[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 90325-90326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29947]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) 
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 10, 2017 from 9:00 
a.m.-5:00 p.m. and Wednesday, January 11, 2017 from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. 
Eastern Standard Time (EST).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Auditorium 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 28018, 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 two-day meeting will take place on 
January 10 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on January 11 from 9:00 a.m. 
to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). The general meeting is open 
to the public and time will be permitted for public comment on January 
11 from 1:30-2:00 p.m. EST. Those interested in attending must provide 
notification by Thursday, December 29, 2016 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.

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    Topic to be considered: The agenda for the January 10 & 11, 2017 
meeting includes providing the newly chartered committee with 
introductions to the U.S. interagency Environmental Technology Working 
Group (ETWG). The committee also will discuss its priorities and 
objectives and deliberate on committee and subcommittee leadership as 
well as subcommittee topics.
    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 
August 2018.

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]).

    Dated: December 8, 2016.
Edward A. O'Malley,
Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Industries.
[FR Doc. 2016-29947 Filed 12-13-16; 8:45 am]
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