18 CFR § 281.305 - General rule.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t18/s281.305"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "18 CFR § 281.305 - General rule."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "281.305"
section_name: "General rule."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
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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# 281.305 General rule.

Any essential agricultural user subject to this subpart that has requested from any direct supplier priority 2 classification for volumes for any essential agricultural use establishment shall reduce its essential agricultural requirements calculated under § 281.208 to reflect the exclusion of volumes of natural gas for which its essential agricultural establishment has alternative fuel volumes under § 281.304.