[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 51649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25438]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
American Statistical Association Committee on Energy Statistics
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the American Statistical
Association Committee on Energy Statistics, a utilized Federal Advisory
Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat.
770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the
Federal Register.
Date and Time: Thursday, October 25, 2001 8:30 am-5 pm; Friday,
October 26, 2001 8:30 am-11:30 a.m.
Place: U.S. Department of Energy, Room 6E-069, 1000 Independence
Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William I. Weinig, EI-70,
Committee Liaison, Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department
of Energy, Washington, DC 20585, Telephone: (202) 287-1709.
Alternately, Mr. Weinig may be contacted by email at
[email protected] or by FAX at (202) 287-1705.
Purpose of Committee: To advise the Department of Energy, Energy
Information Administration (EIA), on EIA technical statistical issues
and to enable the EIA to benefit from the Committee's expertise
concerning other energy-related statistical matters.
Tentative Agenda
Thursday, October 25, 2001
A. Opening Remarks by the ASA Committee Chair, the EIA Acting
Administrator and the Acting Director, Statistics and Methods Group,
EIA. Room 6E-069
B. Major Topics (Room 6E-069 unless otherwise noted)
1. Results of the first EIA-Sponsored ASA Fellowship
2. A Briefing on two recent EIA studies provided the U.S. Senate:
Analysis of Strategies for Reducing Multiple Emissions from Power
Plants
3. Reestimation of Natural Gas Production Data: A General
Presentation
4. Public Questions and Comments
5. Reestimation of Natural Gas Production Data: The Details (Room
5E-069)
6. Progress on the International (MARKAL) Model Development (Room
5E-081)
7. A Survey of Steam-Only Facilities Using Biomass Feedstocks
8. EIA Performance Measures
9. How to Implement Significant Survey Redesigns: Form EIA-176
(Room 5E-069)
10. New Modeling and Forecasting Approaches: An ASA Panel
Discussion (Room 5E-081)
11. Public Questions and Comments
Friday, October 26, 2001, Room 6E-089
C. Major Topics
1. New Developments with the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Survey
2. Measuring Consumption by Energy-Use Sector: Options for
Obtaining Data in the Future
3. Clarification of Small Area/Imputation Technique, and Study of
Resulting Bias
4. Information Quality Guidelines and the Standards Project
5. Public Questions and Comments
D. Closing Remarks by the Chair
Public Participation
The meeting is open to the public. The Chair of the Committee is
empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the
orderly conduct of business. Written statements may be filed with the
committee either before or after the meeting. If there are any
questions, please contact Mr. William I. Weinig, EIA Committee Liaison,
at the address or telephone number listed above.
Minutes
Available for public review and copying at the Public Reading Room,
(Room 1E-190), 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585,
(202) 586-3142, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
Issued at Washington, DC on October 4, 2001.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee, Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-25438 Filed 10-9-01; 8:45 am]
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