[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 61322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29539]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
International Energy Agency Meeting
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International Energy
Agency (IEA) will meet on November 18 and 19, 1999, at the headquarters
of the IEA in Paris, France in connection with a meeting of the IEA's
Standing Group on Emergency Questions (SEQ).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samuel M. Bradley, Assistant General
Counsel for International and National Security Programs, Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585, 202-
586-6738.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 252(c)(1)(A)(i)
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(i)),
the following notice of meeting is provided:
A meeting of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International
Energy Agency (IEA) will be held at the headquarters of the IEA, 9, rue
de la Federation, Paris, France, on November 18 and 19, 1999, beginning
at approximately 2:15 p.m. on November 18. The purpose of this notice
is to permit attendance by representatives of U.S. company members of
the IAB at a meeting of the IEA's Standing Group on Emergency Questions
(SEQ), which is scheduled to be held at the IEA on November 18,
including a preparatory encounter among company representatives on
November 18 from approximately 2:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The Agenda for the preparatory encounter among company
representatives is to elicit views regarding items on the SEQ's Agenda.
The Agenda for the SEQ meeting is under the control of the SEQ. It is
expected that the SEQ will adopt the following Agenda:
November 18, 1999
(Note: The November 18 session of the meeting will be held jointly
with the Standing Group on Oil Markets.)
1. Oil Markets: Past, Present and Future.
2. Energy Security: Past, Present and Future.
3. The Evolving Geopolitics of Oil.
4. Current Oil Market Situation.
5. Roundtable on the Future of Oil Markets and Energy Security.
November 19, 1999
1. Adoption of the Agenda.
2. Approval of the Summary Record of the 96th Meeting.
3. SEQ Work Program.
--The Year 1999 Work Program of the SEQ
--The Year 2000 Work Program of the SEQ
4. Evaluation of Seminar on IEA Oil Stock Strategy.
5. Evaluation of Disruption Simulation Exercise Stages 1 and 2.
6. The IEA Response Plans to Y2K.
7. Policy and Legislative Developments in Member Countries.
--Recent Developments in the EPCA
--Developments in other IEA Countries
8. Current IAB Activities.
9. Report to the SEQ by the Working Group on Petroleum Coke.
10. Emergency Reserve Situation of IEA Countries.
--Emergency Reserve and Net Import Situation of IEA Countries on
July 1, 1999
11. Emergency Reserve Situation of IEA Candidate Countries.
12. Emergency Data System and Related Questions.
--Monthly Oil Statistics August 1999
--Q0F--Current Quarter Q41999
13. Emergency Reference Guide.
--Update of Emergency Contact Points List
--Supplementary Information Required for Y2K
14. IEA Dispute Settlement Centre: Panel of Arbitrators.
15. Other Business.
--Interpretation of paragraph 7 of the SEQ report to the Governing
Board [IEA/GB(98)17] ``The IEA 1998 Emergency Response Exercise''
--Dates of meetings in 2000
As provided in section 252(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(ii)), this meeting is open
only to representatives of members of the IAB and their counsel,
representatives of members of the SEQ, representatives of the
Departments of Energy, Justice, and State, the Federal Trade
Commission, the General Accounting Office, Committees of Congress, the
IEA, and the European Commission, and invitees of the IAB, the SEQ, or
the IEA.
Issued in Washington, D.C., November 5, 1999.
Mary Anne Sullivan,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-29539 Filed 11-9-99; 8:45 am]
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