[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17694-17695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8106]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration


American Statistical Association Committee on Energy Statistics

AGENCY: Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the American Statistical 
Association Committee on Energy Statistics, a utilized Federal Advisory 
Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 
Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced 
in the Federal Register.

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, April 19, 2001 8:30 a.m.-4:40 p.m.; Friday, 
April 20, 2001 8:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m.

PLACE: U. S. Department of Energy, 8th Floor Conference Center, 950 
L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William I. Weinig, EI-70, 
Committee Liaison, Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department 
of Energy, Washington, DC 20585, Telephone: (202) 287-1709. 
Alternately, Mr. Weinig may be contacted by email at 
[email protected] or by FAX at (202) 287-1705.
    Purpose of Committee: To advise the Department of Energy, Energy 
Information Administration (EIA), on EIA technical statistical issues 
and to enable the EIA to benefit from the Committee's expertise 
concerning other energy-related statistical matters.

Tentative Agenda

Thursday, April 19, 2001
A. Opening Remarks by the Chair, Room 8015
B. Major Topics, Room 8015 (unless otherwise noted)
    1. Opening Remarks by EIA's Acting Administrator
    2. A Briefing: Progress on the International (MARKAL) Model 
Development
    3. A Briefing: Analysis of Strategies for Reducing Multiple 
Emissions from Power Plants
    4. How Does EIA Measure the Impact of Its Data?
    5. Verifying an Electricity Model, Room 8021
    6. Electricity 2002: New Data Forms and New Confidentiality Policy, 
Room 8022
    7. Frequently Asked Questions About Survey Response Rates, Room 
8022
    8. Public Questions and Comments
    9. Update and Results of Cognitive Testing of EIA Graphics, Room 
8015
    10. Interagency Project: Disclosure Auditing System
    11. Monte Carlo Analysis of Uncertainty in Greenhouse Gas Emission 
Estimates: Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy and Industrial Sources 
in the U.S.
    12. How to Develop ``Emergency'' Surveys: Suggestions for ``Cutting 
Corners'
    13. Public Questions and Comments
Friday, April 20, 2001
C. Major Topics, Room 8015

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    1. Knowledge Transfer as EIA Staff Ages and Turns Over
    2. Measures of Data Quality for EIA Surveys
    3. Possible Invited Papers at the Joint American Statistical 
Association Meetings in 2002
    4. Public Questions and Comments
D. Closing Remarks by the Chair

    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. The Chair 
of the Committee is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that 
will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Written statements may 
be filed with the committee either before or after the meeting. If 
there are any questions, please contact Mr. William I. Weinig, EIA 
Committee Liaison, at the address or telephone number listed above.
    Minutes: Available for public review and copying at the Public 
Reading Room, (Room 1E-190), 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, 
DC 20585, (202) 586-3142, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., 
Monday through Friday.

    Issued at Washington, DC on March 29, 2001.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee, Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-8106 Filed 4-2-01; 8:45 am]
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