[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10996-10997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5253]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


International Energy Agency Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International Energy 
Agency (IEA) will meet on March 17, 2004, at the headquarters of the 
IEA in Paris, France, in connection with a meeting of the IEA's 
Standing Group on Emergency Questions. A meeting involving members of 
the IAB in connection with a meeting of the IEA's Emergency Response 
Exercise (ERE3) Design Group will be held at the headquarters of the 
IEA on March 17-18, 2004.

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 of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International 
Energy Agency (IEA) will be held at the headquarters of the IEA, 9, rue 
de la F[eacute]d[eacute]ration, Paris, France, on March 17, 2004, 
beginning at 8:30 a.m. The purpose of this notice 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 on March 17, beginning at 10:30 
a.m., including a preparatory encounter among company representatives 
from 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. The agenda for the preparatory encounter is 
as follows:

I. Welcome, Review of Agenda, and Introductions
II. Report on Expiration of European Community Exemption for IAB 
Activities
III. Update on International Energy Forum
IV. Comments on New IAB Web site Prepared by IEA
V. Closing and Review of Meetings of Interest to IAB Members

    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 Record of the 109th Meeting
3. Program of Work
    --Follow-up to Surplus Publication Revenues Projects
    --Progress Report on Planning of Emergency Response Exercise (ERE) 
3
    --First Steps in Program of Work 2005-2006
    --4. Update on Compliance with IEP Stockholding Commitments
    --Reports by Non-Complying Member Countries
    --Report on Recent Emergency Response Review of Portugal
5. Relations with the New European Union Member Countries
6. Report on Current Activities of the IAB
7. Policy and Other Developments in Member Countries
    --United States
    --Japan
8. Emergency Response Activities
    --Preliminary Assessment of Economic Impacts of Oil Supply Crises
    --Bilateral Stocks and Tickets in IEA Member Countries
    --Update on IEA/EU Data Harmonization
9. Activities with Non-Member Countries and International Organizations
    --The IEA-India Workshop on Emergency Oil Stock Issues
    --ASCOPE Meeting in Cambodia
    --International Energy Forum Meeting in Bangkok
    --The EU Antitrust Situation
10. Emergency Response Reviews of IEA Member Countries
    --Revised Schedule of Emergency Response Reviews for 2004-2005
    --Emergency Response Review of Ireland
    --Emergency Response Review of the United Kingdom
11. Other Documents for Information
    --Emergency Reserve Situation of IEA Member Countries on January 1, 
2004
    --Emergency Reserve Situation of IEA Candidate Countries on January 
1, 2004
    --Monthly Oil Statistics: December 2003
    --Base Period Final Consumption: 1Q2003-4Q2003
    --Quarterly Oil Forecast: First Quarter 2004
    --Update of Emergency Contacts List
12. Other Business
    --Dates of Next Meetings:

    June 29, 2004: 111th Meeting of the SEQ
    June 30, 2004: Workshop on Near-Term Risk Assessment in the Oil 
Market
    June 30, 2004: ERE 3 Design Group Meeting
    October 25-28, 2004: ERE 3

    --Changes in the EPPD Secretariat and Delegations

    A meeting involving members of the IAB in connection with a meeting 
of the IEA's ERE3 Design Group will be held on March 17-18, 2004, at 
the headquarters of the IEA from approximately 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. 
on March 17 and continuing on March 18 at 9:30 a.m. The purpose of this 
meeting is to discuss the structure of an oil supply disruption 
simulation exercise in connection with the SEQ, which is scheduled to 
be held at IEA headquarters between October 25-28, 2004.
    The March 17 meeting will be a preparatory briefing session, the 
agenda for which is a review of the agenda for the March 18 meeting. 
The agenda for the March 18 meeting is under the control of the SEQ. It 
is expected that the SEQ will adopt the following agenda:

Phase 1: Workshop on Risk Assessment and Scenario-Building in the 
Present and Near-Term Oil Market
    --One-day Workshop in Paris, June 26, 2004
Phase 2: A ``Real-Time'' IEA Emergency Response Exercise for Member 
Countries
    --Late September 2004, Member Countries Participate from Capitals
Phase 3: Emergency Response Training and Disruption Simulation Exercise 
for Non-Member Countries and New SEQ Participants
    --Tentative Schedule, October 25-26,

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2004
Phase 4: The Third IEA SEQ Disruption Simulation Exercise
    --Tentative Schedule, October 27-28, 2004 Other Agenda Items
    --Date of the Next Design Group Meeting

    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)), the meetings of the IAB 
are open to representatives of members of the IAB and their counsel; 
representatives of members of the IEA's Standing Group on Emergency 
Questions (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, March 3, 2004.
Samuel M. Bradley,
Assistant General Counsel for International and National Security 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 04-5253 Filed 3-8-04; 8:45 am]
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