Notice2025-17637
Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International Maritime Organization MEPC/ES.2
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September 12, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 175 (Friday, September 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 44282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17637]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12817]
Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for International
Maritime Organization MEPC/ES.2
The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 1:00 p.m.
on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, both in-person at Coast Guard
Headquarters in Washington, DC, and via teleconference through
Microsoft Teams. The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for
the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Marine Environment
Protection Committee's 2nd Extraordinary Session (MEPC/ES.2) to be held
at IMO Headquarters in London, United Kingdom from Tuesday, October 14,
2025, to Friday, October 17, 2025.
Members of the public may participate up to the capacity of the
teleconference 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, and the
teleconference line will be provided to those who RSVP. To RSVP,
participants should contact the meeting coordinator, LCDR Emily Sysko,
by email at LCDR <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4b0e26222732651f6518323820240b3e38282c65262227"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e1a48c888d98cfb5cfb298928a8ea194928286cf8c888d">[email protected]</span></a>. LCDR Sysko will provide access
information for in-person and virtual attendance.
The agenda items to be considered at MEPC/ES.2 include:
--Adoption of the agenda;
--Decisions and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments;
--Reduction of GHG emissions from ships;
--Any other business;
--Consideration of the report of the Committee.
Please note: The IMO may, on short notice, adjust the MEPC/ES.2
agenda to accommodate the constraints associated with the virtual
meeting format. 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 may contact the meeting coordinator,
LCDR Emily Sysko, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#094c64606570275d275a707a6266497c7a6a6e27646065"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93d6fefaffeabdc7bdc0eae0f8fcd3e6e0f0f4bdfefaff">[email protected]</span></a> or by phone at
202-372-1376 or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE,
ATTN: LCDR Emily Sysko, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7509,
Washington, DC 20593-7509, by September 24, 2025. Members of the public
needing reasonable accommodation should advise LCDR Emily Sysko no
later than September 24, 2025. 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: <a href="https://www.dco.uscg.mil/IMO">https://www.dco.uscg.mil/IMO</a>.
(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2656 and 5 U.S.C. 552.)
Emily C. Miletello,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2025-17637 Filed 9-11-25; 8:45 am]
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