International Maritime Organization's 
(IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 80) to be held at 
IMO Headquarters in London, United Kingdom from Monday, July 3, 2023 to 
Friday July 7, 2023.
    Members of the public may participate up to the capacity of the 
teleconference phone line, which can handle 500 participants or up to 
the seating capacity of the room if attending in person. The meeting 
location will be the United States Coast Guard Headquarters, Ray Evans 
Conference Center, and the teleconference line will be provided to 
those who RSVP. To RSVP, participants should contact the meeting 
coordinator, LT Emily Rowan, by email at [email protected]. LT 
Rowan will provide access information for in-person and virtual 
attendance.
    The agenda items to be considered by the advisory committee at this 
meeting mirror those to be considered at MEPC 80, and include:

 Opening of the session
 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
 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
 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 80 
agenda to accommodate the constraints associated with the meeting 
format. Any changes to the agenda will be reported to those who RSVP.
    Those who plan to participate should contact the meeting 
coordinator, LT Emily Rowan, by email at [email protected], or in 
writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, 
DC 20593-7509, by June 14, 2023. 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 
request). Additionally, members of the public needing reasonable 
accommodation should advise the meeting coordinator not later than June 
14, 2023. 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. 1009.)

Emily A. Rose,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Office of Ocean 
and Polar Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2023-11325 Filed 5-25-23; 8:45 am]
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