7 CFR § 2900.4 - Natural gas requirements.

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title: "7 CFR § 2900.4 - Natural gas requirements."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "2900.4"
section_name: "Natural gas requirements."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ENERGY POLICY AND NEW USES, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "2900"
part_name: "ESSENTIAL AGRICULTURAL USES AND VOLUMETRIC REQUIREMENTS—NATURAL GAS POLICY ACT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Pub. L. 95-621, Nov. 9, 1978."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 28786, May 17, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
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# 2900.4 Natural gas requirements.

For purposes of Section 401(c), NGPA, the natural gas requirements for each Essential Agricultural Use Establishment, whether such Essential Agricultural Use Establishment is in existence on the effective date of this rule or comes into existence thereafter, are certified to be 100 percent of Current Natural Gas Requirements.