---identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s205.80"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "10 CFR § 205.80 - Purpose and scope."title_number: 10title_name: "Energy"section_number: "205.80"section_name: "Purpose and scope."chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"subchapter_number: "A"subchapter_name: "OIL"part_number: "205"part_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SANCTIONS"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "Department of Energy Organization Act, Pub. L. 95-91, 91 Stat. 565 (42 U.S.C. 7101 ); Federal Power Act, Pub. L. 66-280, 41 Stat. 1063 (16 U.S.C. 792 ); E.O. 10485, 18 FR 5397, 3 CFR, 1949-1953, Comp., p. 970 as amended by E.O. 12038, 43 FR 4957, 3 CFR 1978 Comp., p. 136; E.O. 14154, 90 FR 8353.Pub. L. 95-91, 91 Stat. 565 (42 U.S.C. 7101); Pub. L. 66-280, 41 Stat. 1063 (16 U.S.C. Section 792 ); E.O. 10485, 18 FR 5397, 3 CFR, 1949-1953, Comp., p. 970 as amended by E.O. 12038, 43 FR 4957, 3 CFR 1978 Comp., p. 136; Department of Energy Delegation Order No. 00-002.00Q (Nov. 1, 2018)."regulatory_source: "39 FR 35489, Oct. 1, 1974, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "205"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t10/s205.80
Currency
2026-04-05
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No
Updated
2026-04-05
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Department of Energy
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Department of Energy Organization Act, Pub. L. 95-91, 91 Stat. 565 (42 U.S.C. 7101 ); Federal Power Act, Pub. L. 66-280, 41 Stat. 1063 (16 U.S.C. 792 ); E.O. 10485, 18 FR 5397, 3 CFR, 1949-1953, Comp.... Department of Energy Organization Act, Pub. L. 95-91, 91 Stat. 565 (42 U.S.C. 7101 ); Federal Power Act, Pub. L. 66-280, 41 Stat. 1063 (16 U.S.C. 792 ); E.O. 10485, 18 FR 5397, 3 CFR, 1949-1953, Comp., p. 970 as amended by E.O. 12038, 43 FR 4957, 3 CFR 1978 Comp., p. 136; E.O. 14154, 90 FR 8353.Pub. L. 95-91, 91 Stat. 565 (42 U.S.C. 7101); Pub. L. 66-280, 41 Stat. 1063 (16 U.S.C. Section 792 ); E.O. 10485, 18 FR 5397, 3 CFR, 1949-1953, Comp., p. 970 as amended by E.O. 12038, 43 FR 4957, 3 CFR 1978 Comp., p. 136; Department of Energy Delegation Order No. 00-002.00Q (Nov. 1, 2018).
# 205.80 Purpose and scope.(a) This subpart establishes the procedures for the filing of a formal request for an interpretation and for the consideration of such request. Responses, which may include verbal or written responses to general inquiries or to other than formal written requests for interpretation filed with the General Counsel or his delegate or a Regional Counsel, are not interpretations and merely provide general information.(b) A request for interpretation that includes, or could be construed to include an application for an exception or an exemption may be treated solely as a request for interpretation and processed as such.(Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, Pub. L. 93-159, as amended, Pub. L. 93-511, Pub. L. 94-99, Pub. L. 94-133, Pub. L. 94-163, and Pub. L. 94-385, Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93-275, as amended, Pub. L. 94-385, Energy Policy and Conservation Act, Pub. L. 94-163, as amended, Pub. L. 94-385; E.O. 11790, 39 FR 23185; Department of Energy Organization Act, Pub. L. 95-91; E.O. 12009, 42 FR 46267)[39 FR 35489, Oct. 1, 1974, as amended at 43 FR 14437, Apr. 6, 1978]