Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 3.djvu/750

 92 STAT. 3382

PUBLIC LAW 95-621—NOV. 9, 1978 (b) LIMITATION.—

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15 USC 3362.

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15 USC 717w.

(1) EXPIRATION.—Any declaration of a natural gas supply emergency (or extension thereof) under subsection (a), shall terminate at the earlier of— (A) the date on which the President finds that any shortage described in subsection (a) does not exist or is not imminent; or (B) 120 days after the date of such declaration of emergency (or extension thereof). (2]i EXTENSIONS.—Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the President from extending, under subsection (a), any emergency (or extension thereof), previously declared under subsection (a), upon the expiration of such declaration of emergency (or extension thereof) under paragraph (1)(B). SEC. 302. EMERGENCY PURCHASE AUTHORITY. (a) PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORIZATION.—During any natural gas supply emergency declared under section 301, the President may, by rule or order, authorize any interstate pipeline or local distribution company served by any interstate pipeline to contract, upon such terms and conditions as the President determines to be appropriate (including provisions respecting fair and equitable prices), for the purchase of emergency supplies of natural gas— (1) from any producer of natural gas (other than a producer who is affiliated with the purchaser, as determined by the President) if— (A) such natural gas is not produced from the Outer Continental Shelf; and (B) the sale or transportation of such natural gas was not pursuant to a certificate issued under the Natural Gas Act immediately before the date on which such contract was entered into; or (2) from any intrastate pipeline, local distribution company, or other person (other than an interstate pipeline or a producer of natural gas). (b) CONTRACT DURATION.—The duration of any contract authorized under subsection (a) may not exceed 4 months. The preceding sentence shall not prohibit the President from authorizing under subsection (a) a renewal of any contract, previously authorized under such subsection, following the expiration of such contract. (c) RELATED TRANSPORTATION AND FACILITIES.—The President may,

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by order, require any pipeline to transport natural gas, and to construct and operate such facilities for the transportation of natural gas, as he determines necessary to carry out any contract authorized under subsection (a). The costs of any construction or transportation ordered under this subsection shall be paid by the purchaser of natural gas under the contract with respect to which such order is issued. No order to transport natural gas under this subsection shall require any pipeline to transport natural gas in excess of such pipeline's available capacity. (d) MAINTENANCE or ADEQUATE RECORDS.—The Commission shall require any interstate pipeline or local distribution company contracting under the authority of this section for natural gas to maintain and make available full and adequate records concerning transactions under this section, including records of the volumes of natural gas purchased under the authority of this section and the rates and charges for purchase and receipt of such natural gas.

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