[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 209 (Friday, October 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 66912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27959]


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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 teleconference meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 
16, 2011, at 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Please register by 5 
p.m. EST on Thursday, November 10, 2011 to listen in on the 
teleconference meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place via teleconference. For 
logistical reasons, all participants are required to register in 
advance by the date specified above. Please contact Mr. Todd DeLelle at 
the contact information below to register and obtain call-in 
information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Todd DeLelle, Office of Energy & 
Environmental Industries (OEEI), International Trade Administration, 
Room 4053, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. Phone: 
(202) 482-4877; Fax: (202) 482-5665; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will take place from 3 p.m. to 4 
p.m. EST. This meeting is open to the public. 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 the November 16, 2011 ETTAC 
meeting has only one item as follows: 3 p.m.-4 p.m. Presentation of, 
and deliberation on, an ETTAC Trade Liberalization Subcommittee draft 
recommendation letter regarding the possible inclusion of ``Buy 
American'' provisions in pending Congressional legislation and the 
impact this language may have on international trade in environmental 
goods and services.
    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 (ETWG) 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 October 2012.
    The teleconference will be accessible to people with disabilities. 
Please specify any requests for reasonable accommodation when 
registering to participate in the teleconference. Last minute requests 
will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill.
    No time will be available for oral comments from members of the 
public during this meeting. As noted above, any member of the public 
may submit pertinent written comments concerning the Committee's 
affairs at any time before or after the meeting. Comments may be 
submitted to Mr. Todd DeLelle at the contact information indicated 
above. To be considered during the meeting, comments must be received 
no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Thursday, November 10, 
2011, to ensure transmission to the Committee prior to the meeting. 
Comments received after that date will be distributed to the members 
but may not be considered at the meeting.

Edward A. O'Malley,
Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Industries.
[FR Doc. 2011-27959 Filed 10-27-11; 8:45 am]
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