[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 13579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05044]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC)
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, April 4, 2017 from 8:30
a.m.-3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce,
Herbert Clark Hoover Building, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amy Kreps, Office of Energy &
Environmental Industries (OEEI), International Trade Administration,
Room 28018, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (Phone:
202-482-3835; 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 on April 4 from
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). The general meeting
is open to the public and time will be permitted for public comment
from 3:00-3:30 p.m. EST. Those interested in attending must provide
notification by Friday, March 24, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. EST, 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.
Topic to be considered: The agenda for the April 4, 2017 meeting
includes briefings from the U.S. interagency on topics about which the
committee has expressed interest, including the Top Markets Report
methodology, the trade classification system, and ITA's trade promotion
programs. The committee also will discuss its priorities and objectives
and deliberate on subcommittee topics.
Background: The ETTAC is mandated by Section 2313(c) of the Export
Enhancement Act of 1988, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 4728(c), to advise the
Environmental Trade Working Group of the Trade Promotion Coordinating
Committee, through the Secretary of Commerce, on the development and
administration of programs to expand U.S. exports of environmental
technologies, goods, services, and products. The ETTAC was originally
chartered in May of 1994. It was most recently re-chartered until
August 2018.
Dated: March 9, 2017.
Edward A. O'Malley,
Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Industries.
[FR Doc. 2017-05044 Filed 3-13-17; 8:45 am]
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