[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 43715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17337]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee 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).
DATES: The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 19, 2014, at 9:00
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 9:00 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 3:00-3:30 p.m. EDT. Those
interested in attending must provide notification by Thursday, August
14, 2014 at 5:00 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
follow-up discussions to the May 28, 2014 joint ETTAC-Environmental
Trade Working Group (ETWG) meeting, discussion regarding next steps for
the 2014-2016 charter, and 2012-2014 charter conclusion action items.
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. This meeting will be the final meeting under the current charter
which expires in September 2014.
Dated: July 17, 2014.
Catherine Vial,
Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Industries, Acting.
[FR Doc. 2014-17337 Filed 7-25-14; 8:45 am]
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