18 CFR § 156.6 - Acceptance for filing or rejection of application.

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title: "18 CFR § 156.6 - Acceptance for filing or rejection of application."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "156.6"
section_name: "Acceptance for filing or rejection of application."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER NATURAL GAS ACT"
part_number: "156"
part_name: "APPLICATIONS FOR ORDERS UNDER SECTION 7(a) OF THE NATURAL GAS ACT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "52 Stat. 824, 829, 830; 56 Stat. 83, 84; 15 U.S.C. 717f, 717f(a), 717n, 717o."
regulatory_source: "Order 234, 26 FR 4848, June 1, 1961, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "156"
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# 156.6 Acceptance for filing or rejection of application.

Applications will be docketed when received and the applicant so advised. Any application which does not conform to the requirements of §§ 156.1 through 156.5 will be rejected by the Secretary. All but one copy of a rejected application will be returned. An application which relates to an operation concerning which a prior application has been filed and rejected, shall be docketed as a new application. Such new application shall state the docket number of the prior rejected application.