Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 89.djvu/948

 89 STAT. 888

PUBLIC LAW 94-163—DEC. 22, 1975 jurisdiction of such proceedings, to acquire by condemnation any real or personal property, including facilities, temporary use of facilities, or other interests in land, together with any personal property located thereon or used therewith, (g) Before any condemnation proceedings are instituted, an effort shall be made to acquire the property involved by negotiation, unless, the effort to acquire such property by negotiation would, in the judgment of the Administrator be futile or so time-consuming as to unreasonably delay the implementation of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plan, because of (1) reasonaible doubt as to the identity of the owners, (2) the large number of persons with whom it would be necessary to negotiate, or (3) other reasons. PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FOR STORAGE I N THE RESERVE

42 USC 6240.

SEC. 160. (a) The Administrator is authorized, for purposes of implementing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plan or the Early Storage Reserve Plan, to place in storage, transport, or exchange— (1) crude oil produced from Federal lands, including crude oil produced from the Naval Petroleum Reserves to the extent that such production is authorized by law; (2) cnide oil which the United States is entitled to receive in kind as royalties from production on Federal lands; and (3) petroleum products acquired by purchase, exchange, or otherwise. (b) The Administrator shall, to the greatest extent practicable, acquire petroleum products for the Reserve, including the Early Storage Reserve and the Regional Petroleum Reserve in a manner consonant with the following objectives: (1) minimization of the cost of the Reserve; (2) orderly development of the Naval Petrolevim Reserves to the extent authorized by law; (3) minimization of the Nation's vulnerability to a severe energy supply interruption; (4) minimization of the impact of such acquisition upon supply levels and market forces; and (5) encouragement of competition in the petroleum industry. DRAWDOWN AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESERVE

42 USC 6241.

SEC. 161. (a) The Administrator may drawdown and distribute the Reserve only in accordance with the provisions of this section. (b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (f), no drawdown and distribution of the Reserve may be made except in accordance with the provisions of the Distribution Plan contained in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plan which has taken effect pursuant to section 159(a). (c) Drawdown and distribution of the Early Storage Reserve may be made in accordance with the provisions of the Distribution Plan contained in the Early Storage Reserve Plan until the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plan has taken effect pursuant to section 159(a). (d) Neither the Distribution Plan contained in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plan nor the Distribution Plan contained in the Early Storage Reserve Plan may be implemented, and no drawdown and distribution of the Reserve or the Early Storage Reserve may be made, unless the President has found that implementation of either such Distribution Plan is required by a severe energy supply interruption or by obligations of the United States under the international energy program.

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