Title 18

SECTION 284.302

284.302 Definitions.

§ 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) of the OCSLA (43 U.S.C. 1331(a)); and

(b) OCS pipeline means an interstate natural gas pipeline that holds a certificate under section 7 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 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.

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

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