[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 4 (Friday, January 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 749-750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00054]


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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 January 23, 2024 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, January 23, 2024 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard 
Time (EST). 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. EST on Wednesday, January 17, 2024.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually as well as in-person in 
the Commerce 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

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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 
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, January 23, 2024 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST, the 
ETTAC will hold the sixth meeting of its current charter term. During 
the meeting, committee members will participate in breakout discussions 
to discuss issues of interest to specific environmental technology 
sectors and to deliberate on potential recommendation topics. The 
committee will also hear briefings on U.S. government resources and 
programs to support U.S. environmental technology exporters, including 
the International Trade Administration's efforts to strengthen U.S. 
supply chains and U.S. Export-Import Bank tools for U.S. exporters. 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 
Wednesday, January 17, at 5:00 p.m. EST, 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 Wednesday, January 17, 2024, at 
5:00 p.m. EST to ensure transmission to the members before the meeting. 
Draft minutes will be available within 30 days of this meeting.

    Dated: January 2, 2024.
Man K. Cho,
Deputy Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Industries.
[FR Doc. 2024-00054 Filed 1-4-24; 8:45 am]
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