1152 86 Stat. 1636; 19 USC 1862 note.
PROCLAMATION 4178-JAN. 17, 1973
[87 STAT.
3 Subparagraph (1) of paragraph (a) of Section 2 is amended as follows:
(a) Substitute "2,025,000" for"1,165,000." (b) Substitute the following for the third and fourth sentences: "In addition to the imports permitted under the first sentence of this paragraph, for the period May 1, 1973, through December 31, 1973, and for each allocation period thereafter, there may be imported into District I, an average of 50,000 barrels per day of No. 2 fuel oil, manufactured in the Western Hemisphere from crude oil produced in the Western Hemisphere, for allocation, under regulations of the Secretary, to persons in the business in District I of selling No. 2 fuel oil who do not have crude oil import allocations into Districts I - IV and who operate deep water terminals in District I or have throughput agreements with deep water terminal operators in District I who do not have crude oil import allocations into District I-IV, on a fair and equitable basis, to the extent possible, in relation to such persons' inputs of No. 2 fuel oil to such terminals, having regard to any product import allocation into Districts I - IV made to such persons."
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4. Add subparagraph (4) to paragraph (a) of Section 2 as follows: " (4) For the period January 1, 1973, through April 30, 1973, any person who is in the business of selling No. 2 fuel oil in Districts I - IV to be used as fuel may import such No. 2 fuel oil into Districts I - IV without reducing the quantities of crude oil, unfinished oils, and finished products that have been or may be imported under the provisions of Section 1, Section lA, and Section 2 of this proclamation. Such imports shall require no allocation and licenses shall be available for such imports in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary." ,
82 Stat. 1605; P o s t, p. 1195.
80 Stat. 1744; Post, p. 1195.
5 ParasTaph (f) of Section 9 is amended to read as follows: o
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" (f) *Crude Oil' means a mixture of hydrocarbons that existed in the liquid phase in natural underground reservoirs and remains liquid at atmospheric pressure after passing through surface separating processes (and are not natural gas products) and the initial liquid hydrocarbons (at atmospheric conditions) produced from tar sands, gilsonite, and oil shale;." 6. Subparagraph (1) of paragraph (g) of Section 9 is amended to read as follows: " (1) The following liquefied gases, namely ethane, propane, butanes, ethylene, propylene and butylenes, which are derived by refining or other processing of natural gas, crude oil, or unfinished oik;."
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