[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13183-13184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6480]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


International Energy Agency Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International Energy 
Agency (IEA) will meet March 25, 1999 at the headquarters of the 
International Energy Agency in Paris, France.

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 March 25, 1999, at the headquarters 
of the IEA, 9 rue de la Federation, Paris, France, beginning at 
approximately 9:00 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) 
scheduled to be held at the IEA's offices on March 25, including a 
preparatory encounter among company representatives from approximately 
9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The Agenda for the preparatory encounter among 
company representatives is to elicit views regarding items on the SEQ's 
Agenda. The Agenda for the SEQ meeting is under the control of the SEQ. 
It is expected that the SEQ will adopt the following Agenda:

1. Adoption of the Agenda
2. Approval of the Summary Records of the 93rd and 94th Meetings
3. SEQ Work Program
     The 1999 SEQ Work Program
     First Elements of the Year 2000

[[Page 13184]]

Work Program
4. Appraisal of Emergency Response Exercise 98 (ERE 98)
     Draft Appraisal of ERE 98 by the Secretariat
     Appraisal of ERE 98 by Administrations
     Appraisal of ERE 98 by Reporting Companies
     Appraisal of ERE 98 by Industry Supply Advisory Group 
(ISAG)
     Appraisal of ERE 98 by the IAB
5. Policy and Legislative Developments in Member Countries
     Recent Strategic Petroleum Reserve Developments
     Developments in other IEA countries
6. SEQ Issues for the IEA Ministerial Meeting
     Security Issues in the Transport Sector
     Spare Oil Production Capacity in OPEC Countries
7. Current IAB Activities
8. Emergency Reserve Situation of IEA Countries
     Emergency Reserve and Net Import Situation of IEA 
Countries on 1 October 1998
9. Emergency Reserve Issues
     Seminar on IEA Oil Stock Strategy
10. Emergency Response Simulation
     Proposal for Disruption Simulation Exercise
11. Emergency Response Issues of IEA Candidate Countries
     Emergency Reserve Situation of IEA Candidate Countries
12. Emergency Data System and Related Questions
     Base Period Final Consumption Q497-Q398
     Monthly Oil Statistics (MOS) October 1998
     MOS November 1998
     Quarterly Oil Forecast Q298-Q199
13. Emergency Response Reviews of IEA Countries
     Emergency Response Review of Finland
     Emergency Response Review of Greece
     Emergency Response Review of New Zealand
     Updated Schedule of Emergency Response Reviews
14. Emergency Reference Guide--Update of Emergency Contact Points List
15. Dispute Settlement Center--Panel of Arbitrators
16. Other Business
     Discussion of possible event to mark 25 years of SEQ work 
on energy security
     Emergency oil stocks and Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 
energy security (APERC Study)
     The year 2000 problem (the millennium bug)

    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., March 11, 1999.
Mary Anne Sullivan,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-6480 Filed 3-16-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P