Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/644

 95 STAT. 618

PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981

42 USC 8372.

(b) Section 402 of such Act is amended by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g) and by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection: "(f)(1) For the purpose of discouraging the use of natural gas for outdoor lighting, each local distribution company which is subject to subsection (a) or (b) shall, in accordance with rules promulgated by the Secretary— "(A) establish a reasonable and simple method, as determined by each such company, by which the company shall periodically inform its customers about the amount of natural gas consumed by outdoor lighting and the annual cost of such gas for such lighting; and "(B) report to the Secretary the method established under subparagraph (A). A company may establish a method which provides for reporting such information on the basis of estimates where actual information is not readily available. "(2) The Secretary shall propose the rules referred to in paragraph (1) as promptly as possible after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and such rules shall take effect not later than the ninetieth day after they are proposed. In promulgating such rules, the Secretary shall, to the greatest extent feasible, consult with the appropriate regulatory authority of the States and the local distribution companies who will be subject to the rules.".

Strategic Petroleum Reserve Amendments Act of 1981. 42 USC 6201 note.

Subtitle C—STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE SHORT TITLE

SEC. 1031. This subtitle may be cited as the "Strategic Petroleum Reserve Amendments Act of 1981". FINDINGS

42 USC 6231 note.

SEC. 1032. The Congress finds that— (1) the Strategic Petroleum Reserve should be considered a national security asset; and (2) enlarging the capacity and filling of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve should be accelerated (to the extent technically and economically practicable) to take advantage of any increased availability of crude oil in the world market from time to time. RATE OF FILUNG THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

SEC. 1033. Section 160(c) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6240(c)) is amended to read as follows: "(c)(1) The President shall immediately seek to undertake, and thereafter continue (subject to paragraph (2)), crude oil acquisition, transportation, and injection activities at a level sufficient to assure that crude oil in storage in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve will be increased at an average annual rate of at least 300,000 barrels per day. "(2) TJie requirements in paragraph (1) shall cease to apply when the quantity of petroleum products stored within the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is at least 750,000,000 barrels.".'

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