2010-369. Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC)

AGENCY:

International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION:

Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY:

The Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) will hold its first plenary meeting of 2010 to discuss environmental technologies trade liberalization, industry competitiveness issues, and general Committee administrative items.

DATES:

January 28, 2010.

ADDRESSES:

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230, Room 4830.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Bohon, Office of Energy and Environmental Technologies Industries (OEEI), International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at [phone]. This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to OEEI at [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This is the second time this ETTAC will meet since its re-chartering in September 2009. The meeting is open to the public and time will be permitted for public comment. Written comments concerning ETTAC affairs are welcome anytime before or after the meeting. Minutes will be available within 30 days of this meeting.

The ETTAC is mandated by Public Law 103-392. It was created to advise the U.S. government on environmental trade policies and programs, and to help it to focus its resources on increasing the exports of the U.S. environmental industry. ETTAC operates as an advisory committee to the Secretary of Commerce and the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC). ETTAC was originally chartered in May of 1994. It was most recently re-chartered until September 2010.

Dated: January 5, 2009.

Edward A. O'Malley,

Director, Office of Energy and Environmental Industries.