[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 62 (Monday, March 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16838-16839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6466]


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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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DATES: April 18, 2008.

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

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ADDRESSES: Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution, NW., 
Washington DC 20230, Room 4813.
SUMMARY: The Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee 
(ETTAC) will hold a plenary meeting on April 18, 2008 at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, in Room 4813. The ETTAC will discuss updated 
negotiations in the World Trade Organization's environmental goods and 
services trade liberalization, trade issues concerning China, drafting 
of a recommendation paper, among other administrative committee 
priority items. 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 re-chartered until September 2008.
    For further information phone 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: March 19, 2008.
Patricia M. Sefcik,
Acting Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Industries.
[FR Doc. E8-6466 Filed 3-28-08; 8:45 am]
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