[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 157 (Friday, August 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 43698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21822]
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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
August 10, 1998.
Take notice that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is
sponsoring a technical conference to be held on Friday, September 18,
1998, at 9:00 a.m., 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 in the
Commission meeting room. This conference is being held as an outreach
for the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion's (Council). The
Council has 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 American Petroleum Institute (API).
All interested persons are invited to attend.
This technical conference will focus on promoting awareness of Year
2000 (Y2K) 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 industry associations that are part of the Council's oil and
gas sector will present preliminary results of a Y2K readiness survey
of the oil and natural gas industries. This survey was developed by the
oil and gas sector of the Council's Energy Working Group, and will be
repeated quarterly. The industry associations are distributing the
survey to individual companies. The industry associations and umbrella
organizations (such as NGC, API, and Gas Industry Standards Board) are
compiling and aggregating survey results so that individual company
responses remain anonymous. It is these aggregated results that will be
presented at the conference. The Council's oil and gas sector group is
also developing a Website that will be linked to the Council's Website
(www.y2k.gov), where aggregated survey results and other related
information will be posted and made available to the public.
A more detailed agenda will be published before the conference. 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 Kathleen Sherman at 202-219-2834 or by
electronic mail at ``[email protected].''
If there is sufficient interest from those outside the Washington,
DC, metropolitan area, the Capitol Connection may broadcast the
conference LIVE via satellite for a fee. If there is interest in the
Washington, DC, area for this program or you need more information
about the national broadcast, please call Shirley Al-Jarani or Julia
Morelli at the Capitol Connection (703-993-3100) no later than
September 15, 1998. In addition, National Narrowcast Network's Hearing-
On-The-Line service covers all FERC meetings live by telephone so that
interested persons can listen at their desks, from their homes, or from
any phone, without special equipment. Billing is based on time on-line.
Call 202-966-2211 for further details.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-21822 Filed 8-13-98; 8:45 am]
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