The Interagency Ballast Water Working Group; Notice of Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 42 (Thursday, March 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 10524]
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[FR Doc No: 99-5376]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2985]


The Interagency Ballast Water Working Group; Notice of Public 
Meeting

    The Federal Interagency Ballast Water Working Group will conduct an 
open meeting on Tuesday, March 16, 1999, at 4:00 pm, in Room 3328, 
Department of Transportation, 407 7th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20590.
    The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss and prepare the U.S. 
position for treaty negotiations relating to International regulations 
for Ballast Water Management. These negotiations will be conducted at 
the 43rd session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 
43) of the International Maritime Organization. MEPC 43 will be held 
from June 28, to July 2, 1999.
    Members of the public may attend this meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Information requests and comments may be 
submitted electronically to cboes@comdt.uscg.mil. For further 
information pertaining to this meeting, contact Lieutenant Junior Grade 
Christopher Boes, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters (G-MSO-4), 2100 Second 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20593-0001; Telephone: (202) 267-0713.

    Dated: February 26, 1999.
Stephen M. Miller,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 99-5376 Filed 3-3-99; 8:45 am]
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