Notice of Public Meeting To Prepare for International Maritime Organization MEPC 85 Session

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 209 (Friday, October 30, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68584-68585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-22214]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 13159]


Notice of Public Meeting To Prepare for International Maritime 
Organization MEPC 85 Session

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 10:00 a.m. 
on Friday, November 13th, 2026, by teleconference. The primary purpose 
of the meeting is to prepare for the 85th session of the International 
Maritime Organization's (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee 
(MEPC 85), to be held at IMO Headquarters in London, United Kingdom 
from Monday, November 30th, 2026, to Friday, December 3rd, 2026.

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    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
--Experience-building phase for the reduction of underwater radiated 
noise from shipping
--Reports of other sub-committees
--Identification and protection of Special Areas, ECAs and PSSAs
--Application of the Committees' 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 85 
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 may contact the meeting coordinator, 
LT Justus Martin, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#105a65636465633e543e5d716264797e50656373773e7d797c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a003f393e3f39640e64072b383e23240a3f39292d64272326">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, by phone at 
(571) 610-0444, or in writing at ATTN: LT Justus Martin, 2703 Martin 
Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-7509, by 
November 8th, 2026. Members of the public needing reasonable 
accommodation should advise LT Justus Martin no later than November 
8th, 2026. 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 M. Gibbons,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2026-22214 Filed 10-29-26; 8:45 am]
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