---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 281.201"
title: "18"
number: "281.201"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/281.201"
---

# §281.201. Purpose.


The purpose of this subpart is to implement [section 401](/cfr/18/401.md) of the NGPA in order to provide that effective November 1, 1979, the curtailment plans of interstate pipelines protect, to the maximum extent practicable, deliveries of natural gas for essential agricultural uses and for high-priority uses in accordance with the provisions of this subpart.


## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 26862, May 8, 1979]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 717-717w, 3301-3432; 16 U.S.C. 2601-2645; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352.

### Source

Source: Order 10-B, 44 FR 13470, Mar. 12, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[44 FR 26862, May 8, 1979]