[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 18CFR157.1]

[Page 508-509]
 
           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
 PART 157_APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY 
 
   Subpart A_Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and
 
Sec. 157.1  Definitions.

 AND FOR ORDERS PERMITTING AND APPROVING ABANDONMENT UNDER SECTION 7 OF THE 
 NATURAL GAS ACT--Table of Contents




   Subpart A_Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and

  Necessity and for Orders Permitting and Approving Abandonment Under 
Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, as Amended, Concerning Any Operation, 
   Sales, Service, Construction, Extension, Acquisition or Abandonment

Sec.
157.1 Definitions.
157.5 Purpose and intent of rules.
157.6 Applications; general requirements.
157.7 Abbreviated applications.
157.8 Acceptance for filing or rejection of applications.
157.9 Notice of application.
157.10 Interventions and protests.
157.11 Hearings.
157.12 Dismissal of application.
157.13 Form of exhibits to be attached to applications.
157.14 Exhibits.
157.15 Requirements for applications covering acquisitions.
157.16 Exhibits relating to acquisitions.
157.17 Applications for temporary certificates in cases of emergency.
157.18 Applications to abandon facilities or service; exhibits.
157.20 General conditions applicable to certificates.
157.21 [Reserved]
157.22 Collaborative procedures for applications for certificates of 
          public convenience and necessity and for orders permitting and 
          approving abandonment.

Subparts B-C [Reserved]

  Subpart D_Exemption of Natural Gas Service for Drilling, Testing, or 
                  Purging from Certificate Requirements

157.53 Testing.

Subpart E [Reserved]

  Subpart F_Interstate Pipeline Blanket Certificates and Authorization 
  Under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act for Certain Transactions and 
                               Abandonment

157.201 Applicability.

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157.202 Definitions.
157.203 Blanket certification.
157.204 Application procedure.
157.205 Notice procedure.
157.206 Standard conditions.
157.207 General reporting requirements.
157.208 Construction, acquisition, operation, replacement, and 
          miscellaneous rearrangement of facilities.
157.209 Temporary compression facilities.
157.210 [Reserved]
157.211 Delivery points.
157.212-157.213 [Reserved]
157.214 Increase in storage capacity.
157.215 Underground storage testing and development.
157.216 Abandonment.
157.217 Changes in rate schedules.
157.218 Changes in customer name.

Appendix I to Subpart F--Procedures for Compliance with the Endangered 
          Species Act of 1973 Under Sec. 157.206(b)(3)(i)
Appendix II to Subpart F--Procedures for Compliance With the National 
          Historic Preservation Act of 1966 Under Sec. 
          157.206(b)(3)(ii)

Subpart G--Natural Gas Producer Blanket Authorization for Sales and 
Abandonment [Reserved]

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 717-717w, 3301-3432; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352.


  Necessity and for Orders Permitting and Approving Abandonment under 
Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, as Amended, Concerning Any Operation, 
   Sales, Service, Construction, Extension, Acquisition or Abandonment


    For the purposes of this part--
    Indian tribe means, in reference to a proposal or application for a 
certificate or abandonment, an Indian tribe which is recognized by 
treaty with the United States, by federal statute, or by the U.S. 
Department of the Interior in its periodic listing of tribal governments 
in the Federal Register in accordance with 25 CFR 83.6(b), and whose 
legal rights as a tribe may be affected by the proposed construction, 
operation or abandonment of facilities or services (as where the 
construction or operation of the proposed facilities could interfere 
with the tribe's hunting or fishing rights or where the proposed 
facilities would be located within the tribe's reservation).
    Resource agency means a Federal, state, or interstate agency 
exercising administration over the areas of recreation, fish and 
wildlife, water resource management, or cultural or other relevant 
resources of the state or states in which the facilities or services for 
which a certificate or abandonment is proposed are or will be located.

[Order 608, 64 FR 51220, Sept. 22, 1999]