[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 239 (Monday, December 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 77323]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31428]


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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 meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 12, 2016, at 8:30 
a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 48019 at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Herbert Clark Hoover Building, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amy Kreps, Office of Energy & 
Environmental Industries (OEEI), International Trade Administration, 
Room 4053, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (Phone: 
202-482-3835; Fax: 202-482-5665; email: [email protected].) 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 no less than one week prior to the 
meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will take place from 8:30 a.m. 
to 3:30 p.m. EST. The general meeting is open to the public and time 
will be permitted for public comment from 3:00-3:30 p.m. EST. Those 
interested in attending must provide notification by Wednesday, 
December 30, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. EST, via the contact information 
provided above. 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 this meeting will include discussion of priorities 
and objectives for the committee, trade promotion programs within the 
International Trade Administration, and subcommittee working meetings.
    Background: 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 August 2016.

    Dated: December 7, 2015.
Edward A. O'Malley,
Office Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Industries.
[FR Doc. 2015-31428 Filed 12-11-15; 8:45 am]
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