The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 1:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, February 04, 2025, virtually via Microsoft Teams.
The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the eleventh session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 13) to be held at IMO Headquarters, 4 Albert Embankment, London, SE 1 7SR on Monday, February 9th to Friday, February 13th, 2024. The Federal Register Notice is available at: Federal Register: Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation for the Eleventh Session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 13).
Members of the public may participate via MS Teams, or via phone up to the capacity of the Microsoft Teams meeting, which can handle 1000 participants. Those who plan to participate via MS Teams, or via phone, should RSVP to the meeting coordinator, Ms. Nicole M. Schindler, by e-mail at Nicole.M.Schindler@uscg.mil, by phone at (206) 820-5710, or in writing at COMDT (CG-OES), ATTN: Ms. Nicole M. Schindler, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. S.E. Stop 7509, Washington D.C. 20593-7509. The attendees that wish to participate via MS Teams must contact the meeting coordinator to receive the meeting link.
The agenda items to be considered include:
- Adoption of the agenda
- Decisions of other IMO bodies
- Safety and pollution hazards of chemicals and preparation of consequential amendments to the IBC Code
- Amendments to MARPOL Annex II in order to improve the effectiveness of cargo tank stripping, tank washing operations and prewash procedures for products with a high melting point and/or high viscosity
- Development of a legally binding framework for the control and management of ships' biofouling to minimize the transfer of invasive aquatic species
- Reduction of the impact on the Arctic of Black Carbon emissions from international shipping
- Evaluation and harmonization of rules and guidance on the discharge of discharge water from EGCS into the aquatic environment, including conditions and areas
- Review and development of NOx emission requirements in MARPOL Annex VI and the NOx Technical Code 2008
- Review and amendment of the NTC 2008 to provide a means for certification of engines that operate on non-carbon-containing fuel or mixtures of carbon-containing and non-carbon-containing fuels
- Revision of MARPOL Annex IV and associated guidelines
- Follow-up work emanating from the Action Plan to address marine plastic litter from ships
- Revision of the Revised guidelines and specifications for pollution prevention equipment for machinery space bilges of ships (resolution MEPC.107(49));
- Review of the IBTS Guidelines and amendments to the IOPP Certificate and Oil Record Book;
- Unified interpretation of provisions of IMO environment-related conventions (7.1)
- Biennial agenda and provisional agenda for PPR 14
- Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2027
- Any other business
- Report to the Marine Environment Protection Committee
Please note: The Sub-Committee may, on short notice, adjust the PPR 13 agenda to accommodate the constraints associated with the hybrid meeting format. Any changes to the agenda will be reported to those who RSVP.
Additional information regarding this and other IMO public meetings may be found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/IMO.
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