Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (EETAC)

[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 20 (Monday, January 31, 2000)]
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[Page 4601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (EETAC)

AGENCY:  International Trade Administration, US Department of Commerce.

ACTION:  Notice of Recruitment for Additional Members for ETTAC.

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SUMMARY:  The Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee 
(ETTAC) was established by Charter pursuant to the Jobs Through Trade 
Expansion Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 2151). The ETTAC is administered by 
the U.S. Department of Commerce under the provisions of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The ETTAC was established on May 31, 
1994; it was rechartered on June 4, 1996, and on July 15, 1998, for two 
years.
    The ETTAC advises the Environmental Trade Working Group of the 
Trade Promotion Coordination Committee (TPCC) through the Secretary of 
Commerce. A Recommendations Report was presented to the Secretary of 
Commerce in October, 1996; in March 1999, a white paper on Impediments 
to Environmental Trade was presented to the TPCC. Additional reports 
will be presented regularly.
    The Department of Commerce is seeking additional candidates from 
medium and large sized business from the following subsectors of the 
environmental industry:

(1) Analytic Services
(2) Trade Associations focused on international markets
(3) Air Pollution Control/ Monitoring Equipment
(4) Process and Prevention Technologies
(5) Environmental Energy Sources
(6) Solid and Hazardous Waste Equipment and Management

    Committee members serve in a representative capacity, and must be 
able to generally represent the views and interests of a certain 
subsector. We are seeking CEO, President, Executive Vice President and 
International Management level candidates.
    Please send a fact sheet on your company that details your 
company's activity in the subsector listed above, as well as a short 
biographical sketch on the executive who wishes to become a candidate. 
Materials can be faxed to the number listed below.
    Deadline: This request will be open for three weeks from the date 
of publication of the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  The Office of Environmental 
Technologies Exports, Room 1003, US Department of Commerce, 14th and 
Constitution, NW, Washington, DC 20230; Phone 202-482-5225.
    Materials may be faxed to 202-482-5665, attention Sage Chandler

    Dated: January 20, 2000.
E. Sage Chandler,
Office of Environmental Technologies Exports.
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