49 U.S.C. § 15301 — General pipeline jurisdiction
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This section addresses General pipeline jurisdiction. It sets out the requirements, permissions, definitions, limits, and other rules stated in the section.
(a) In General.— The Board* has jurisdiction over transportation* by pipeline, or by pipeline and railroad or water, when transporting a commodity other than water, gas, or oil. Jurisdiction under this subsection applies only to transportation in the United States* between a place in—
(1) a State* and a place in another State;
(2) the District of Columbia and another place in the District of Columbia;
(3) a State and a place in a territory or possession of the United States;
(4) a territory or possession of the United States and a place in another that territory or possession;
(5) a territory or possession of the United States and another place in the same territory or possession;
(6) the United States and another place in the United States through a foreign country; or
(7) the United States and a place in a foreign country.
(b) No Jurisdiction Over Intrastate Transportation.— The Board does not have jurisdiction under subsection
(a) over the transportation of property, or the receipt, delivery, storage, or handling of property, entirely in a State (other than the District of Columbia) and not transported between a place in the United States and a place in a foreign country except as otherwise provided in this part.
(c) Protection of States Powers.— This part does not affect the power of a State, in exercising its police power, to require reasonable intrastate transportation by carriers providing transportation under the jurisdiction of the Board under this chapter unless the State requirement is inconsistent with an order of the Board issued under this part or is prohibited under this part.
The Board* has jurisdiction over transportation* by pipeline, or by pipeline and railroad or water, when transporting a commodity other than water, gas, or oil. Jurisdiction under this subsection applies only to transportation in the United States* between a place in—
a State* and a place in another State;
the District of Columbia and another place in the District of Columbia;
a State and a place in a territory or possession of the United States;
a territory or possession of the United States and a place in another such territory or possession;
a territory or possession of the United States and another place in the same territory or possession;
the United States and another place in the United States through a foreign country; or
the United States and a place in a foreign country.
The Board does not have jurisdiction under subsection (a) over the transportation of property, or the receipt, delivery, storage, or handling of property, entirely in a State (other than the District of Columbia) and not transported between a place in the United States and a place in a foreign country except as otherwise provided in this part.
This part does not affect the power of a State, in exercising its police power, to require reasonable intrastate transportation by carriers providing transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Board under this chapter unless the State requirement is inconsistent with an order of the Board issued under this part or is prohibited under this part.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 106(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 922.)
- 1995Enacted · Pub. L. 104-88 · 109 Stat. 922
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