18 CFR § 280.101 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t18/s280.101"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "18 CFR § 280.101 - Definitions."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "280.101"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "OTHER REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATURAL GAS POLICY ACT OF 1978 AND RELATED AUTHORITIES"
part_number: "280"
part_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SUBCHAPTER I"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95-621; 92 Stat. 3350, 15 U.S.C. 3301-3432; Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendment of 1978, Pub. L. 95-372, 43 U.S.C. 1862."
cfr_part: "280"
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# 280.101 Definitions.
(a) *NGPA definitions.* Terms defined in the NGPA shall have the same meaning for purposes of this subchapter as they have under the NGPA, unless further defined in this subpart.
(b) *Other definitions.* For purposes of this subchapter:
(1) *NGPA* means the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978.
(2) *OCS* means the Outer Continental Shelf as defined in section 2(35) of the NGPA.
[44 FR 12409, Mar. 7, 1979, as amended by Order 92, 45 FR 49252, July 24, 1980]