[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64172-64173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25559]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC), 
Extension of Time To Submit Nominations

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, DOC.

ACTION: Solicitation of Nominations for Membership to the Environmental 
Technologies Trade Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: This notice extends until November 14, 2014, the time period 
for submission of nominations for membership to the Environmental 
Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC or Committee). The 
original notice soliciting nominations was published on September 5, 
2014 (79 FR 53017). ETTAC was established pursuant to Title IV of the 
Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act, 22 U.S.C. 2151, and under the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2. ETTAC was first chartered on 
May 31, 1994. ETTAC serves as an advisory body to the Environmental 
Trade Working Group of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee 
(TPCC), reporting directly to the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) in 
his/her capacity as Chair of the TPCC. ETTAC advises on the development 
and administration of programs to expand U.S. exports of environmental 
technologies, goods, and services.

DATES: Nominations for membership must be received on or before 
November 14, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Please send nominations by post, email, or fax to the 
attention of Maureen Hinman, Designated Federal Officer/ETTAC, Office 
of Energy & Environmental Industries, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Room 4053, Washington, DC 20230; phone 202-482-0627; or email 
[email protected]; fax 202-482-5665. Electronic responses should 
be submitted in Microsoft Word format.
    Nominations: The Secretary invites nominations for membership to 
ETTAC, which consists of approximately 35 members appointed by the 
Secretary, in accordance with applicable Department of Commerce 
guidance and based on their ability to carry out the objectives of the 
Committee. Members represent U.S. exporters of environmental 
technologies, products and services; reflect the diversity of this 
sector, including in terms of company size and geographic location; and 
are drawn from U.S. environmental technologies manufacturing and 
services companies, U.S. trade associations, and U.S. private sector 
organizations involved in the promotion of exports of environmental 
technologies, products and services.
    Membership in a committee operating under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act must be balanced in terms of economic subsector, 
geographic location, and company size. Committee members serve in a 
representative capacity and must be able to generally represent the 
views and interests of a certain subsector of the U.S. environmental 
industry; they are, therefore, not Special Government Employees.
    Each member of the Committee must be a U.S. citizen, and not 
registered as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration 
Act. No member may represent a company that is majority-owned or 
controlled by a foreign government entity or foreign government 
entities. Companies must be at least 51 percent owned by U.S. persons. 
Candidates should be senior executive-level representatives from 
environmental technology companies, trade associations, and U.S. 
private-sector organizations involved in the promotion of exports of 
environmental technologies, products and services. Members of the ETTAC 
should have experience in the exportation of one or more environmental 
technologies, goods and/or services, including:
    (1) Air pollution control and monitoring technologies;
    (2) Analytic devices and services;
    (3) Environmental engineering and consulting services;
    (4) Financial services relevant to the environmental sector;
    (5) Process and pollution prevention technologies;
    (6) Solid and hazardous waste management technologies; and/or
    (7) Water and wastewater treatment technologies.
    The Secretary will appoint at least one individual representing 
each of the following:
    a. Environmental businesses, including small businesses;
    b. Trade associations in the environmental sector;
    c. Private sector organizations involved in the promotion of 
environmental exports, including products that comply with U.S. 
environmental, safety, and related requirements;
    d. States (as defined in 15 U.S.C. 4721(j)(5)) and associations 
representing the States; and
    e. Other appropriate interested members of the public, including 
labor representatives.
    Nominees will be evaluated based upon their ability to carry out 
the objectives of the Committee. ETTAC's current Charter is available 
at http://www.environment.ita.doc.gov under the tab: Advisory 
Committee. Appointments will be made to create a balanced Committee in 
terms of subsector representation, product lines, firm size, geographic 
area, and other criteria.

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    All appointments are made without regard to political affiliation. 
Members shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary from the date of 
appointment to the Committee to the date on which the Committee's 
charter terminates (normally two years).
    For each nominee, please provide the following information (2 pages 
maximum):

(1) Name
(2) Title
(3) Work phone; fax; and email address
(4) Organization name and address, including Web site address
(5) Short biography of nominee, including credentials and proof of U.S. 
citizenship (copy of birth certificate and/or U.S. passport) and a list 
of citizenships of foreign countries
(6) Brief description of the organization and its business activities, 
including
(7) Company size (number of employees and annual sales)
(8) Exporting experience
(9) An affirmative statement that the nominee will be able to meet the 
expected time commitments of Committee work. Committee work includes 
(1) attending in-person committee meetings approximately four times per 
year, (2) undertaking additional work outside of full committee 
meetings including subcommittee conference calls or meetings as needed, 
and (3) drafting or commenting on proposed recommendations to be 
evaluated at Committee meetings.

    Please do not send company or trade association brochures or any 
other information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Maureen Hinman, Office of Energy & 
Environmental Industries (OEEI), International Trade Administration, 
Room 4053, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. (Phone: 
202-482-0627; Fax: 202-482-5665; or email: [email protected]).

    Dated: October 22, 2014.
Catherine P. Vial,
Team Leader, Environmental Industries.
[FR Doc. 2014-25559 Filed 10-27-14; 8:45 am]
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