[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46061-46063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11612]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Renewal of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory 
Committee and Solicitation of Nominations for Membership

AGENCY: Industry and Analysis, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of renewal of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency 
Advisory Committee and solicitation of nominations for membership.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA), the Department of Commerce

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announces the renewal of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency 
Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee shall advise the 
Secretary of Commerce regarding the development and administration of 
programs and policies to expand the competitiveness of U.S. exports of 
renewable energy and energy efficiency goods and services.
    The Committee's work on renewable energy will focus on 
technologies, equipment, and services to generate electricity, produce 
heat, and power vehicles from renewable sources such as solar, wind, 
biomass, hydropower, geothermal, and hydrogen. The Committee's work on 
energy efficiency will focus on technologies, services, and platforms 
that provide system-level energy efficiency to electricity generation, 
transmission, and distribution. These include smart grid technologies 
and services, as well as equipment and systems that increase the 
resiliency of power infrastructure such as energy storage. Climate 
solutions in the energy sector, such as low-carbon hydrogen production, 
clean energy transportation, and virtual power plants are also within 
the scope of the Committee. For the purposes of this Committee, covered 
goods and services will not include vehicles, feedstock for biofuels, 
or energy efficiency as it relates to consumer goods or buildings. Non-
fossil fuels that reduce carbon consumption (e.g., liquid biofuels and 
pellets) are included. This notice also requests nominations for 
membership.

DATES: Applications or nominations for members must be received on or 
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Friday June 14, 2024. 
This serves as an extension of the initial deadline of May 31, 2024, as 
previously indicated in the April 17, 2024, Federal Register Notice at 
the following link: https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-08135. After 
that date, the International Trade Administration (ITA) may continue to 
accept nominations under this notice for one year to fill any vacancies 
that may arise.

ADDRESSES: Applications or nominations may be emailed to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cora Dickson, Designated Federal 
Officer, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee, 
Office of Energy & Environmental Industries, U.S. Department of 
Commerce; phone 202-482-6083; email [email protected]. Interested 
parties can also view Committee documents on the REEEAC website at 
http://trade.gov/reeeac.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee shall consist of up to 30 
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 shall represent U.S. 
companies, U.S. trade associations, U.S. private sector organizations, 
and civil society groups with activities focused on the export 
competitiveness of U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency goods 
and services. The Committee shall also represent the range of company 
or organizational roles in the development of renewable energy and 
energy efficiency projects, including, for example, project developers, 
technology integrators, financial institutions, and manufacturers. 
Members of the Committee are selected, in accordance with applicable 
Department of Commerce guidelines, based on their ability to carry out 
the objectives of the Committee as set forth in the Charter and in a 
manner that ensures that the Committee is balanced in terms of points 
of view, industry subsector, geography, and company size. The diverse 
membership of the Committee assures perspectives reflecting the breadth 
of the Committee's responsibilities, and, where possible, the 
Department of Commerce will also consider the ethnic, racial, gender, 
sexual orientation, and gender identity diversity and various abilities 
of the United States population.
    Members 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. Members serve in a representative capacity 
presenting the views and interests of a U.S. entity or U.S. 
organization, as well as their particular subsector; they are, 
therefore, not Special Government Employees.
    Members of the Committee must not be registered as foreign agents 
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). Members of the Committee will 
not be compensated for their services or reimbursed for their travel 
expenses.
    If you are interested in applying or nominating someone else to 
become a member of the Committee, please provide the following 
information:
    (1) Sponsor letter on the company's, trade association's, or 
organization's letterhead containing the name, title, and relevant 
contact information (including phone, and email address) of the 
individual who is applying or being nominated;
    (2) An affirmative statement that the nominee will be able to meet 
the expected time commitments of Committee work. Committee work 
includes (1) a commitment to attend quarterly committee meetings 
(typically, two in-person meetings lasting one day each and two virtual 
meetings lasting 2-4 hours each), (2) undertaking additional work 
outside of full committee meetings including regular participation in 
virtual subcommittee meetings, and (3) frequently drafting, preparing, 
or commenting on proposed recommendations to be evaluated at Committee 
meetings;
    (3) Short biography of nominee, including credentials;
    (4) Brief description (not brochures or other marketing collateral) 
of the company, trade association, or organization to be represented 
and its business activities, company size (number of employees and 
annual sales), and export markets served;
    (5) An affirmative statement that the nominee meets all Committee 
eligibility requirements.
    The attendance record of a nominated individual who has served on 
the Committee will be taken into consideration for reappointment. In 
principle, appointed Committee members should be absent from the 
Committee meetings (virtual or in-person) no more than once a year, for 
example, due to illness, family emergency, weather delays, etc. In-
person meetings will not be held in a hybrid format. ITA will endeavor 
to announce in-person meetings sufficiently in advance for the members 
to adjust their travel plans or schedules accordingly.
    See the ADDRESSES and DATES captions above for how and the deadline 
to submit nominations.

Privacy Act Statement

    The collection, maintenance, and disclosure of this information is 
governed by the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a). The Department of 
Commerce is authorized to collect this information in accordance with 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (FACA), 5 U.S.C. chapter 
10. The principal purpose for which the Department will use the 
information is to assist in choosing members of the Renewable Energy 
and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee. Information received will be 
maintained in a Privacy Act system of records, COMMERCE/DEPT-11, 
entitled ``Candidates for Membership, Members, and Former Members of 
Department of

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Commerce Advisory Committees.'' A notice describing that system, 
including a complete set of routine disclosures, has been published 
both in the Federal Register and on the Department's website at: 
https://www.commerce.gov/opog/privacy/SORN/SORN-DEPT-11. Although 
providing this information is voluntary, an individual cannot be 
considered for membership without an application submission.

Public Burden Statement

    A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 
required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for 
failure to comply with an information collection subject to the 
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 unless the 
information collection has a currently valid OMB Control Number. The 
approved OMB Control Number for this information collection is 0625-
0143. Without this approval, we could not conduct this information 
collection. Public reporting for this information collection is 
estimated to be approximately 30-60 minutes per response, including the 
time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, 
gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing 
the information collection. All responses to this information 
collection are voluntary. Send comments regarding this burden estimate 
or any other aspect of this information collection, including 
suggestions for reducing this burden to the International Trade 
Administration Paperwork Reduction Act Program: [email protected] or to 
Katelynn Byers, ITA PRA Process Administrator: 
[email protected].

    Note: A request for applications was posted in a Federal 
Register Notice on April 17, 2024. If you applied in response to 
that notice, your application remains valid and is in the review 
process.

    Nominees selected for appointment to the Committee will be notified 
by mail.

Man K. Cho,
Deputy Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Industries, 
International Trade Administration.
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