[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: 18CFR281.207]

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           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 281_NATURAL GAS CURTAILMENT UNDER THE NATURAL GAS POLICY ACT OF 
1978--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B_Permanent Curtailment Rule
 
Sec. 281.207  Priority 2 classification.

    (a) Direct sale customer. (1) Subject to paragraph (a)(2) of this 
section, and Sec. 281.211 a direct sale customer may request each of 
its direct interstate pipeline suppliers to classify its essential 
agricultural requirements (calculated in accordance with Sec. 281.208) 
as priority 2 entitlements.
    (2) The essential agricultural user shall designate the entitlements 
in each priority of service category in the currently effective 
curtailment plan which reflect the essential agricultural requirements. 
It shall request that entitlements which are reflected in priority of 
service categories in the currently effective curtailment plan are 
removed from such priority of service categories.
    (3) Subject to Sec. 281.210, the interstate pipeline shall classify 
all such essential agricultural requirements as priority 2 entitlements 
and reduce the entitlements in such other priority of service categories 
as designated by the direct sale customer, (in accordance with paragraph 
(b)(2) of this section).
    (b) Indirect sale customer. Subject to Sec. 281.211 an indirect 
sale customer which is an essential agricultural user may ask each of 
its local distribution company direct suppliers to request each 
interstate pipeline supplier to classify the indirect essential 
agricultural requirements as priority 2 entitlements.
    (c) Local distribution companies. (1) The local distribution company 
shall attribute (in accordance with Sec. 281.209) the indirect 
essential agricultural requirements for which reclassification is sought 
under paragraph (b) of this section to its direct interstate pipeline 
suppliers. Subject to paragraph (b)(2) of

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this section, and Sec. 281.211 the local distribution company shall 
request each of its direct interstate pipeline suppliers to classify the 
attributed indirect essential agricultural requirements as priority 2 
entitlements.
    (2) The local distribution company shall designate the entitlements 
in each priority of service in the currently effective curtailment plan 
which reflect the attributed indirect essential agricultural 
requirements. It shall request that those entitlements which are 
reflected in each category in the currently effective curtailment plan 
are removed from such priority of service category.
    (3) Subject to Sec. 281.210, the interstate pipeline shall classify 
all such attributed indirect essential agricultural requirements as 
priority 2 entitlements and shall reduce the entitlements of the local 
distribution company in such other priority of service categories as 
designated by the local distribution company, (in accordance with 
paragraph (b)(2) of this section).
    (d) Interstate pipeline. (1) Subject to paragraph (d)(2) of this 
section, and Sec. 281.211 an interstate pipeline purchaser may request 
each of its direct interstate pipeline suppliers to classify the 
attributed priority 2 entitlements (calculated under Sec. 281.209) as 
priority 2 entitlements in the currently effective curtailment plan of 
the interstate pipeline supplier.
    (2) The interstate pipeline purchaser shall designate the 
entitlements in each priority of service category in the currently 
effective curtailment plan of the interstate pipeline supplier which 
reflects the attributed priority 2 entitlements and request that those 
entitlements which are reflected in such priority of service categories 
in the currently effective curtailment plan are removed from such 
priority of service category.
    (3) Subject to Sec. 281.210, the interstate pipeline supplier shall 
classify the attributed priority 2 entitlements as priority 2 
entitlements and shall reduce the entitlements of the interstate 
pipeline purchaser in such other priority of service categories as 
designated by the interstate pipeline purchaser, (in accordance with 
paragraph (d)(2) of this section).

[44 FR 26862, May 8, 1979]