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42 U.S.C. § 7255 — Rules and regulations
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The Secretary is authorized to prescribe such procedural and administrative rules and regulations as he may deem necessary or appropriate to administer and manage the functions now or hereafter vested in him.
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For purposes of this chapter—
(1) **Natural gas** — The term “natural gas” means either natural gas unmixed, or any mixture of natural and artificial gas.
(2) **Well** — The term “well” means any well for the discovery or production of natural gas, crude oil, or both.
(3) **New well** — The term “new well” means any well—
(A) the surface drilling of which began on or after February 19, 1977; or
(B) the depth of which was increased, by means of drilling on or after February 19, 1977, to a completion location which is located at least 1,000 feet below the depth of the deepest completion location of such well attained before February 19, 1977.
(4) **Old well** — The term “old well” means any well other than a new well.
(5) **Marker well**
(A) *General rule* — The term “marker well” means any well from which natural gas was produced in commercial quantities at any time after January 1, 1970, and before April 20, 1977.
(B) *New wells* — The term “marker well” does not include any new well under paragraph (3)(A) but includes any new well under paragraph (3)(B) if such well qualifies as a marker well under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
(6) **Reservoir** — The term “reservoir” means any producible natural accumulation of natural gas, crude oil, or both, confined—
(A) by impermeable rock or water barriers and characterized by a single natural pressure system; or
(B) by lithologic or structural barriers which prevent pressure communication.
(7) **Completion location**
(A) *General rule* — The term “completion location” means any subsurface location from which natural gas is being or has been produced in commercial quantities.
(B) *Marker well* — The term “completion location”, when used with reference to any marker well, means any subsurface l
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 7256
Pub. L. 106–377, § 1(a)(2) [title III, § 314(b)(2)], added
subsec. (b) relating to authority of Secretary as to Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration.
§ 7254. Rules and regulations
The Secretary is authorized to prescribe such
procedural and administrative rules and regula-
tions as he may deem necessary or appropriate
to administer and manage the functions now or
hereafter vested in him.
(Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 644, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat.
599.)
§ 7255. Subpoena
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions
of this chapter, the Secretary, or his duly au-
thorized agent or agents, shall have the same
powers and authorities as the Federal Trade
Commission under section 49 of title 15 with re-
spect to all functions vested in, or transferred or
delegated to, the Secretary or such agents by
this chapter. For purposes of carrying out its re-
sponsibilities under the Natural Gas Policy Act
of 1978 [15 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.], the Commission
shall have the same powers and authority as the
Secretary has under this section.
(Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 645, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat.
599; Pub. L. 95–621, title V, § 508(a), Nov. 9, 1978,
92 Stat. 3408.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original
‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 95–91, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat.
565, known as the Department of Energy Organization
Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 7101 of this title
and Tables.
The Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, referred to in
text, is Pub. L. 95–621, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3350, which
is classified generally to chapter 60 (§ 3301 et seq.)
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