§ 715. Purpose of chapter.
§ 715a. Definitions.
§ 715b. Interstate transportation of contraband oil forbidden.
§ 715c. Suspension of operation of section 715b of this title.
§ 715d. Enforcement of chapter.
§ 715e. Penalties for violation of chapter.
§ 715f. Forfeiture of contraband oil shipped in violation of law;
procedure.
§ 715g. Refusal of carrier to accept shipment without certificate of
clearance; certificate as justifying acceptance of shipment.
§ 715h. Hearings and investigation by boards; appointment of board
and employees.
§ 715i. Restraining violations.
§ 715j. "President" as including agencies, officers and employees.
§ 715k. Saving clause.
§ 715l. Repealed.
§ 715m. Cooperation between Secretary of the Interior and Federal and
State authorities.
CONSTRUCTION OF PETROLEUM PIPE LINES
Act July 30, 1941, ch. 333, 55 Stat. 610, as amended June 30,
§ 1943, ch. 180, 57 Stat. 270; June 8, 1945, ch. 177, 59 Stat. 233;
July 25, 1947, ch. 327, Sec. 1, 61 Stat. 449, related to the
construction of pipe lines for the transportation and/or
distribution of petroleum or petroleum products moving in
interstate commerce, or the extension or completion of any such
pipe lines already wholly or partly constructed, that might be
necessary for national-defense purposes. Section 9 of Act July 30,
§ 1941, provided that neither the President, any department or agency
of the Government nor any person shall exercise any of the powers
conferred by sections 2, 3, 4, or 6 of Act July 30, 1941, after
June 30, 1946, and in no case shall any pipe line constructed,
extended or completed under authority of section 4 be operated or
maintained by or under the direction or control of the President or
any department or agency of the Government after the expiration of
one year after the termination of the unlimited national emergency
proclaimed on May 27, 1941. Joint Res. July 25, 1947, ch. 327, Sec.
§ 3, 61 Stat. 451, provided that in the interpretation of Act July
§ 30, 1941, the date July 25, 1947, shall be deemed to be the date of
termination of any state of war theretofore declared by Congress
and of the national emergency proclaimed by the President on May
§ 27, 1941.
NATIONAL DEFENSE PIPE LINES
Construction of a national defense pipe line from Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, to Greensboro, North Carolina, by the Plantation Pipe
Line Company was authorized by Proc. No. 2505, Aug. 23, 1941, 6
F.R. 4429, 55 Stat. 1670.
Construction of a national defense pipe line from South Portland,
Maine, through North Troy, Vermont, to Montreal, Canada, by the
Portland Pipe Line Company was authorized by Proc. No. 2517, Oct.
§ 1, 1941, 6 F.R. 5081, 55 Stat. 1691.
Construction of a national defense pipe line from Port Saint Joe,
Florida, to Chattanooga, Tennessee, by the Southeastern Pipe Line
Company was authorized by Proc. No. 2508, Sept. 3, 1941, 6 F.R.
§ 4583, 55 Stat. 1672.
Construction of one or more national defense pipe lines from Port
Saint Joe, and other points on the Gulf Coast of Florida to the
Saint Johns River, Florida, and a crude-oil pipe line from Yazoo,
Mississippi, to Charleston, South Carolina and/or Savannah,
Georgia, was authorized by act July 23, 1942, ch. 520, Sec. 1, 56
Stat. 703, as amended June 17, 1943, ch. 127, 57 Stat. 156.
Construction of a national defense pipe line from El Dorado,
Arkansas, to Helena, Arkansas, by the Project Five Pipe Line
Corporation, was authorized by Proc. No. 2567, Aug. 28, 1942, 7
F.R. 6839, 56 Stat. 1975.
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