[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 6, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 25832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09876]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee--
Environmental Trade Working Group Public Meeting

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, DOC.

ACTION: Notice of Federal advisory committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a 
meeting of the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee 
(ETTAC)--Environmental Trade Working Group (ETWG).

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at 9 a.m. 
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 4830 at the U.S. Department 
of Commerce, Herbert Clark Hoover Building, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Maureen Hinman, Office of Energy & 
Environmental Industries (OEEI), International Trade Administration, 
Room 4053, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (Phone: 
202-482-0627; Fax: 202-482-5665; email: [email protected].) This 
meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests 
for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be 
directed to OEEI at (202) 482-5225 no less than one week prior to the 
meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will take place from 9 a.m. to 
3:30 p.m. EDT. The general meeting is open to the public and time will 
be permitted for public comment from 3-3:30 p.m. EDT. Those interested 
in attending must provide notification by Monday, May 19, 2014 at 5 
p.m. EDT, via the contact information provided above. Written comments 
concerning ETTAC affairs are welcome any time before or after the 
meeting. Minutes will be available within 30 days of this meeting.
    Topics to be considered: The agenda for this meeting will include a 
joint ETTAC-ETWG discussion wherein executives of the Trade Promotion 
Coordinating Committee (TPCC) Environmental Trade Working Group (ETWG) 
will receive and provide feedback to the ETTAC's recommendations to the 
Secretary of Commerce and the ETWG. The status of the U.S. 
Environmental Export Initiative will also be discussed.
    Background: The ETTAC is mandated by Public Law 103-392. It was 
created to advise the U.S. government on environmental trade policies 
and programs, and to help it to focus its resources on increasing the 
exports of the U.S. environmental industry. ETTAC operates as an 
advisory committee to the Secretary of Commerce and the Trade Promotion 
Coordinating Committee (TPCC). ETTAC was originally chartered in May of 
1994. It was most recently re-chartered until September 2014.

Catherine Vial,
Office Director, Acting; Office of Energy and Environmental Industries.
[FR Doc. 2014-09876 Filed 5-5-14; 8:45 am]
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