18 CFR § 157.201 - Applicability.

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title: "18 CFR § 157.201 - Applicability."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "157.201"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER NATURAL GAS ACT"
part_number: "157"
part_name: "APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY AND FOR ORDERS PERMITTING AND APPROVING ABANDONMENT UNDER SECTION 7 OF THE NATURAL GAS ACT"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "15 U.S.C. 717-717w, 3301-3432; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352."
regulatory_source: "17 FR 7386, Aug. 14, 1952, unless otherwise noted."
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# 157.201 Applicability.

(a) *Scope.* This subpart establishes a procedure whereby an interstate pipeline may obtain a blanket certificate authorizing certain construction and operation of facilities and certain certificate amendments and abandonment under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.

(b) *Who may apply.* This procedure is only applicable to interstate pipelines.

(c) *Cross-reference.* The procedures applicable to transportation by interstate pipelines under blanket certificates are set forth in subpart G of part 284 of this chapter.

(d) *Availability of case-specific certificates.* Nothing in this subpart shall preclude an interstate pipeline from proceeding under any other provision of the Commission's regulations to obtain Commission approval of abandonments or a temporary or permanent certificate of public convenience and necessity.

[Order 234, 47 FR 24266, June 4, 1982, as amended by Order 436, 50 FR 42490, Oct. 18, 1985; Order 603, 64 FR 26606, May 14, 1999]