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Title 43 — Public Lands

Chapter 38 — Crude Oil Transportation Systems

§ 2002. Statement of purposes

Statutory text

The purposes of this chapter are—

(1)

to provide a means for—

(A)

selecting delivery systems to transport Alaskan and other crude oil to northern tier States and inland States, and

(B)

resolving both the west coast crude oil surplus and the crude oil supply problems in the northern tier States;

(2)

to provide an expedited procedure for acting on applications for all Federal permits, licenses, and approvals required for the construction and operation or any transportation system approved under this chapter and the Long Beach-Midland project; and

(3)

to assure that Federal decisions with respect to crude oil transportation systems are coordinated with State decisions to the maximum extent practicable.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978

    Pub. L. 95–617 title V § 502 · 92 Stat. 3117

    Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 2002

    (Pub. L. 95–617, title V, § 502, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3157.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 95–617, title V, § 502, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3157.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 502. STATEMENT OF PURPOSES. The purposes of this title are— (1) to provide a means for— (A) selecting delivery systems to transport Alaskan and other crude oil to northern tier States and inland States, and (B) resolving both the west coast crude oil surplus and the crude oil supply problems in the northern tier States; (2) to provide an expedited procedure for acting on applications for all Federal permits, licenses, and approvals required for the construction and operation or any transportation system approved under this title and the Long Beach-Midland project; and (3) to assure that Federal decisions with respect to crude oil transportation systems are coordinated with State decisions to the maximum extent practicable.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions

The definition of “State” in section 2602 of Title 16, Conservation, applies to this section.

Credits

(Pub. L. 95–617, title V, § 502, , 92 Stat. 3157.)

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