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may waive the requirement of a permit for construction if it finds that the public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served thereby: Provided, however, That such waiver shall apply only to stations whose construction is begun subsequent to the effective date of the waiver." Approved March 26, 1954. Public Law 322 March 27, 1954 p. 79]

Kentucky. U. S. authority to a c q u i r e cave properties.

AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with the State of Kentucky to acquire non-Federal cave properties within the authorized boundaries of Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cooperate with the State of Kentucky for the purpose of arranging for the eventual acquisition by the United States of the Great Onyx Cave and the Crystal Cave within the authorized boundaries of Mammoth Cave National Park. The Secretary shall deposit to the credit of a special receipt account that portion of the annual admission, guide, and elevator fee receipts from the said park which exceeds the annual amount available to the park for management, guide, and protection purposes, which funds so deposited may be expended thereafter in payment for the purchase of said cave properties. The Secretary is further authorized to enter into such contracts and agreements as he may determine to be necessary to effectuate the acquisition of the cave properties as authorized herein. Approved March 27, 1954. Public Law 323

March 27, 1954 [H. R. 5976]

Natural Gas Act, amendment. 52 Stat. 821. State jurisdiction.

C H A P T E R 114

C H A P T E R 115

AN ACT To amend section 1 of the Natural Gas Act.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 1 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717), as amended, is amended by adding thereto a new subsection (c), as follows: "(c) The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any person engaged in or legally authorized to engage in the transportation in interstate commerce or the sale in interstate commerce for resale, of natural gas received by such person from another person within or at the boundary of a State if all the natural gas so received is ultimately consumed within such State, or to any facilities used by such person for such transportation or sale, provided that the rates and service of such person and facilities be subject to regulation by a State commission. The matters exempted from the provisions of this Act by this subsection are hereby declared to be matters primarily of local concern and subject to regulation by the several States. A certification from such State commission to the Federal Power Commission that such State commission has regulatory jurisdiction over rates and service of such person and facilities and is exercising such jurisdiction shall constitute conclusive evidence of such regulatory power or jurisdiction." Approved March 27, 1954.

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