18 C.F.R. Subpart K—Transportation of Natural Gas on the Outer Continental Shelf by Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines on Behalf of Others
Title 18 - Conservation of Power and Water Resources
Source: Order 509, 53 FR 50938, Dec. 19, 1988, unless otherwise noted.
This subpart implements section 5 of the Outer Continental Shelf Land Act (OCSLA) and applies to any jurisdictional interstate natural gas pipeline that holds a certificate under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) authorizing the construction and operation of facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). For the purposes of this subpart, the term: (a) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) has the same meaning as found in section 2(a) of the OCSLA (43 U.S.C. 1331(a)); and (b) OCS pipeline means an interstate natural gas pipeline that holds a certificate under section 7 of the NGA authorizing the construction and operation of facilities on the OCS, and includes all of the OCS pipeline's facilities that fall within the scope of the Commission's jurisdiction under section 7 of the NGA to the full extent that such facilities are used or necessary to transport natural gas on or across the OCS between: (1) Any locations on the OCS (if the pipeline does not have an interconnection off the OCS), or (2) The OCS and the first point of interconnection on the shoreward side of the OCS where the pipeline delivers or receives natural gas to or from either: (i) A natural gas conditioning or processing facility, or (ii) Another pipeline, or (iii) A distributor or end user of natural gas. [Order 509, 53 FR 50938, Dec. 19, 1988, as amended by Order 509-A, 54 FR 8313, Feb. 28, 1989] Every OCS pipeline [as that term is defined in §284.302(b)] is required to provide open-access, nondiscriminatory transportation service pursuant to a blanket transportation certificate issued under subpart G of this part. [Order 559, 58 FR 52663, Oct. 12, 1993]
Title 18: Conservation of Power and Water Resources
PART 284—CERTAIN SALES AND TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS UNDER THE NATURAL GAS POLICY ACT OF 1978 AND RELATED AUTHORITIES
Subpart K—Transportation of Natural Gas on the Outer Continental Shelf by Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines on Behalf of Others
§ 284.301 Applicability.
§ 284.302 Definitions.
§ 284.303 OCS blanket certificates.
