18 CFR § 342.0 - Applicability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t18/s342.0"
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title: "18 CFR § 342.0 - Applicability."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "342.0"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "P"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT"
part_number: "342"
part_name: "OIL PIPELINE RATE METHODOLOGIES AND PROCEDURES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 571-83; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7532; 49 U.S.C. 60502; 49 App. U.S.C. 1-85."
regulatory_source: "Order 561, 58 FR 58779, Nov. 4, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "342"
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# 342.0 Applicability.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, rate changes by oil pipelines shall be governed by this part.

(b) *Exception for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.* This part shall not apply to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline authorized by the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act (43 U.S.C. 1651, *et seq.*) or to any pipeline delivering oil directly or indirectly to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.