[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 89 (Friday, May 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25463-25464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12295]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


International Energy Agency Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Subject to timely enactment of legislation to reinstate the 
antitrust defense under section 252 of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act, a meeting of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the 
International Energy Agency (IEA) will be held on May 15, 1998, at the 
IEA's headquarters in Paris, France 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).

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: Subject to timely enactment of legislation 
to

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reinstate the antitrust defense under section 252 of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (EPCA), the following meeting notice is provided, 
in accordance with section 252(c)(1)(A)(I) of the EPCA:
    A meeting of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International 
Energy Agency (IEA) will be held on May 15, 1998, at the headquarters 
of the IEA, 9, rue de la Federation, Paris, France, beginning at 
approximately 9:30 a.m. The purpose of this meeting 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's headquarters on May 15, including 
a preparatory encounter among company representatives from 
approximately 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The agenda for the preparatory 
encounter among company representatives is to elicit views regarding 
items on the agenda for the SEQ meeting. The SEQ's agenda 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 the Summary Record of the 91st Meeting
3. SEQ Work Program
    --The 1998 SEQ Work Program
    --The 1999 SEQ Work Program
    --Preparations for Emergency Response Exercise 1998
4. Policy and Legislative Developments in Member Countries
    --U.S. Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA)
    --Report on U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Strategy
    --Other Country Developments
5. Emergency Response Reviews of IEA Countries
    --Netherlands
    --Switzerland
    --Italy
    --Updated Schedule of Reviews
6. Transport Sector Oil Security Issues and Prospects
    --Road Vehicles for the Future
7. Emergency Reserve Situation of IEA Countries
    --Emergency Reserve and Net Import Situation of IEA Countries on 
October 1, 1997
    --Emergency Reserve and Net Import Situation of IEA Countries on 
January 1, 1998
    --Progress Report on Compliance with IEA Stockholding 
Commitments
8. Emergency Response Issues in IEA candidate countries
    --Emergency Reserve Situation of IEA Candidate Countries
    --Report on Data Reporting by Candidate Countries
9. Emergency Data System and Related Questions
    --Base Period Final Consumption Q197-Q497
    --Monthly Oil Statistics (MOS) December 1997
    --MOS January 1998
    --MOS February 1998
    --Monthly Oil Data Diskette Service (MODS)
    --Quarterly Oil Forecast Q398
    --Emergency Management Manual (improved format)
    --Emergency Reference Guide
10. IEA/ASCOPE Workshop on Asian Energy Security
11. Implementation of IEA Security Rules
12. Any Other Business
    --Oral Report on the May 14 Seminar on the Effects of the Oil 
Price Drop
    --Update on use of Internet for SEQ documents and communications
    --Workshop in Brazil on Enhancing Oil Sector Energy Security

    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 the 
Congress, the IEA, and the European Commission, and invitees of the 
IAB, the SEQ, or the IEA.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., May 1, 1998.
Eric J. Fygi,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-12295 Filed 5-7-98; 8:45 am]
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