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PROCLAMATION 4025-DEC. 22, 1970

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, do hereby proclaim that, effective as of the date of this Proclamation, Proclamation No. 3279, as amended, is further amended as follows: 1. Paragraph (b) of section 1 is amended to read as follows:

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76 Stat. 877. 19 USC 1862, 73 Stat. c25. 19 USC 1862 note.

"The Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, authorize entries, without allocation or license, of small quantities of crude oil, unfinished oils, or finished products." 2. Paragraph (a) of section lA is amended to read as follows:

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" (a)(1) As used in this section the term 'Canadian imports' means imports from Canada of crude oil which has been produced in Canada and unfinished oils which have been derived from crude oil or natural gas produced in Canada and which have been transported into the United States by overland means or over waterways other than ocean waterways. The provisions of clause (4) of paragraph (a) of section 1 of this proclamation shall have no application to Canadian imports into Districts I - IV during the period March 1, 1970 through December 31, 1971. " (2) During the period March 1, 1970 through December 31, 1970, Canadian imports into Districts I - IV under allocations which were made pursuant to this section shall not exceed an average of 395,000 barrels per day. However, entries for consumption of crude oil or unfinished oils transported by pipeline may be made until midnight January 15, 1971, under any license authorizing Canadian imports into Districts I - IV for that period. " (3) During the period January 1, 1971 through December 31, 1971, Canadian imports under allocations made pursuant to this subparagraph (3) into Districts I - IV shall not exceed an average of 450,000 barrels per day. However, entries for consumption of crude oil or unfinished oils transported by pipeline may be made until midnight January 15, 1972 under any license authorizing such imports from Canada for that period. The Secretary shall by regulation provide for allocations of such imports. The regulations shall provide that licenses issued under such allocations shall permit the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption of Canadian imports only. " (4) The Secretary may, within the level prescribed by paragraph (a)(1) of section 2 of this proclamation, permit the importation of additional quantities of Canadian imports." 3. Paragraph (e) of section 1A is amended to read as follows: "On and after October 1, 1970, natural gas liquids derived solely from Canadian natural gas may be imported into the United States from

Post, p. 2266. Ante. p. 2258.

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