---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 284.302"
title: "18"
number: "284.302"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/284.302"
---

# §284.302. Definitions.


For the purposes of this subpart, the term:

- (a) **Outer Continental Shelf—**
  - (OCS) has the same meaning as found in [section 2(a)](/cfr/18/2.md?p=a) of the OCSLA ([43 U.S.C. 1331(a)](/usc/43/1331.md?p=a)); and
- (b) OCS pipeline means an interstate natural gas pipeline that holds a certificate under [section 7](/cfr/18/7.md) of the NGA authorizing the construction and operation of facilities on the OCS, and includes all of the OCS pipeline's facilities that fall within the scope of the Commission's jurisdiction under [section 7](/cfr/18/7.md) of the NGA to the full extent that such facilities are used or necessary to transport natural gas on or across the OCS between:
  - (1) Any locations on the OCS (if the pipeline does not have an interconnection off the OCS), or
  - (2) The OCS and the first point of interconnection on the shoreward side of the OCS where the pipeline delivers or receives natural gas to or from either:
    - (i) A natural gas conditioning or processing facility, or
    - (ii) Another pipeline, or
    - (iii) **A distributor or end user of natural gas.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[Order 509, 53 FR 50938, Dec. 19, 1988, as amended by Order 509-A, 54 FR 8313, Feb. 28, 1989]

### Source

Source: Order 509, 53 FR 50938, Dec. 19, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 717-717z, 3301-3432; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352; 43 U.S.C. 1331-1356.

### Source

Source: Order 46, 44 FR 52184, Sept. 7, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Order 509, 53 FR 50938, Dec. 19, 1988, as amended by Order 509-A, 54 FR 8313, Feb. 28, 1989]