42 USC 6249a – Implementation
(a), (b) Repealed. Pub. L. 106-469, title I, §103(21), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2033
(c) Legal status regarding other law
Petroleum product and facilities contracted for under this part have the same status as petroleum product and facilities owned by the United States for all purposes associated with the exercise of the laws of any State or political subdivision thereof.
(d) Return of product
Terms Used In 42 USC 6249a
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- petroleum product: means crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product (including any natural liquid and any natural gas liquid product). See 42 USC 6202
- State: means a State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or any territory or possession of the United States. See 42 USC 6202
- United States: when used in the geographical sense means all of the States and the Outer Continental Shelf. See 42 USC 6202
At such time as the petroleum product contracted for under this part is withdrawn from the Reserve upon the expiration, termination, or other conclusion of the contract, such petroleum product (or the equivalent quantity of petroleum product withdrawn from the Reserve pursuant to the contract) shall be deemed, for purposes of determining the extent to which such product is thereafter subject to any Federal, State, or local law or regulation, not to have left the place where such petroleum product was located at the time it was originally committed to a contract under this part.