[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64446-64447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22610]


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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 September 27-29, 2016, at the Conference 
Centre of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 27, Rue de la 
Convention, 75015 Paris, France, in connection with a joint meeting of 
the IEA's Standing Group on Emergency Questions (SEQ) and the IEA's 
Standing Group on the Oil Market (SOM) on September 27, 2016, in 
connection with a meeting of the SEQ on that day and on September 28, 
2016. There will also be a meeting involving members of the IAB in 
connection with the IEA's 8th Emergency Response Exercise (ERE8) for 
SEQ delegates only to be held at the same location on September 29, 
2016.

DATES: September 27-29, 2016.

ADDRESSES: 27, Rue de la Convention, 75015 Paris, France.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Reilly, Assistant General 
Counsel for International and National Security Programs, Department of 
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, 202-586-
5000.

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:
    A meeting of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International 
Energy Agency (IEA) will be held at the Conference Centre of the French 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 27, Rue de la Convention, 75015 Paris, 
France, commencing at 9:30 a.m. on September 28, 2016. 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 same 
location and time. The IAB will also hold a preparatory meeting among 
company representatives at the same location at 8:30 a.m. on September 
28. The agenda for this preparatory meeting is to review the agenda for 
the SEQ meeting.
    The agenda of the SEQ meeting is under the control of the SEQ. It 
is expected that the SEQ will adopt the following agenda:
    Draft Agenda of the 149th Meeting of the SEQ to be held at the 
Conference Centre of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 27, Rue de 
la Convention, 75015 Paris, France, 13 September 2016, beginning at 
9:30 a.m.:

1. Adoption of the Agenda
2. Approval of the Summary Record of the 148th Meeting
3. Status of Compliance with IEP Agreement Stockholding Obligations
4. Australia Return to Compliance Update
5. Bilateral Stockholding in non-OECD Countries Report
6. ``Oil Umbrella'' Concept Next Steps
7. Oral Reports by Administration
8. Gas Resiliency Assessment of Japan
9. Emergency Response Review of Switzerland
10. ERR Programme & Preparations for New 2018-23 ERR Cycle
11. Changes to the IDR process
12. Industry Advisory Board Update
13. Mid-Term Review of Belgium
14. Report on ERE8 Main Exercise
15. Review of EU Oil Stocks Directive
16. Mexican Accession & Outreach Activities
17. Legal Study Update
18. Other Business
    Schedule of SEQ and SOM Meetings, 2017 Provisional Dates:
    --21-23 March 2017
    --13-15 June 2017
    --12-14 September 2017

    A meeting of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International 
Energy Agency (IEA) will be held at the Conference Centre of the French 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 27, Rue de la Convention, 75015 Paris, 
France, commencing at 14:00 on September 27, 2016. The purpose of this 
notice is to permit attendance by representatives of U.S. company 
members of the IAB at a joint meeting of the IEA's Standing Group on 
Emergency Questions (SEQ) and the IEA's Standing Group on the Oil 
Market (SOM), which is scheduled to be held at the same location and 
time.
    The agenda of the meeting is under the control of the SEQ and the 
SOM. It is expected that the SEQ and the SOM will adopt the following 
agenda:
    Draft Agenda of the Joint Session of the SEQ and the SOM to be held 
at the Conference Centre of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 27, 
Rue de la Convention, 75015 Paris, France, 27 September 2016, beginning 
at 14:00:

Introduction
19. Adoption of the Agenda
20. Approval of Summary Record of 31 May 2016
21. Reports on Recent Oil Market and Policy Developments in IEA 
Countries
22. Report by EIO on the ``World Energy Investment--2016'' followed by 
Q & A
23. The Current Oil Market Situation ``Presentation of OMR SEP 2016'' 
followed by Q & A
24. Presentation on ``Panama Canal Expansion'', followed by Q & A
25. Presentation on the ``WEO Energy and Air Pollution special report'' 
followed by Q & A.
26. Other Business
    --Tentative schedule of upcoming SEQ and SOM meetings on:
    --21-23 March 2017, location TBC


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    A meeting involving members of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to 
the International Energy Agency (IEA) in connection with the IEA's 8th 
Emergency Response Exercise (ERE8) for SEQ Delegates Only (EXSEQ) will 
be held at the Conference Centre of the French Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs, 27, Rue de la Convention, 75015 Paris, France, on September 
29, 2016. ERE8 will be held from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on September 29, 
2016. The purpose of ERE8 is to train IEA Government delegates in the 
use of IEA emergency response procedures by reacting to a hypothetical 
oil and gas supply disruption scenario.
    ERE8 will involve break-out groups, the constitution of which is 
under the control of the IEA. The IEA anticipates that individual 
break-out groups will not include multiple IAB or Reporting Company 
representatives that would qualify them as separate ``meetings'' within 
the meaning of the Voluntary Agreement, and accordingly attendance by 
additional full-time federal employees to monitor individual break-out 
groups is not expected to be required.
    The agenda for ERE8 is under the control of the IEA. It is expected 
that the IEA will adopt the following agenda:
    Draft Agenda of the 2016 Eighth Emergency Response Exercise (ERE8) 
for SEQ Delegates Only (EXSEQ), 29 September 2016, Conference Centre of 
the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 27, Rue de la Convention, 75015 
Paris, France:

Introduction to Supply Disruption Scenario 1
    --Introduction & presentation of oil and gas scenario
Discussion/Analysis of Expected Market Reactions
Discussion/Analysis of Expected Market Reactions
Breakout Discussion
Plenary Discussion
Closing Remarks
End of Exercise

    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. Meetings for ERE8 are open only to 
SEQ delegates, as well as to representatives of the Directorate-General 
for Competition of the European Commission and representatives of 
members of the IEA Group of Reporting Companies may attend the meeting 
as observers. The meeting will also be open to representatives of the 
Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and 
the Federal Trade Commission severally, to any United States Government 
employee designated by the Secretary of Energy, and to the 
representatives of Committees of the Congress.

    Issued in Washington, DC, September 15, 2016.
Thomas Reilly,
Assistant General Counsel for International and National Security 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-22610 Filed 9-19-16; 8:45 am]
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