---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 281.302"
title: "18"
number: "281.302"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/281.302"
---

# §281.302. Applicability.


This subpart applies to—

- (a) **Any essential agricultural use establishment for which an essential agricultural user—**
  - (1) Has requested that natural gas be classified as priority 2 entitlements by an interstate pipeline under [§ 281.207](/cfr/18/281.207.md); and
  - (2) Which has requested from any direct supplier priority 2 entitlements in excess of 300 Mcf per day; and
- (b) Any essential agricultural use establishment with a new boiler, other than a diesel engine or turbine designed to use distillate fuels as the only alternative to natural gas, that:
  - (1) Has a capacity in excess of 300 Mcf of natural gas per day; and
  - (2) **Is put into service for the first time after August 29, 1979.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, 15 U.S.C. 3301-3432; Department of Energy Organization Act, 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352; E.O. 12009, 42 FR 46267.

### Source

Source: Order 55, 44 FR 62490, Oct. 31, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### 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.