[Federal Register: May 17, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 94)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

 
Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC)

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

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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    Date: May 20, 2005.
    Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
    Place: MWH Global, 175 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 1900, Chicago, IL.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee 
(ETTAC) will hold a plenary meeting on May 20, 2005, at the MWH Global. 
The ETTAC will discuss Trade Liberalization of Environmental Goods and 
Services in the World Trade Organization and the results of the ETTAC 
Survey on Priority Markets. The afternoon session will include a 
discussion of the Environmental Law and Policy Center's work with 
Renewable Energy Sources. 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 rechartered until May 30, 2006.
    For further information phone Joseph Ayoub, Office of Environmental 
Technologies Industries (ETI), International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0313 or 5225. This meeting is 
physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign 
language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to 
OEEI at (202) 482-5225.

Carlos F. Montoulieu,
Office of Energy and Environmental Industries.
[FR Doc. E5-2464 Filed 5-16-05; 8:45 am]