8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Donald Oltz, Alabama, Chair

8:45 a.m.

Committee Members and Functions

OCS Policy Committee Members

9:15 a.m.

Director’s Remarks

Thomas Kitsos, MMS

9:30 a.m.

Report on the Vice President’s Energy Task Force

Walter Cruickshank, MMS

10:15 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Recent Events Regarding Natural Gas Supply

• Winter Natural Gas Supply
• Production Projection for Gulf of Mexico

• Role of Natural Gas Supply in California
• Proposed Alaska Pipeline

Mitchell Baer, DOE, Moderator

Elizabeth Campbell, DOE

John Hull, Texaco

Lad Lorenz, SoCal Gas

Charles Coulson, British Petroleum

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m.

Natural Gas Subcommittee Report

Jerome Selby, Local Government, Subcommittee Chair

2:30 p.m.

Energy Demands—States’ Perspective

Robert Jordan, Delaware, Moderator

State Members, OCS Policy Committee

3:15 p.m.

Break

3:30 p.m.

Energy Demands—States’ Perspective (Continued)

4:15 p.m.

Coastal Consistency—Final Regulations

David Kaiser, NOAA

4:45 p.m.

Public Comments

5:00 p.m.

Recess

8:30 a.m.

Next Meeting

Chairman Oltz, Alabama

8:45 a.m.

OCS Scientific Committee Update

William Schroeder, Scientific Committee Chair

9:15a.m.

Action on Natural Gas Subcommittee Report

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

Gulf of Mexico Region – Panel Discussion

• Sale 181
• Gulf 5-Year Projection of Production

• Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Systems
• Technology—Drilling in High Currents
• GOM State Geologist Survey Consortium

Chris Oynes, MMS, Moderator

Sandra Fury, Chevron

Chairman Oltz, Alabama

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m.

Next 5-Year Program

Ralph Ainger, MMS

2:00 p.m.

Hard Minerals Update

Hard Minerals Subcommittee Chair

2:15 p.m.

MMS Regional Updates

• Alaska Region
• Pacific Region

John Goll, MMS

J. Lisle Reed, MMS

3:00 p.m.

Break

3:15 p.m.

Ocean Activities

• Oceans Commission
• Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education

Ken Turgeon, MMS

Conrad Lautenbacher, CORE

3:45 p.m.

Committee Roundtable

• Committee Business
• Items of Interest

4:30 p.m.

Adjourn