[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 72 (Monday, April 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 18962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7122]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC)

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.

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Date:  May 11, 2007.

Time:  9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Place:  Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington DC 20230, Room 4830.
SUMMARY: The Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee 
(ETTAC) will hold a plenary meeting on May 11, 2007, at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, in Room 4830. The ETTAC will discuss Committee 
priorities and goals for the year and other international topics 
related to trade and the environmental technologies industry. (e.g. the 
Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate; update on 
the latest round of negotiations in the World Trade Organization's 
environmental goods and services trade liberalization; intellectual 
property rights; etc.). The meeting is open to the public and time will 
be permitted for public comment.
    Written comments concerning ETTAC affairs are welcome anytime 
before or after the meeting. Minutes will be available within 30 days 
of this meeting.
    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 rechartered until September 3, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Bohon, Office of Energy and 
Environmental Technologies Industries (OEEI), International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0359. 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.

     Dated: April 9, 2007.
Joe O. Neuhoff,
Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Industries.
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