[Federal Register: June 7, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 108)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. PL98-7-000]

 
Technical Conference on Year 2000 Issues for the Oil and Natural 
Gas Sector; Notice of Technical Conference

June 1, 1999.
    Take notice that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is 
sponsoring a technical conference to be held on Tuesday, June 29, at 
10:00 a.m., in the Commission Meeting Room at 888 First Street, NE, 
Washington, DC 20426. This conference is being held as an outreach for 
the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion (Council), which 
designated FERC as the lead agency for the Oil and Gas Sector of its 
Energy Working Group. The conference will be hosted by the Natural Gas 
Council (NGC) and the American Petroleum Institute (API). All 
interested persons are invited to attend.
    The third report in a series of quarterly assessments of Y2K 
readiness efforts will be presented by the industry associations that 
are part of the Council's Oil and Gas Sector Working Group, from the 
April survey which was distributed by the industry associations to 
individual companies. Survey results will be compiled and aggregated by 
industry associations so that individual company responses remain 
anonymous. This conference will focus on promoting awareness of Year 
2000 issues and coordinating information sharing on testing and 
solutions among companies in the oil and natural gas industries rather 
than internal solutions of individual companies.
    The proposed agenda for the conference is as follows:

Opening Remarks
Introduction to Technical Conference
Industry Progress and Survey Results
Inter-Industry Efforts, Interdependencies Workshop
A Municipal Perspective
International Supply Chain Dependencies
Customer Communications Efforts
Overview of Industry/Company Drills
Industry Audits
Questions and Answers

    The Oil and Gas Sector has developed a Website (www.ferc.fed.us) 
that is linked to the Council's Website (www.y2k.gov), where the 
results and other related information will be posed and made available 
to the public.
    The public may participate during question and answer periods, but 
no witness panels will be established. Written comments are welcome at 
any time and should reference Docket No. PL98-7-000. For additional 
information, please contact Donna La May at (202) 501-2341 or by 
electronic mail at ``donna.lamay@ferc.fed.us.''
    The Capitol Connection offers all Open and special FERC meetings 
live over the Internet as well as, via telephone and satellite. For a 
reasonable fee, you can receive these meetings in your office, at home 
or anywhere in the world. To find out more about The Capitol 
Connection's live internet, phone bridge or satellite coverage contact 
David Reininger or Julia Morelli at the Capitol Connection (703-993-
3100) or visit our website (www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu). The Capitol 
Connection also offers FERC Open Meetings through its Washington, D.C. 
area television service.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-14300 Filed 6-4-99; 8:45 am]
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