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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
[Document affected by Public Law 106-469 Section 103(10)]
[CITE: 42USC6237]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 77--ENERGY CONSERVATION
 
               SUBCHAPTER I--DOMESTIC SUPPLY AVAILABILITY
 
                   Part B--Strategic Petroleum Reserve
 
Sec. 6237. Regional Petroleum Reserve


(a) Federal Energy Administration Regions in which Reserve may be 
        established and maintained

    (1) The Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plan shall provide for the 
establishment and maintenance of a Regional Petroleum Reserve in, or 
readily accessible to, each Federal Energy Administration Region, as 
defined in title 10, Code of Federal Regulations in effect on November 
1, 1975, in which imports of residual fuel oil or any refined petroleum 
product, during the 24-month period preceding the date of computation, 
equal more than 20 percent of demand for such oil or product in such 
regions during such period, as determined by the Secretary. Such volume 
shall be computed annually.
    (2) For the purpose of carrying out this section--
        (A) any State that is an island shall be considered to be a 
    separate Federal Energy Administration Region, as defined in title 
    10, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on November 1, 1975;
        (B) determinations made with respect to Regions, other than 
    States that are islands, shall be made as if the islands were not 
    part of the Regions; and
        (C) with respect to determinations made for any State that is an 
    island, the term ``refined petroleum product'' shall have the same 
    meaning given the term ``petroleum product'' in section 6202(3) of 
    this title.

(b) Level of Reserve

    To implement the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plan, the Secretary 
shall accumulate and maintain in or near any such Federal Energy 
Administration Region described in subsection (a) of this section, a 
Regional Petroleum Reserve containing volumes of such oil or product, 
described in subsection (a) of this section, at a level adequate to 
provide substantial protection against an interruption or reduction in 
imports of such oil or product to such region, except that the level of 
any such Regional Petroleum Reserve shall not exceed the aggregate 
volume of imports of such oil or product into such region during the 
period of the 3 consecutive months, during the 24-month period specified 
in subsection (a) of this section, in which average monthly import 
levels were the highest, as determined by the Secretary. Such volume 
shall be computed annually.

(c) Substitutions for all or part of volume stored in Reserve

    The Secretary may place in storage crude oil, residual fuel oil, or 
any refined petroleum product in substitution for all or part of the 
volume of residual fuel oil or any refined petroleum product stored in 
any Regional Petroleum Reserve pursuant to the provisions of this 
section if he finds that such substitution (1) is necessary or desirable 
for purposes of economy, efficiency, or for other reasons, and (2) may 
be made without delaying or otherwise adversely affecting the 
fulfillment of the purpose of the Regional Petroleum Reserve.

(Pub. L. 94-163, title I, Sec. 157, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 885; Pub. L. 
95-619, title VI, Sec. 691(b)(2), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3288; Pub. L. 
102-486, title XIV, Sec. 1405, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2995.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-486 designated existing provisions as 
par. (1) and added par. (2).
    1978--Pub. L. 95-619 substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator'', meaning Administrator of the Federal Energy 
Administration, wherever appearing.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Federal Energy Administration terminated and functions vested by law 
in Administration or in its Administrator, officers and components 
transferred to Secretary of Energy (unless otherwise specifically 
provided) by sections 7151(a) and 7293 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6232 of this title.
