10 CFR § 580.01 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s580.01"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 580.01 - Purpose."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "580.01"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "NATURAL GAS (ECONOMIC REGULATORY ADMINISTRATION)"
part_number: "580"
part_name: "CURTAILMENT PRIORITIES FOR ESSENTIAL AGRICULTURAL USES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 401, 403, Pub. L. 95-621, 92 Stat. 3394-3395, 3396; secs. 301(b), 402(a), Pub. L. 95-91, 91 Stat. 578, 594, (42 U.S.C. 7115(b), 7117(a)); E.O. 12009, 42 FR 46267."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 15646, Mar. 15, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "580"
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# 580.01 Purpose.

The purpose of this part is to implement the authority granted to the Secretary of Energy in section 401 of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, Public Law 95-621, 92 Stat. 3394-3395 (1978).