PUBLIC LAW 95-620—NOV. 9, 1978
92 STAT. 3315
(c) ExEMpnoN.—The Secretary shall exempt any person from any prohibition prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) if such person demonstrates to the Secretary that an adequate and reliable source of petroleum is not likely to be available to such person during the period of the exemption. (d)
DEFINITIONS.—
(1) The term "new boiler" means any boiler for which there was not a commitment for construction or acquisition as of the date of the publication under section 701(b) of the proposed ' rule or order establishing the prohibition. (2) The term "existing boiler" means any boiler other than a new boiler. (e) METHOD OF PROHIBITION.—(1)(A) Except to the extent authorized by paragraph (2), the Secretary shall prohibit boiler fuel use of natural gas under the authority granted him in subsection (a) or (b) only by means of a final order issued by him which shall be limited to the particular boiler involved. (B) The Secretary may issue such an order only with respect to a boiler which is not, at the time the proposed order is issued, covered by a final rule issued under paragraph (2). (C) The Secretary shall not issue a final order under this subsection with respect to any boiler if it is demonstrated that an exemption under subsection (c) would have been granted with respect to such boiler if such prohibition had been established by rule pursuant to paragraph (2) rather than by order. (2)(A) The Secretary may, by rule, prohibit the use of natural gas under the authority of subsection (a) or (b) in the case of any category of boilers identified in such rule. (B) Any existing boiler to be covered by any rule issued under this subsection shall be specifically identified in the proposed rule published under section 701(b). (C) In prescribing any rule under this subsection, the Secretary shall take into account any special circumstances or characteristics of each category of boilers (such as the technical feasibility of burning petroleum and the size, age, or geographic location of such boilers). Any such final rule shall not apply in the case of any boiler— Final rule, (i) subject to such rule pending a resolution of any petition (in- application, eluding judicial review) for any exemption for such boiler which may be filed with the Secretary not later than 60 days after such rule is published under section 701(b); or (ii) with respect to which a comparable prohibition was issued by order (or was proposed but was not issued because it was demonstrated that it could qualify for an exemption under subsection (c)). SEC. 402. PROfflBITION ON USE OF NATURAL GAS FOR DECORATIVE OUTDOOR LIGHTING. (a) PROHIBITION ON INSTALLATION or NEW OUTDOOR LIGHTING.— 42 USC 8372. Effective beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, no local distribution company, or any industrial user of natural gas who obtains such gas under a contract between such user and a natural gas pipeline, or any agent thereof, shall install any outdoor lighting fixture using natural gas. (b) PROHIBITION ON SELLING NATURAL GAS To B E USED IN OUTDOOR
LIGHTING.—(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, by rule, prohibit any local distribution
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