---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 385.2013"
title: "18"
number: "385.2013"
heading: "Notification of requests for Federal authorizations and requests for further information (Rule 2013)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/385.2013"
---

# §385.2013. Notification of requests for Federal authorizations and requests for further information (Rule 2013).

- (a) **For each Federal authorization—** i.e., permit, special use authorization, certification, concurrence, opinion, or other approval—required under Federal law with respect to a natural gas project for which an application has been filed under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act for a certificate of public convenience and necessity under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, each Federal agency or officer, or State agency or officer acting pursuant to delegated Federal authority, responsible for a Federal authorization must file with the Commission within 30 days of the date of receipt of a request for a Federal authorization, notice of the following:
  - (1) Whether the application is ready for processing, and if not, what additional information or materials will be necessary to assess the merits of the request;
  - (2) The time the agency or official will allot the applicant to provide the necessary additional information or materials;
  - (3) What, if any, studies will be necessary in order to evaluate the request;
  - (4) The anticipated effective date of the agency's or official's decision; and
  - (5) If applicable, the schedule set by Federal law for the agency or official to act.
- (b) A Federal agency or officer, or State agency or officer acting pursuant to delegated Federal authority, considering a request for a Federal authorization that submits a data request to an applicant must file a copy of the data request with the Commission within 10 business days.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Order 687, 71 FR 62921, Oct. 27, 2006]

### 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 687, 71 FR 62921, Oct. 27, 2006]