18 CFR § 157.210 - Mainline natural gas facilities.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t18/s157.210"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "18 CFR § 157.210 - Mainline natural gas facilities."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "157.210"
section_name: "Mainline natural gas facilities."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "157"
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# 157.210 Mainline natural gas facilities.
Subject to the notice requirements of §§ 157.205(b) and 157.208(c), the certificate holder is authorized to acquire, construct, modify, replace, and operate natural gas mainline facilities, including compression and looping, that are not eligible facilities under § 157.202(b)(2)(i). The cost of a project may not exceed the cost limitation provided in column 2 of table 1 to § 157.208(d). The certificate holder must not segment projects in order to meet this cost limitation.
[Order 686, 71 FR 63693, Oct. 31, 2006, as amended at 89 FR 16684, Mar. 8, 2024]