04-7705. Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC)

AGENCY:

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

ACTION:

Notice of open meeting.

Date: May 14, 2004.

Time: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Place: American Water Works Association, 6666 W. Quincy Avenue, Denver, CO 80235.

SUMMARY:

The Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) will hold a plenary meeting on May 14, 2004 at the American Water Works Association (AWWA) at 6666 West Quincy Avenue, Denver, CO 80235. For directions, please call AWWA at [phone].

The ETTAC will discuss environmental technologies trade policies and programs. Time will be permitted for public comment. The meeting is open to the public.

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 recently rechartered until May 30, 2006.

For further information phone Corey Wright, Office of Environmental Technologies Industries (ETI), 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 ETI at [phone].

Dated: March 30, 2004.

Carlos F. Montoulieu,

Director, Office of Environmental Technologies Industries.