---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 385.1102"
title: "18"
number: "385.1102"
heading: "Definitions (Rule 1102)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/385.1102"
---

# §385.1102. Definitions (Rule 1102).


For purposes of this subpart:

- (a) Adjustment means an order issued by Staff under [Rule 1109 (orders)](/cfr/18/1109.md?p=orders):
  - (1) Granting relief from an order or rule issued by the Commission under the NGPA,
    - (i) Including exceptions, exemptions, modification, and rescissions of rules and orders have the effect of rule as defined in section 551 of [title 5](/cfr/5.md) of the United States Code ([5 U.S.C. 551(4)](/usc/5/551.md?p=4)) and issued under the NGPA; but
    - (ii) Excluding requests for just and reasonable rates under sections [104](/cfr/18/104.md), [106](/cfr/18/106.md), and [109](/cfr/18/109.md) of the NGPA; and
  - (2) Granting an exemption, in whole or in part, for incrementally priced industrial boiler fuel facilities from [section 201](/cfr/18/201.md) of the NGPA, under the authority of [section 206(d)](/cfr/18/206.md?p=d) of the NGPA and [§ 282.206](/cfr/18/282.206.md) (industrial boiler fuel facilities exemption);
- (b) Petitioner means a person who files a petition for adjustment under [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section;
- (c) Petition means a petition for adjustment filed under [Rule 1103](/cfr/18/1103.md) (commencement of adjustment proceedings);
- (d) NGPA means the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978;
- (e) **Party—** means, with respect to a particular petition for adjustment, the person making the petition, and intervener, or a person who has moved to intervene but whose motion has not been granted or denied under [Rule 1105(b)](/cfr/18/1105.md?p=b) (intervention in adjustment proceedings).
- (f) Staff means the Director of the Office of Producer and Pipeline Regulation, or a person who is designated by the Director and who is an employee of the Commission.
- (g) This section shall cease to have effect on December 5, 2026, unless the Commission determines that the cessation deadline should be extended to a date not more than 5 years in the future after offering the public an opportunity to provide input on the costs and benefits of this section and considering that input. The Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing its determination and revising or removing this section accordingly.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Order 225, 47 FR 19022, May 3, 1982, as amended by Order 914, 90 FR 48407, Oct. 21, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 551-557; 15 U.S.C. 717-717w, 3301-3432; 16 U.S.C. 791a-825v, 2601-2645; 28 U.S.C. 2461; 31 U.S.C 3701, 9701; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352, 16441, 16451-16463; 49 U.S.C. 60502; 49 App. U.S.C. 1-85 (1988); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (1990); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (2015).

### Source

Source: Order 225, 47 FR 19022, May 3, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Order 225, 47 FR 19022, May 3, 1982, as amended by Order 914, 90 FR 48407, Oct. 21, 2025]