[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 17 (Friday, January 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 3692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1979]


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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 involving members of the Industry Advisory Board 
(IAB) to the International Energy Agency (IEA) in connection with a 
meeting of the IEA's Emergency Response Exercise 2 Design Group will be 
held on February 1, 2002, at the headquarters of the IEA in Paris, 
France.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samuel M. Bradley, Assistant General 
Counsel for International and National Security Programs, Department of 
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 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)) 
(EPCA), the following notice of meeting is provided:
    A meeting involving members of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to 
the International Energy Agency (IEA) in connection with a meeting of 
the IEA's Emergency Response Exercise 2 (ERE 2) Design Group will be 
held at the headquarters of the IEA, 9, rue de la Federation, Paris, 
France, on February 1, 2002, beginning at approximately 9:15 a.m. The 
purpose of this notice is to permit attendance by representatives of 
U.S. company members of the IAB at the ERE 2 Design Group meeting. The 
purpose of this meeting is to develop scenarios for an oil supply 
disruption simulation exercise in connection with the IEA's Standing 
Group on Emergency Questions (SEQ), which is scheduled to be held at 
the IEA between March 12-14, 2002.
    The Agenda for the meeting is under the control of the SEQ. It is 
expected that the SEQ will adopt the following Agenda:

Introductions

    1. Introductions by the Chair.
    2. Introduction by OME [IEA Secretariat Oil Markets and Emergency 
Preparedness staff]: Background and Objectives of IEA Objectives of 
Emergency Response Exercises.
    3. Presentation of goals and objectives of the ERE 2 Simulation 
Exercise

Scenario Building: Oil Disruption Scenarios in the Wake of 
September 11, 2001.

    4. Presentation on Scenario Building and Risk Assessments.
    5. Discussion on Scenario Building for the ERE 2 Simulation 
Exercise.

Design Group Meeting on ERE 2 Training and Simulation Exercise

    6. Discussion led by the Chair.
    Points for Discussion include:
     Approve the half-day training agenda for distribution to 
the SEQ.
     Approve goals and objectives for scenario building for the 
Simulation Exercise.
     Approve agenda for the Simulation Exercise.
     Discussion on operational issues.
     Briefing on the outcome of the December 12, 2001, SEQ/SLT 
[Standing Group on Long-Term Cooperation] Inter-fuels Workshop.
    7. Chairman's Conclusion.
    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 Congress, the 
IEA, and the European Commission, and invitees of the IAB, the SEQ, or 
the IEA.

    Issued in Washington, DC, January 22, 2002.
Lee Liberman Otis,
General Counsel.
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