In the matter of revisions to the reporting    )     Docket No. 02-PII-01
forms required pursuant to the Petroleum       )     NOTICE OF STAFF
Industry Information Reporting Act of 1980     )     WORKSHOP
(Public Resources Code Section 25350 et seq.)  )     RE: PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
                                               )     INFORMATION REPORTING
_______________________________________________)     FORMS

NOTICE OF WORKSHOP ON
PIIRA REPORTING FORMS

Pursuant to the Petroleum Industry Information Reporting Act (PIIRA) of 1980 (Public Resources Code, sec. 25350 et seq.), the Transportation Committee of the California Energy Commission will be revising the forms used to collect data on petroleum production, receipts, refinery capacities, inventory, imports, exports, wholesale prices and wholesale delivery volumes.

Please Note: The draft versions of the forms (in Adobe Acrobat PDF) are available on line at:

www.energy.ca.gov/oil/piira/documents/2004-04-27_workshop

On April 27, 2004, the staff of the California Energy Commission will hold a workshop to take public comment and suggestions on the form and content of draft forms for reporting petroleum industry data.

TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2004
9:30 a.m.
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION
1516 Ninth Street
Hearing Room A, First Floor
Sacramento, California
(Wheelchair Accessible)

Background

The PIIRA statute was amended by Senate Bill 1962 (Costa, Chapter 288, Statutes of 2000) and Assembly Bill 1340 (Kehoe, Chapter 692, Statutes of 2003). These amendments increased the frequency of reporting and the level of detail reported by various sectors of the industries that produce, handle, store and distribute transportation fuels derived from petroleum. To implement the new statutory requirements, the Energy Commission has created new reporting forms, which it will require the appropriate sector of the industry (such as, but not limited to: refiners, marketers, terminals, pipelines, and retailers) to provide data.

Title 20, California Code of Regulations, Section 1367 authorizes the Energy Commission's Executive Director to establish the form and format for these reports. Following this workshop, Energy Commission staff will incorporate appropriate comments and make a recommendation to the Executive Director on the form and format of each report. The Executive Director will determine if they are complete and notify companies to begin using the forms no later than 30 days after they are received.

Written Comments

Members of the public may submit written or oral comments at the workshop on April 27, 2004, and are strongly encouraged to submit written comments before that date. Those submitting written comments should provide an original, plus 12 copies, to the Energy Commission's Docket Unit. If interested in filing comments by e -mail, please send one e-mail to [docket@energy.state.ca.us] and follow up with one original copy. If you are providing written comments at the workshop, please make an additional 12 copies available at the beginning of the workshop. All written material filed with the Docket Unit or provided at the workshop will become part of the public record. Please send or deliver written materials to:

California Energy Commission
Re: Docket No. 02-PII-01
Docket Unit, MS-4
1516 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814-5504

Public Participation

The Energy Commission's Public Adviser, Margret J. Kim, provides the public assistance in participating in Energy Commission activities. If you would like information on how to participate in this workshop, please contact the Public Adviser's Office by phone at (916) 654-4489 or toll free at (800) 822-6228, by FAX at (916) 654-4493, or by e -mail at [pao@energy.state.ca.us]. If you have a disability and require assistance to participate in this workshop, please contact Lou Quiroz at (916) 654-5146 at least five days in advance.

If you have questions on the technical questions of the subject matter of this notice, please contact Sue Kateley, PIIRA Program Supervisor, at (916) 657-4245 or [skateley@energy.state.ca.us ]. News media inquiries should be directed to Claudia Chandler, Assistant Executive Director, at (916) 654-4989.

Dated: March 16, 2004

ENERGY RESOURCES
CONSERVATION AND
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

JAMES D. BOYD
Commissioner and Presiding Member
Transportation Fuels Committee

JOHN L. GEESMAN
Commissioner and Associate Member
Transportation Fuels Committee