18 CFR § 281.302 - Applicability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t18/s281.302"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "18 CFR § 281.302 - Applicability."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "281.302"
section_name: "Applicability."
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: "281"
part_name: "NATURAL GAS CURTAILMENT UNDER THE NATURAL GAS POLICY ACT OF 1978"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "15 U.S.C. 717-717w, 3301-3432; 16 U.S.C. 2601-2645; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352."
regulatory_source: "Order 10-B, 44 FR 13470, Mar. 12, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "281"
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# 281.302 Applicability.

This subpart applies to—

(a) Any essential agricultural use establishment for which an essential agricultural user:

(1) Has requested that natural gas be classified as priority 2 entitlements by an interstate pipeline under § 281.207; and

(2) Which has requested from any direct supplier priority 2 entitlements in excess of 300 Mcf per day; and

(b) Any essential agricultural use establishment with a new boiler, other than a diesel engine or turbine designed to use distillate fuels as the only alternative to natural gas, that:

(1) Has a capacity in excess of 300 Mcf of natural gas per day; and

(2) Is put into service for the first time after August 29, 1979.