---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 8312"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "8312"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 100–42, § 1(a)(1), May 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 310"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/8312"
units:
  - "Chapter 92 — Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use"
  - "Subchapter II — New Facilities"
  - "Part A — Prohibitions"
---

# [§8312. Repealed. Pub. L. 100–42, § 1(a)(1), May 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 310 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, Pub. L. 95–620, title II, § 202, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3298, prohibited, except to extent authorized under part B, use of natural gas or petroleum as primary energy source in new major fuel-burning installation consisting of a boiler, and authorized Secretary to prohibit nonboilers from using natural gas or petroleum.