[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 180 (Thursday, September 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 49692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24956]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


International Energy Agency Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: A meeting of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the 
International Energy Agency will be held on September 25, 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.

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 notice is provided:
    A meeting of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International 
Energy Agency (IEA) will be held on September 25, 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 September 
25, including a preparatory encounter among company representatives 
from approximately 8:45 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 Summary Record of the 92nd Meeting
3. Policy and Legislative Developments in Member Countries
    --U.S. Energy Policy and Conservation Act
4. Current IAB Activities
5. The 1998 SEQ Work Program
    --Preparations for Emergency Response Exercise 1998
    --Update on use of internet for SEQ documents and communications
    --IAB recommendations on the exercise
    --Emergency Reference Guide
    --Emergency Management Manual
6. The 1999 SEQ Work Program
    --Seminar on Emergency Reserve Issues 1999
    7. Transport Sector Oil Security Issues and Prospects
    --Road vehicles for the future
8. World Energy Outlook Update
9. Implications of Global Spare Production Capacity for Emergency 
Response
10. Emergency Reserve Situation of IEA Countries
    --Emergency reserve and net import situation of IEA countries on 
April 1, 1998 and July 1, 1998
    --Emergency reserve situation of IEA candidate countries
11. Emergency Data System and Related Questions
    ---Base Period Final Consumption--Q197-Q497
    ---Monthly Oil Statistics (MOS) April 1998
    ---MOS May 1998
    ---MOS June 1998
    ---Quarterly Oil Forecast--Q498
12. Membership Criteria for IEA Candidate Countries
    ---Applications for IEA Membership: status and prospects
13. Workshop in Brazil on Enhancing Oil Sector Energy Security
14. Treatment of Petroleum Coke for IEA Emergency Reserve Purposes--
Proposal by the Spanish Administration
15. IEA Medium-Term Financial Plan
16. Updated Schedule of Emergency Response Reviews
    --Progress report of the review program

    As authorized by 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., September 11, 1998.
Mary Anne Sullivan,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-24956 Filed 9-16-98; 8:45 am]
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