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[CITE: 42USC6243]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 77--ENERGY CONSERVATION
 
               SUBCHAPTER I--DOMESTIC SUPPLY AVAILABILITY
 
                   Part B--Strategic Petroleum Reserve
 
Sec. 6243. Records and accounts


(a) Preparation and maintenance

    The Secretary may require any person to prepare and maintain such 
records or accounts as the Secretary, by rule, determines necessary to 
carry out the purposes of this part.

(b) Audit of operations of storage facility

    The Secretary may audit the operations of any storage facility in 
which any petroleum product is stored or required to be stored pursuant 
to the provisions of this part.

(c) Access to and inspection of records or accounts and storage 
        facilities

    The Secretary may require access to, and the right to inspect and 
examine, at reasonable times, (1) any records or accounts required to be 
prepared or maintained pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and 
(2) any storage facilities subject to audit by the United States under 
the authority of this part.

(Pub. L. 94-163, title I, Sec. 163, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 889; Pub. L. 
95-619, title VI, Sec. 691(b)(2), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3288.)


                               Amendments

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