[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25931-25932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12361]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


International Energy Agency Meetings

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International Energy 
Agency (IEA) will meet May 21-22, 1997, at the IEA's headquarters in 
Paris, France to permit attendance by representatives of U.S. company 
members of the IAB at a joint meeting of the IEA's Standing Group on 
Emergency Questions (SEQ) and the Standing Group on the Oil Market and 
at a meeting of the SEQ.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samuel M. Bradley, Acting Assistant 
General Counsel for International and Legal Policy, 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 meeting notices are provided:
    I. A meeting of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the 
International Energy Agency (IEA) will be held on May 21, 1997, at the 
headquarters of the IEA, 9 rue de la Federation, Paris, France, 
beginning at 9:00 a.m. The purpose of the meeting is to permit 
attendance by representatives of U.S. company members of the IAB at a 
joint meeting of the IEA's Standing Group on Emergency Questions (SEQ) 
and Standing Group on the Oil Market (SOM). The agenda for the meeting 
is under the control of the SEQ and SOM. It is expected that they will 
adopt the following agenda:

1. Current Oil Market Situation
2. Refinery Flexibility: A Hidden Source of Oil Security?
3. The Chinese Energy Situation: Oil Demand in China
4. Asian Oil Outlook: An Overview

    II. A meeting of the IAB will be held on May 21 and 22, 1997, at 
the IEA headquarters at the above address, beginning at approximately 
2:30 p.m. on May 21. The purpose of this meeting is to permit 
attendance by representatives of U.S. company members of the IAB at a 
meeting of the SEQ which is scheduled for this time and location, 
including a prepatory encounter among company representatives on May 21 
from approximately 2:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The agenda for the prepatory 
encounter among company representatives is to elicit views on the SEQ's 
agenda. The agenda for the SEQ meeting is under the control of the SEQ. 
It is expected the SEQ will adopt the following agenda:

1. Adoption of the Agenda
2. Approval of Summary Record of the 89th Meeting
3. SEQ Work Program
    --The 1997 SEQ Work Program
    --The 1998 SEQ Work Program
4. Policy and Legislative Developments in Member Countries
    --Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA)
    --Report on U.S. Department of Energy Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
Study
    --Other Country Developments
5. Industry Advisory Board
    --Current and Planned IAB Activities
6. Future Strategies for IEA Emergency Reserves
7. Seminar on IEA Emergency Reserve Strategy
8. Emergency Response Reviews of IEA Countries
    --Spain
    --Portugal
    --Japan
    --Austria
    --Updated Schedule of Reviews
9. Review of SEQ Work Schedules
    --Results of Survey
10. Emergency Reserve Situation of IEA Countries
    --Emergency Reserve and Net Import Situation of IEA Countries on 
October 1, 1996
    --Emergency Reserve and Net Import Situation of IEA Countries on 
January 1, 1997
11. Emergency Response Issues in IEA Candidate Countries
    --The Emergency Reserve Situation of IEA Candidate Countries
    --Report on Data Reporting by Candidate Countries
12. Emergency Data System and Related Questions
    --Based Period Final Consumption (BPFC)--Q495-Q396
    --BPFC--Q196-Q496
    --Monthly Oil Statistics (MOS) December 1996
    --MOS January 1997
    --MOS February 1997
    --Quarterly Oil Forecast--Q197-Q397
13. IEA Public Information in Oil Crises
14. Emergency Reference Guide
    --Update of Emergency Contact Points List
15. IEA Dispute Settlement Center
    --Panel of Arbitrators

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16. Any Other Business
    --Preparations for the IEA Governing Board Meeting at Ministerial 
Level
    --Visit of IEA Executive Director to Saudia Arabia
    --Report on Non-Member Countries Energy Security Conference of 
April 1997
    --Use of Internet for SEQ Documents and Communications

    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)), these meetings are open 
only to representatives of members of the IAB and their counsel, 
representatives of members of the SEQ and SOM and representatives of 
the Departments of Energy, Justice, and State, the Federal Trade 
Commission, the General Accounting Office, Committees of the Congress, 
the IEA, and the European Commission, and invitees of the IAB, the SEQ, 
SOM or the IEA.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., May 6, 1997.
Eric J. Fygi,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 97-12361 Filed 5-9-97; 8:45 am]
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