---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 153.5"
title: "18"
number: "153.5"
heading: "Who shall apply."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/153.5"
---

# §153.5. Who shall apply.

- (a) **Applicant.** Any person proposing to site, construct, or operate facilities which are to be used for the export of natural gas from the United States to a foreign country or for the import of natural gas from a foreign country or to amend an existing Commission authorization, including the modification of existing authorized facilities, shall file with the Commission an application for authorization therefor under [subpart B](/cfr/18/subpartB.md) of this part and [section 3](/cfr/18/3.md) of the Natural Gas Act.
- (b) **Cross-reference.** Any person applying under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section to construct facilities at the borders of the United States and Canada or Mexico must also simultaneously apply for a Presidential Permit under [subpart C](/cfr/18/subpartC.md) of this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 717b, 717o; E.O. 10485, 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 970, as amended by E.O. 12038, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 136; DOE Delegation Order No. S1-DEL-FERC-2006 (May 16, 2006).

### Source

Source: Order 595, 62 FR 30446, June 4, 1997, unless otherwise noted.