[Federal Register: December 2, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 231)]
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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 (IAB) to the International Energy 
Agency (IEA) will meet on December 9-10, 2002, at the Chinese State 
Development Planning Commission in Beijing, China.


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 Chinese State Development 
Planning Commission, 38 Yuetannanjie, Xicheng District, Beijing, China 
100824 on December 9 and 10, 2002, commencing at 9 a.m. on December 9. 
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 China 
Seminar on Oil Stocks and Emergency Response, which is scheduled to be 
held at the same time and location. The Agenda for the meeting is under 
the control of the IEA. It is expected that the IEA will adopt the 
following Agenda:


Monday, December 9, 2002


I. Introduction
II. Opening Remarks and Keynote Speeches
    --Opening Remarks--Mr. Zhang Guobao, Vice-Chairman, SDPC
    --Opening Remarks--Amb. William Ramsay, Deputy Executive Director, 
IEA
    --China's Energy Security Challenges and Progress in Meeting Them
    --Oil Emergency Challenges: Introduction and Video Presentation of 
a Hypothetical Disruption Scenario
III. IEA Oil Security Policies and Procedures
    --Overview of IEA Oil Emergency Response Policies
    --An Industry Perspective on IEA Oil Emergency Response Policies
    --IEA Oil Data Reporting System and Oil Emergency Data Collection
    --Oil Information and Data Collection in China
IV. Oil Disruption and Response Simulation Exercise
    --Replay of the Video Presentation of a Hypothetical Disruption 
Scenario
    --Oil Disruption and Response Simulation Exercise
    --Presentation on the Lessons Learned from Previous IEA Emergency 
Response Simulation Exercises
    --Key Points Learned from Today's Simulation Exercise
    --Case Study of the U.S. Oil Disruption Simulation Model
V. IEA Members' Experience in Emergency Response
    --Overview of Oil Emergency Procedures and Measures in IEA 
Countries
    --Japan's Experience in Emergency Response
    --The UK's Experience in Emergency Response


Tuesday, December 10, 2002


I. Introduction
II. IEA Experiences in Building Oil Stockholding Facilities
    --German Experiences in Building the German Independent 
Stockholding Agency (EBV)
    --Hungarian Experiences in Establishing the Crude Oil and Oil 
Product Stockholding Association (KKKSZ)
    --Korean Experience in Building Emergency Oil Stocks by Utilization 
of Stocks and Facilities
    --SINOPEC Experience in Building Oil Stockholding Facilities and 
Managing Commercial Stocks
III. Technical and Operational Aspects of Emergency Stockholding
    --U.S. Experience in the Operation of the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve
    --Budget and Operation of a Government Stockholding Agency
    --French Government Experience with the Government-Industry 
Relationship in the Professional Committee for Strategic Petroleum 
Stocks (CPSSP)
    --A Major Oil Company's Experience in Managing Commercial and 
Strategic Oil Stocks
    --CNPC/PetroChina's Experience with the Technical and Operational 
Aspects of Emergency and Commercial Oil Stockholding
V. Summary and Closing 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)), 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


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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.


    Issued in Washington, DC, November 25, 2002.
Samuel M. Bradley,
Assistant General Counsel for International and National Security 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 02-30411 Filed 11-29-02; 8:45 am]

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