[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 144 (Tuesday, July 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 40258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20139]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration


Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee; Notice 
of Partially Closed Meeting

    A meeting of the Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory 
Committee (RPTAC) will be held August 12, 1998, 9:00 a.m., in the 
Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 3884, 14th Street between Constitution 
and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The Committee advises the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on 
implementation of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and 
provides for continuing review to update the EAR as needed.

Agenda

Open Session

    1. Opening remarks by the Chairperson.
    2. Presentation of papers or comments by the public.
    3. Update of policies under review.
    4. Update on status of pending regulations.
    5. Discussion of proposal to amend Foreign Trade Statistics 
Regulations and Export Administration Regulations to change definition 
of ``Exporter of Record''.
    6. Report on Wassenaar Arrangement working group meeting.
    7. Reports from RPTAC working groups.

Closed Session

    8. Discussion of matters properly classified under Executive Order 
12958, dealing with the U.S. export control program and strategic 
criteria related thereto.
    The General Session of the meeting will be open to the public and a 
limited number of seats will be available. Reservations are not 
required. To the extent that time permits, members of the public may 
present oral statements to the Committee. Written statements may be 
submitted at any time before or after the meeting. However, to 
facilitate the distribution of public presentation materials to the 
Committee members, the Committee suggests that presenters forward the 
public presentation materials two weeks prior to the meeting date to 
the following address: Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter, OAS/EA/BXA MS:3886C, 15th 
St. & Pennsylvania Ave., NW., U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, 
DC 20230.
    The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of 
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on December 
16, 1996, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended, that the series of meetings or portions of meetings of 
the Committee and of any Subcommittees thereof, dealing with the 
classified materials listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) shall be exempt from 
the provisions relating to public meetings found in section 10(a)(1) 
and 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The remaining 
series of meetings or portions thereof will be open to the public.
    A copy of the Notice of Determination to close meetings or portions 
of meetings of the Committee is available for public inspection and 
copying in the Central Reference and Records Inspection Facility, Room 
6020, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. For further 
information, call Lee Ann Carpenter at (202) 482-2583.

    Dated: July 23, 1998.
Lee Ann Carpenter,
Director, Technical Advisory Committee Unit.
[FR Doc. 98-20139 Filed 7-27-98; 8:45 am]
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