92 STAT. 3292
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42 USC 8302.
PUBLIC LAW 95-620—NOV. 9, 1978 leum, or coal or other alternate fuels pursuant to this Act comply with applicable environmental requirements; (9) to insure that all Federal agencies utilize their authorities fully in furtherance of the purposes of this Act by carrying out programs designed to prohibit or discourage the use of natural gas and petroleum as a primary energy source and by taking such actions as lie within their authorities to maximize the efficient use of energy and conserve natural gas and petroleum in programs funded or carried out by such agencies; (10) to insure that adequate supplies of natural gas are available for essential agricultural uses (including crop drying, seed drying, irrigation, fertilizer production, and production of essential fertilizer ingredients for such uses); (11) to reduce the vulnerability of the United States to energy supply interruptions; and (12) to regulate interstate commerce.
SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. (a) Unless otherwise expressly provided, for the purposes of this Act— (1) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Energy. (2) The term, "person" means any (A) individual, corporation, company, partnership, association, firm, institution, society, trust, joint venture, or joint stock company, (B) any State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States, or (C) any agency or instrumentality (including any municipality) thereof. (3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term "natural gas" means any fuel consisting in whole or in part of— (i) natural gas; (ii) liquid petroleum ^as; (iii) synthetic gas derived from petroleum or natural gas liquids; or (iv) any mixture of natural gas and synthetic gas. (B) The term "natural gas" does not include— (i) natural gas which is commercially unmarketable (either by reason of quality or quantity), as determined under rules prescribed by the Secretary; (ii) natural gas produced by the user from a well the maximum efficient production rate of which is less than 250 million Btu's per day; (iii) natural gas to the extent the exclusion of such gas is provided for in subsection (b); or (iv) synthetic gas, derived from coal or other alternate fuel, the heat content of which is less than 600 Btu's per cubic foot at 14.73 pounds per square inch (absolute) and 60 degrees Fahrenheit. (4) The term "petroleum" means crude oil and products derived from crude oil, other than— (A) synthetic gas derived from crude oil; (B) liquid petroleum gas; (C) liquid, solid, or gaseous waste byproducts of refinery , operations which are commercially unmarketable, either by reason of quality or quantity, as determined under rules prescribed by the Secretary; or (D) petroleum coke or waste gases from industrial operations.
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