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2026-12113 — Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee

Pursuant to Section 2313(c) of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 4728(c), and in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (FACA), 5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq., the Department of Commerce (the Department) requests nominations for membership for the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC or Committee). The ETTAC is a non-discretionary committee that provides consensus advice to the Environmental Trade Promotion Working Group of the Trade Promotion Coordinati…

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Legal stateAgency noticeA notice may request information or announce an agency action. It does not by itself establish a new legal requirement or an open comment period.
JurisdictionUnited StatesFederal-source record
Latest recorded action2026-06-16Solicitation of nominations for membership for the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee.
Primary sourceFed. RegisterOriginal public record linked

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Disclosure & reporting

Forces a data center’s energy, water, and impact data into public view, so regulators, ratepayers, and communities can see figures operators would otherwise keep private.

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Selected by shared tracked mechanisms or themes, with cross jurisdiction examples prioritized. Similarity is not legal equivalence.

PA-SB 1408Pennsylvania · Introduced / in committeeAn Act providing for data center transparency; prohibiting certain nondisclosure agreements between public agencies and data centers; providing for data centers and public input; prohibiting data centers from being developed or operated by certain foreign entities; and providing for enforcement by Attorney General and for energy and water reporting.Disclosure & reporting · Energy · WaterS-5640United States · Introduced / in committeeData Center Transparency Act of 2026Disclosure & reporting · Energy · WaterMD-EO-01.01.2026.16Maryland · Executive actionExecutive Order 01.01.2026.16 establishes responsible data-center development reviewDisclosure & reporting · Grid ReliabilityCA-AB2469California · Enacted or issuedData centers: water use disclosures.Disclosure & reporting · Water
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Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee

9 nodes · 8 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 3Policy mechanism 1Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summarysignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textapplies in: Jurisdiction recorded for this source typedocumented by: Original source URL stored with the policy recordissued by: Issuing agency named in the tracked public recordmember of family: standalonePolicy record2026-12113Environmental Technologies …2026-12113: Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory CommitteePolicy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeWaterExplicit record textWater: Explicit record textPolicy themeGrid ReliabilityExplicit record textGrid Reliability: Explicit record textPolicy mechanismDisclosure & reportingText-derived policy signalDisclosure & reporting: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionUnited StatesFederal policy jurisdictionUnited States: Federal policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceFed. RegisterOriginal public sourceFed. Register: Original public sourceDocumented actorCommerce DepartmentagencyCommerce Department: agencyPolicy familyEnvironmental Technolo…USEnvironmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee: US

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