---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 1048.1"
title: "10"
number: "1048.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/1048.1"
---

# §1048.1. Purpose.


The regulations in this part are issued for the protection and security of: (a) The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), its storage or related facilities, and real property subject to the jurisdiction or administration, or in the custody of DOE under part B, title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended ([42 U.S.C. 6231-6247](/usc/42/6231-6247.md)) (EPCA); and (b) persons upon the SPR or other property subject to DOE jurisdiction under part B, title I of the EPCA.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 662, Pub. L. No. 100-531, 102 Stat. 2652 (42 U.S.C. 7270b); section 6, Pub. L. No. 100-185, 101 Stat. 1280 (18 U.S.C. 3571(b)(5).

### Source

Source: 56 FR 1910, Jan. 17, 1991, unless otherwise noted.