[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 169 (Friday, September 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60436-60437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18888]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting of a Federal advisory committee.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee 
(ETTAC) will hold a hybrid meeting, accessible in-person and online, on 
Tuesday September 26, 2023 at the U.S. Department of Commerce in 
Washington, DC The meeting is open to the public with registration 
instructions provided below. This notice sets forth the schedule and 
proposed topics for the meeting.

DATES:  The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 26, 2023 from 
8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The deadline for 
members of the public to register to participate, including requests to 
make comments during the meeting and for auxiliary aids, or to submit 
written comments for dissemination prior to the meeting, is 5:00 p.m. 
EDT on Friday, September 15, 2023.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually as well as in-person in 
the Research Library at the U.S. Department of Commerce Herbert Clark 
Hoover building, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. 
Requests to register to participate in-person or virtually (including 
to speak or for auxiliary aids) and any written comments should be 
submitted via email to Ms. Megan Hyndman, Office of Energy & 
Environmental Industries, International Trade Administration, at 
[email protected]. This meeting has a limited number of spaces 
for members of the public to attend in-person. Requests to participate 
in-person will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Megan Hyndman, Office of Energy & 
Environmental Industries, International Trade Administration (Phone: 
202-823-1839; email: [email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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

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development and administration of programs to expand U.S. exports of 
environmental technologies, goods, services, and products. The ETTAC 
was most recently re-chartered through August 16, 2024.
    On Tuesday, September 26, 2023 from 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT, the 
ETTAC will hold the third meeting of its current charter term. The 
Committee, with officials from the U.S. Department of Commerce and 
other agencies, will discuss U.S. government resources and programs to 
support U.S. environmental technology exporters, including the U.S. 
National Export Strategy, ITA trade promotion activities at the Water 
Environment Federation's Technical Exhibition and Conference, (WEFTEC), 
ITA programming at COP28, and other matters based on ETTAC member 
interests. An agenda will be made available one week prior to the 
meeting upon request to Megan Hyndman.
    The meeting will be open to the public and time will be permitted 
for public comment before the close of the meeting. Members of the 
public seeking to attend the meeting are required to register by 
Friday, September 15, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. EDT, via the contact 
information provided above. This meeting is physically accessible to 
people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or 
other auxiliary aids should be directed to OEEI at 
[email protected] or (202) 823-1839 no less than one week prior 
to the meeting. Requests received after this date will be accepted, but 
it may not be possible to accommodate them.
    Written comments concerning ETTAC affairs are welcome any time 
before or after the meeting. To be considered during the meeting, 
written comments must be received by Friday, September 15, 2023, at 
5:00 p.m. EDT to ensure transmission to the members before the meeting. 
Draft minutes will be available within 30 days of this meeting.

    Dated: August 25, 2023.
Man K. Cho,
Deputy Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Industries.
[FR Doc. 2023-18888 Filed 8-31-23; 8:45 am]
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