[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 52 (Thursday, March 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14258-14259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6636]


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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 March 23, 2000, 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, SW, Washington, DC 20585, 202-586-
6738.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 252(c)(1)(A)(i) 
of the Energy Policy and Conservation

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Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(i)) (EPCA), 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 FeAE1deAE1ration, Paris, France, on March 23, 2000, beginning at 
approximately 8:45 a.m. 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 March 23, including a preparatory 
encounter among company representatives from approximately 8:45 a..m. 
to 9 am.
    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:

1. Adoption of the Agenda
2. Approval of the Summary Record of the 97th Meeting
3. SEQ Work Program
    --The Year 2000 Work Program of the SEQ
    --The Year 2001 Work Program of the SEQ
4. Special Session on Tanker Market Developments and Oil Security 
Issues
5. Policy and Legislative Developments in Member Countries
    --Recent Developments in the EPCA
    --Developments in other IEA Countries
6. Follow-up to the Seminar on Oil Stock Strategy and the Disruption 
Simulation Exercise
7. Emergency Response Reviews
    --Review of Poland
    --Publication: The Emergency Response Potential of IEA Countries 
in 2000
    --Draft Report to the Governing Board on the Completed Emergency 
Response Review Cycle
    --Schedule of Reviews
8. Report on IEA'S Y2K Response Activities
9. Current IAB Activities
10. Report to the SEQ by the Working Group on Petroleum Coke
11. Emergency Reserve Issues
    --Emergency Reserve and Net Import Situation of IEA Countries on 
October 1, 1999
    --Emergency Reserve and Net Import Situation of IEA Countries on 
January 1, 2000
    --Draft Report to the Governing Board
    --Emergency Reserve Situation of IEA Candidate Countries
    --Unavailable Stocks
12. Emergency Data System and Related Questions
    --Monthly Oil Statistics October 1999
    --Monthly Oil Statistics November 1999
    --Monthly Oil Statistics December 1999
    --Base Period Final Consumption Q498/Q399
    --Base Period Final Consumption Q199/Q499
    --Quarterly Oil Forecast--Current Quarter Q12000
13. Emergency Reference Guide
    --Update of Emergency Contact Points List
14. Other Business
    --IEA/ASCOPE Seminar on Oil Security Issues
    --Dates of September and November Meetings
    --Website version of Emergency Response Guide

    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., March 10, 2000.
Mary Anne Sullivan,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 00-6636 Filed 3-15-00; 8:45 am]
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