[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77776-77777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32098]


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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 Thursday, December 
29, 2011, at 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

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(EST). Please register by 5 p.m. EST on Thursday, December 22, 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 2 p.m. to 3 
p.m. 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.
    Topic to be considered: The agenda for the December 29, 2011 ETTAC 
meeting has only the following item: Deliberation on an ETTAC draft 
recommendation letter to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce regarding U.S. 
Government's efforts to liberalize environmental trade within the Asia-
Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
    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 
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, December 22, 
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. 2011-32098 Filed 12-13-11; 8:45 am]
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