Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) Public Meeting, 84556 [2016-28205]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 84556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28205]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) 
Public Meeting

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Commerce.

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 teleconference meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 
7, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Please register by 
5:00 p.m. EST on Friday, December 2, 2016 to listen in on the 
teleconference meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place via teleconference. For 
logistical reasons, all participants are required to register in 
advance by the date specified above. Please contact Ms. Maureen Hinman 
at the contact information below to register and obtain call-in 
information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will take place from 2:00 p.m. 
to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). This meeting is open to the 
public. Written comments concerning ETTAC affairs are welcome any time 
before or after the meeting. Minutes will be available within 30 days 
of this meeting.
    Topic to be considered: The agenda for the December 7, 2016 meeting 
includes providing the newly chartered committee with an overview of 
committee operations and a briefing on Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA) requirements. The committee will also deliberate on composition 
of subcommittees.
    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 2016.
    The teleconference will be accessible to people with disabilities. 
Please specify any requests for reasonable accommodation when 
registering to participate in the teleconference. Last minute requests 
will be accepted, but may be impossible to fulfill.
    No time will be available for oral comments from members of the 
public during this meeting. As noted above, any member of the public 
may submit pertinent written comments concerning the Committee's 
affairs at any time before or after the meeting. Comments may be 
submitted to Ms. Maureen Hinman at the contact information indicated 
above. To be considered during the meeting, comments must be received 
no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Friday, December 2, 
2016, to ensure transmission to the Committee prior to the meeting. 
Comments received after that date will be distributed to the members 
but may not be considered at the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Maureen Hinman, Office of Energy & 
Environmental Industries (OEEI), International Trade Administration, 
Room 4053, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. (Phone: 
202-482-0627; Fax: 202-482-5665; email: maureen.hinman@trade.gov).

    Dated: November 17, 2016.
Man Cho,
Deputy Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Industries.
[FR Doc. 2016-28205 Filed 11-22-16; 8:45 am]
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