[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 115 (Monday, June 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36196-36197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12868]


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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 June 23-25, 2020, through a webinar, 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) which is scheduled at the same time.

DATES: June 23-25, 2020.

ADDRESSES: The location details of the SEQ and SOM webinar meeting are 
under the control of the IEA Secretariat, located at 9 rue de la 
F[eacute]d[eacute]ration, 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 via a webinar commencing at commencing 
at 12 noon, Central European Summer Time (CEST) on June 24, 2020. 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 via 
webinar at the same 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:

1. Introduction
2. Update on the Current Oil Market Report: followed by Q&A
3. Any other business

    A meeting of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International 
Energy Agency (IEA) will be held as a webinar,

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commencing at 12 noon, Central European Summer Time (CEST), on June 25, 
2020. 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 via webinar at the same time. The IAB will also hold a 
preparatory meeting via webinar among company representatives at 14:00 
CEST on June 23, 2020. The agenda for this preparatory webinar meeting 
is to review the agenda for the SEQ meeting.
    The location details of the SEQ webinar meeting are under the 
control of the IEA Secretariat, located at 9 rue de la 
F[eacute]d[eacute]ration, 75015 Paris, France. The agenda of the SEQ 
meeting is under the control of the SEQ. It is expected that the SEQ 
will adopt the following agenda:
Closed SEQ Session--IEA Member Countries Only
1. Adoption of the Agenda
2. Approval of the Summary Records of the 159th and 160th Meetings
3. Status of Compliance with IEP Agreement Stockholding Obligations
4. Outreach--including update on Accession process of Lithuania
5. Mid-term Review of Australia
6. 90-day stockholding obligation in 2021
7. Emergency Response Review--Korea
8. Stockholding capacity
9. Mid-term Review of Mexico
10. Oral Reports by Administrations
11. Update on Bilateral Stocks in non-OECD Countries
12. Any Other Business
13. Questionnaire
14. Schedule of ERRs for 2020-2021
15. Schedule of SEQ & SOM Meetings 2019/2020:
    --17-19 November 2020
    --16-18 March 2021
    --22-24 June 2021
    --16-18 November 2021
16. Concluding Remarks

    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.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on June 10, 
2020, by Thomas Reilly, Assistant General Counsel for International and 
National Security Programs, pursuant to delegated authority from the 
Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date 
is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in 
compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the 
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to 
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as 
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative 
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon 
publication in the Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, June 10, 2020.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2020-12868 Filed 6-12-20; 8:45 am]
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