[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 52 (Monday, March 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16665-16666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06147]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


International Energy Agency Meetings

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 25 and 26, 2013, at the headquarters of 
the IEA in Paris, France in connection with a meeting of the IEA's 
Standing Group on Emergency Questions (SEQ), and on March 27, 2013, in 
connection with a joint meeting of the SEQ and the IEA's Standing Group 
on the Oil Market (SOM).

DATES: March 25-27, 2013.

ADDRESSES: 9, rue de la F[eacute]d[eacute]ration, Paris, France.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana D. Clark, Assistant General 
Counsel for International and National Security Programs, Department of 
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, 202-586-
3417.

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 meetings is provided:
    Meetings 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 25, 2013, 
beginning at 2:00 p.m., and continuing on March 26, 2013, at 9:30 a.m.; 
and on March 27, 2013, commencing at 9:30 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) commencing at 2 p.m. on March 25 and 
continuing on March 26 commencing at 9:30 a.m., and at a joint meeting 
of the SEQ and the IEA's Standing Group on the Oil Markets (SOM) on 
March 27 commencing at 9:30 a.m. The IAB will also hold a preparatory 
meeting among company representatives at the same location at 8:30 a.m. 
on March 26. The agenda for this preparatory meeting is to review the 
agenda for the SEQ meeting.
    The agenda of the SEQ meeting on March 25 and 26 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 137th Meeting
3. Status of Compliance With IEP Stockholding Commitments
4. Emergency Response Review Program
    --Schedule of Emergency Response Reviews
    --Questionnaire Response of Estonia
    --Emergency Response Review of Turkey
    --Emergency Response Review of Austria
    --Emergency Response Review of the United States
    --Emergency Response Review of Japan
5. Electricity Security
6. Emergency Response Exercise 6
    --Evaluation of ERE6
7. Emergency Response Measures
    --Costs and Benefits of Stockholding (Final Report)
8. Model of Short-Term Energy Security (MOSES)
9. Policy and Other Developments in Member Countries
    --Mid-Term Emergency Response Review of Greece
    --Mid-Term Emergency Response Review of New Zealand
10. Report From the Industry Advisory Board
11. Activities With International Organizations and Non-Member 
Countries
    --China
    --India
    --Indonesia
    --Thailand
12. Documents for Information
    --Emergency Reserve and Net Import Situations of IEA Member 
Countries on October 1, 2012
    --Emergency Reserve and Net Import Situations of IEA Member 
Countries on January 1, 2013
    --Base Period Final Consumption: 3Q 2011-3Q 2012
    --Base Period Final Consumption: 1Q2012-4Q 2012
    --Updated Emergency Contacts List
    --2012 Net Imports of IEA Member Countries
12. Other Business
    --Tentative Schedule of Next Meetings:
    --June 24 (pm)-26, 2013
    --October 16-18, 2013

    The agenda of the joint meeting of the SEQ and the SOM on March 27 
is under

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the control of the SEQ and the SOM. It is expected that the SEQ and the 
SOM will adopt the following agenda:

1. Adoption of the Agenda
2. Approval of the Summary Record of the October 2012 Joint Session
3. Reports on Recent Oil Market and Policy Developments in IEA 
Countries
4. The Current Oil Market Situation
5. The North American Supply Revolution: Challenges Ahead
6. Understanding Chinese Apparent Oil Demand
7. Potential Implications of the European Refining Crisis
8. Middle East Energy Exports and the Arab Spring
9. The Turmoil in North Africa and the Oil Industry: The Case of Libya
10. Other Business
    --Tentative schedule of upcoming SEQ and SOM meetings:
    June 24 (pm)-26, 2013
    October 16-October 18, 2013

    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 and the IEA's Standing Group on the Oil Markets; 
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, the SOM, or the IEA.

    Issued in Washington, DC, March 12, 2013.
Diana D. Clark,
Assistant General Counsel for International and National Security 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-06147 Filed 3-15-13; 8:45 am]
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