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[CITE: 42USC6235]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 77--ENERGY CONSERVATION
 
               SUBCHAPTER I--DOMESTIC SUPPLY AVAILABILITY
 
                   Part B--Strategic Petroleum Reserve
 
Sec. 6235. Early Storage Reserve


(a) Establishment; design; ownership of stored petroleum products; 
        minimum number of barrels of petroleum products in Reserve if 
        Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plan has not become effective

    (1) The Secretary shall establish an Early Storage Reserve as part 
of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The Early Storage Reserve shall be 
designed to store petroleum products, to the maximum extent practicable, 
in existing storage capacity. Petroleum products stored in the Early 
Storage Reserve may be owned by the United States or may be owned by 
others and stored pursuant to section 6236(b) of this title.
    (2) If the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plan has not become effective 
under section 6239(a) of this title, the Early Storage Reserve shall 
contain not less than 150 million barrels of petroleum products by the 
end of the 3-year period which begins on December 22, 1975.

(b) Meeting regional needs for residual fuel oil and refined petroleum 
        products

    The Early Storage Reserve shall provide for meeting regional needs 
for residual fuel oil and refined petroleum products in any region which 
the Secretary determines is, or is likely to become, dependent upon 
imports of such oil or products for a substantial portion of the total 
energy requirements of such region.

(c) Early Storage Reserve Plan

    Within 90 days after December 22, 1975, the Secretary shall prepare 
and transmit to the Congress an Early Storage Reserve Plan which shall 
provide for the storage of not less than 150 million barrels of 
petroleum products by the end of 3 years from December 22, 1975. Such 
plan shall detail the Secretary's proposals for implementing the Early 
Storage Reserve requirements of this section. The Early Storage Reserve 
Plan shall, to the maximum extent practicable, provide for, and set 
forth the manner in which, Early Storage Reserve facilities will be 
incorporated into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve after the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve Plan has become effective under section 6239(a) of 
this title. The Early Storage Reserve Plan shall include, with respect 
to the Early Storage Reserve, the same or similar assessments, 
statements, estimates, evaluations, projections, and other information 
which section 6234(e) of this title requires to be included in the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plan, including a Distribution Plan for the 
Early Storage Reserve.

(Pub. L. 94-163, title I, Sec. 155, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 884; Pub. L. 
95-619, title VI, Sec. 691(b)(2), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3288.)


                               Amendments

    1978--Pub. L. 95-619 substituted ``Secretary'' and ``Secretary's'' 
for ``Administrator'' and ``Administrator's'', respectively, meaning 
Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration, wherever appearing.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 6232, 6234 of this title.
