[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR218.11]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 218--STANDBY MANDATORY INTERNATIONAL OIL ALLOCATION--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart B--Supply Orders
 
Sec. 218.11  Supply orders.

    (a) A supply order shall require that the firm to which it is issued 
take actions specified therein relating to supplying the stated volume 
of oil to a specified recipient including, but not limited to, 
distributing, producing, storing, transporting or refining oil. A supply 
order shall include a concise statement of the pertinent facts and of 
the legal basis on which it is issued, and shall describe the action to 
be taken.
    (b) The DOE shall serve a copy of the supply order on the firm 
directed to act as stated therein.
    (c) The DOE may modify or rescind a supply order on its own motion 
or pursuant to an application filed in accordance with Sec. 218.32 of 
this part.
    (d) A supply order shall be effective in accordance with its terms, 
and when served upon a firm directed to act thereunder, except that a 
supply order shall not remain in effect (1) upon reversion of this rule 
to standby status or (2) twelve months after the rule has been 
transmitted to Congress (whichever occurs first) or (3) to the extent 
that DOE or a court of competent jurisdiction directs that it be stayed, 
modified, or rescinded.
    (e) Any firm issued a supply order pursuant to this subpart may seek 
modification or rescission of the supply order in accordance with 
procedures provided in Sec. 218.32 of this part.