[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 219 (Monday, November 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67723-67724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29068]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


International Energy Agency Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Subject to timely enactment of legislation to reinstate the 
antitrust defense under section 252 of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act, a meeting of the Industry Advisory Board to the 
International Energy Agency (IEA) will be held on November 14, 2000, at 
the headquarters of the IEA in Paris, France in connection with a joint 
meeting of the IEA's Standing Group on Emergency Questions and Standing 
Group on Oil Markets.

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: Subject to timely enactment of legislation 
to reinstate the antitrust defense under section 252 of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), the following meeting notice is 
provided, in accordance with section 252(c)(1)(A)(i) of the EPCA (42 
U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(i)):
    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 Federation, Paris, France, on November 14, 2000, beginning at 
approximately 9 a.m. 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 Standing Group on Oil Markets (SOM), which is scheduled to be held 
at the IEA on November 14 beginning at 2:30 p.m., including a 
preparatory encounter among company representatives on November 14 from 
approximately 9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.
    The Agenda for the preparatory encounter among company 
representatives is to elicit views regarding items on the SEQ/SOM's 
Agenda. The Agenda for the SEQ/SOM meeting is under the control of the 
SEQ/SOM. It is expected that the SEQ/SOM will follow the following:

Agenda

1. Current Oil Market Situation
2. Market Psychology: A Trader's Perspective
3. Heating Oil Situation and Possible Responses
    --Report on Results of Special Statistical Survey
    --Discussion on Possible IEA Response
4. Current Situation with Independent Storage

    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.


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    Issued in Washington, D.C., November 7, 2000.
Eric J. Fygi,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 00-29068 Filed 11-9-00; 8:45 am]
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