[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 157 (Friday, August 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 43698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21822]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. PL98-7-000]


Technical Conference on Year 2000 Issues for the Oil and Natural 
Gas Sector; Notice of Technical Conference

August 10, 1998.
    Take notice that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is 
sponsoring a technical conference to be held on Friday, September 18, 
1998, at 9:00 a.m., 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 in the 
Commission meeting room. This conference is being held as an outreach 
for the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion's (Council). The 
Council has designated FERC as the lead agency for the oil and gas 
sector of its Energy Working Group. The conference will be hosted by 
the Natural Gas Council (NGC) and American Petroleum Institute (API). 
All interested persons are invited to attend.
    This technical conference will focus on promoting awareness of Year 
2000 (Y2K) issues and coordinating information sharing on testing and 
solutions among companies in the oil and natural gas industries rather 
than internal solutions of individual companies.
    The industry associations that are part of the Council's oil and 
gas sector will present preliminary results of a Y2K readiness survey 
of the oil and natural gas industries. This survey was developed by the 
oil and gas sector of the Council's Energy Working Group, and will be 
repeated quarterly. The industry associations are distributing the 
survey to individual companies. The industry associations and umbrella 
organizations (such as NGC, API, and Gas Industry Standards Board) are 
compiling and aggregating survey results so that individual company 
responses remain anonymous. It is these aggregated results that will be 
presented at the conference. The Council's oil and gas sector group is 
also developing a Website that will be linked to the Council's Website 
(www.y2k.gov), where aggregated survey results and other related 
information will be posted and made available to the public.
    A more detailed agenda will be published before the conference. The 
public may participate during question and answer periods, but no 
witness panels will be established. Written comments are welcome at any 
time and should reference Docket No. PL98-7-000. For additional 
information, please contact Kathleen Sherman at 202-219-2834 or by 
electronic mail at ``[email protected].''
    If there is sufficient interest from those outside the Washington, 
DC, metropolitan area, the Capitol Connection may broadcast the 
conference LIVE via satellite for a fee. If there is interest in the 
Washington, DC, area for this program or you need more information 
about the national broadcast, please call Shirley Al-Jarani or Julia 
Morelli at the Capitol Connection (703-993-3100) no later than 
September 15, 1998. In addition, National Narrowcast Network's Hearing-
On-The-Line service covers all FERC meetings live by telephone so that 
interested persons can listen at their desks, from their homes, or from 
any phone, without special equipment. Billing is based on time on-line. 
Call 202-966-2211 for further details.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-21822 Filed 8-13-98; 8:45 am]
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