PUBLIC LAW 109–58—AUG. 8, 2005
119 STAT. 685
for the review of requests for the deferrals of scheduled deliveries. (C) DEADLINES.—The Secretary shall— (i) propose the procedures required under the amendment made by subparagraph (A) not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act; (ii) promulgate the procedures not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act; and (iii) comply with the procedures in acquiring petroleum for the Reserve effective beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 302. NATIONAL OILHEAT RESEARCH ALLIANCE.
Section 713 of the Energy Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–469; 42 U.S.C. 6201 note) is amended by striking ‘‘4’’ and inserting ‘‘9’’. SEC. 303. SITE SELECTION.
Deadline.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a proceeding to select, from sites that the Secretary has previously studied, sites necessary to enable acquisition by the Secretary of the full authorized volume of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. In such proceeding, the Secretary shall first consider and give preference to the five sites which the Secretary previously assessed in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, DOE/EIS–0165–D. However, the Secretary in his discretion may select other sites as proposed by a State where a site has been previously studied by the Secretary to meet the full authorized volume of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Subtitle B—Natural Gas SEC. 311. EXPORTATION OR IMPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS.
(a) SCOPE OF NATURAL GAS ACT.—Section 1(b) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717(b)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and to the importation or exportation of natural gas in foreign commerce and to persons engaged in such importation or exportation,’’ after ‘‘such transportation or sale,’’. (b) DEFINITION.—Section 2 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717a) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(11) ‘LNG terminal’ includes all natural gas facilities located onshore or in State waters that are used to receive, unload, load, store, transport, gasify, liquefy, or process natural gas that is imported to the United States from a foreign country, exported to a foreign country from the United States, or transported in interstate commerce by waterborne vessel, but does not include— ‘‘(A) waterborne vessels used to deliver natural gas to or from any such facility; or ‘‘(B) any pipeline or storage facility subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under section 7.’’. (c) AUTHORIZATION FOR SITING, CONSTRUCTION, EXPANSION, OR OPERATION OF LNG TERMINALS.—(1) The title for section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is amended by inserting ‘‘; LNG TERMINALS’’ after ‘‘EXPORTATION OR IMPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS’’.
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