[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 174 (Friday, September 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53642-53643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18017]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


International Energy Agency Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Industry Advisory Board to the International Energy Agency 
(IEA) will meet on September 14, 2005, at the headquarters of the IEA 
in Paris, France in connection with a meeting of the IEA's Standing 
Group on Emergency Questions.

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 Federation, Paris, France, on September 14, 2005, 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 an Ad Hoc 
Emergency Session of the IEA's Standing Group on Emergency

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Questions (SEQ), which is scheduled to be held September 14, 2005, at 
the same location beginning at 10 a.m., including a preparatory 
encounter among company representatives from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 
9 a.m.
    The agenda for the preparatory encounter among company 
representatives is a review of the SEQ's meeting agenda. The agenda of 
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 of the Ad Hoc Emergency Session.
    2. Introduction by the Executive Director.
    3. Hurricane Katrina--Update of the Situation by the United States.
    4. Update of the Oil Market Situation.
    5. Report of the Industry Advisory Board.
    6. Review of the IEA Initial Response Activities.

--Review of recent IEA emergency activities.
--Member country updates on the implementation of the Initial Emergency 
Response Plan.
--Recommendations from the SEQ to the IEA Governing Board.

    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. DOE has determined that the IEA's scheduling requirements for 
this Ad Hoc Emergency Session of the SEQ require that the 7-day advance 
notice required by DOE's regulations at 10 CFR 209.32(b) be shortened.

    Issued in Washington, DC, September 6, 2005.
Samuel M. Bradley,
Assistant General Counsel for International and National Security 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 05-18017 Filed 9-7-05; 12:29 pm]
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