18 CFR § 342.1 - General rule.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t18/s342.1"
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title: "18 CFR § 342.1 - General rule."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "342.1"
section_name: "General rule."
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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# 342.1 General rule.

Each carrier subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under the Interstate Commerce Act:

(a) Must establish its initial rates subject to such Act pursuant to § 342.2; and

(b) Must make any change in existing rates pursuant to § 342.3 or § 342.4, whichever is applicable, unless directed otherwise by the Commission.