# The Manufacturing Council: Meeting
**AGENCY:**
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Notice of an open meeting.
**SUMMARY:**
The Manufacturing Council will hold a meeting to discuss workforce development issues, a clean energy standard, energy efficiency, energy regulation reform, trade agreements and other issues affecting the U.S. manufacturing sector and to receive briefings from the Departments of Commerce, the Treasury, Labor, and Energy on their activities relating to the U.S. manufacturing sector.
**DATES:**
July 22, 2011.
*Time:* 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PDT.
**ADDRESSES:**
United Streetcar, 9700 SE. Lawnfield Road, Clackamas, Oregon 97015. All guests are requested to register in advance. This program will be physically accessible to people with disabilities. Seating is limited and will be on a first come, first served basis. Requests for sign language interpretation, other auxiliary aids, or pre-registration, should be submitted no later than July 14, 2011, to Jennifer Pilat, the Manufacturing Council, Room 4043, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone 202-482-4501, *[email protected].* Last minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Jennifer Pilat, the Manufacturing Council, Room 4043, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, *telephone:* 202-482-4501, *e-mail: [email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The Council was re-chartered on April 8, 2010, to advise the Secretary of Commerce on matters relating to the U.S. manufacturing industry. No time will be available for oral comments from members of the public attending the meeting. Any member of the public may submit pertinent written comments concerning the Council's affairs at any time before or after the meeting. Comments may be submitted to Jennifer Pilat at the contact information indicated above. To be considered during the meeting, comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Time on July 14, 2011, to ensure transmission to the Council prior to the meeting. Comments received after that date will be distributed to the members but may not be considered at the meeting.
Copies of Council meeting minutes will be available within 90 days of the meeting.
Dated: June 30, 2011.
Jennifer Pilat,
Executive Secretary, The Manufacturing Council.