July 1951 



COMMECIAL FISHERIES RWIEW 



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or other instruction) , notwithstanding 

 that any such regulation or order shall 

 thereafter be declared by judicial or 

 other competent authority to be Invalid. 



Sec. 23. Records. Each person partici- 

 pating in any transaction covered by this 

 regulation shall retain in his possession 

 for at least 2 years records of receipts, de- 

 liveries, inventories, and use, in sufficient 

 detail to permit an audit that deter- 

 mines for each transaction that the pro- 

 visions of this regulation have been met. 

 This does not specify any particular ac- 

 counting method and does not require 

 alteration of the system of records cus- 

 tomarily maintained, provided such rec- 

 ords supply an adequate basis for audit. 

 Records may be retained in the form of 

 microfilm or other photographic copies 

 instead of the originals. 



Sec 24. Audit and inspection. All 

 records required by this regulation shall 

 be made available at the usual place of 

 business where maintained for inspec- 

 tion and audit by duly authorized repre- 

 sentatives of NPA. 



Sec 55. Reports. Persons subject to 

 this regulation shall make such records 

 and submit such reports to NPA as it 

 shall require, subject to the terms of the 

 Federal Reports Act of 1942 (5 U. S. C. 

 139-139P> . 



Sec 26. Ap"jlications for adjustment 

 and exception. Any person affected by 

 this regulation may file an application 

 for adjustment or exception upon the 

 ground that it works an undue or excep- 

 tional hardship upon him not suffered 

 generally by others in the same trade or 

 industry or that its application to him 

 would not be in the interest of the na- 

 tional defense or in the public interest. 

 In examining requests for adjustment 

 claiming that the public interest is preju- 

 diced by the application of any provision 

 of this regulation, consideration will be 

 given to the requirements of the public 

 health and safety, civilian defense, and 

 dislocation of labor and resulting unem- 

 ployment that would inpair the defense 

 program. Applications shall be in writ- 

 ing, filed in triplicate with NPA, 

 Washington 25, D. C. Ref : NPA Reg. 2, 

 and shall set forth all pertinent facts, 

 the nature of the relief sought, and the 

 justification therefor. 



Sec. 27. Communicatiohs. All com- 

 munications concerning this regulation 

 shall be addressed to the National Pro- 

 duction Authority, Washington 25, D. C, 

 Ref: NPA Reg. 2. 



Sec. 28. Violations. Any person who 

 wilfully violates any provision of this 

 regulation or any other regulation or or- 

 der of NPA, or who furnishes false in- 

 formation or conceals any material fact 

 in the course of op eration under any such 

 Note: All reporting and record-keeping 

 requirements of this regulation have been 

 approved by the Bureau of the Budget In 

 accordance with the Federal Reports Act of 

 1942. 



regulation or order, is guilty of a crime 

 and, upon conviction, may be punished by 

 fine or imprisonment br both. In addi- 

 tion, administrative action may be taken 

 against any such person to suspend his 

 privilege of making or receiving further 

 deliveries of materials or using facilities 

 under priority or allocation control and 

 to deprive him of further priorities 

 assistance. 



NPA Reg. 2 as amended shall be ef- 

 fective July 17, 1951. 



National Production 

 Authority. 



Manly Pleischmann, 



Administrator. 



List A 



1. The following Items are not subject to 

 any DO ratings Issued by or under the au- 

 thority of NPA at the present time and there- 

 fore DO ratings shall not be effective to 

 obtain them: 



Communications services. 

 Crushed stone. 

 Gravel. 

 Sand. 

 Scrap. 

 Slag. 



Steam heat, central. 



Transportation services, other than those 

 referred to In subdivision 2 of this list. 

 Waste paper. 

 Water. 

 Wood pulp. 



2. Allocation and distribution of the Items 

 listed or referred to below are subject to 

 regulation by other Government agencies 

 and such Items are therefore not subject 

 to ratings Issued by or under the authority 

 of NPA. However, producers of such Items 

 are subject to NPA regulations with respect 

 to other materials used by them. 



(a) Solid fuels: ' All forms of anthracite, 

 bituminous, subbltumlnous. and llgnltlc 

 coals, and coke and Its byproducts. 



(b) Gas and gas pipelines;' Natural gas, 

 manufactured gas, and pipelines for the 

 movement thereof. 



(c) Petroleum and petroleum pipelines: ' 

 Crude oil, synthetic liquid fuel, their prod- 

 ucts and associated hydrocarbons, including 

 pipelines for the movement thereof. 



(d) Electric power: ' All forms of electric 

 power and energy. 



(e) Radioisotopes, stable Isotopes, source 

 and fissionable materials.^ 



(f ) Farm equipment: " Domestic distribu- 

 tion of ^ulpment manufactured for use on 

 farms In connection with the production or 

 processing of food. Such equipment in- 

 cludes, but Is not limited to. the Items 

 listed in Scheduie I of NPA Order N-56A as 

 the same may be amended or supplemented 

 from time to time. 



(g) Fertilizer, commercial; ' In form for 

 distribution to users. 



(h) Pood, except In certain cases where 

 used Industrially; ^ In general, foods and 

 other agricultural conunodltles and products 

 are within the Jurisdiction of the Depart- 



' Under Jurisdiction of the Department of 

 the Interior— E. O. 10161. 15 F. R. 6105; E. O. 

 10200, 16 P. R. 61; DPA Del. 1. 16 F. R. 738. 



^ Under Jurisdiction of the Atomic Energy 

 Commission — 60 Stat. 755: 42 U. S. C. et seq. 



' Under Jurisdiction of the Department of 

 Agriculture — E. O. 10161, 15 P. a. 610S; E. O. 

 10200, 16 F. R. 6i: DPA Del. 1. 16 F. R. 738. 



ment of Agriculture, but those which have 

 Industrial uses are within the Jurisdiction of 

 NPA when they lose their Identity as food 

 or agricultural commodities or products. 

 The respective Jurisdictions of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and NPA are described 

 generally (and In certain cases, specifically) 

 in an Agreement between the Production 

 and Marketing Administration (Department 

 of Agriculture) and NPA signed on March 30 

 and April 13. 1951. respectively (16 F. R. 

 3410), which agreement is referred to In 

 NPA Delegation 10 of April 26 1951 (16 P. R. 

 3669). 



The Agreement (reference to which should 

 be made) does not attempt to list all foods 

 and aerlcultural commodities and products 

 whichlnvolve Industrial uses but does cover 

 the major Items as to which there might be 

 a question of Jurisdiction. In general, the 

 respective Jurisdictions fall within the fol- 

 lowing categories: 



(1) Commodities which are within the 

 Jurisdiction of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture until they enter any manufacturing 



. process which results In their being neither 

 food nor agricultural commodities or prod- 

 ucts (certain examples of which are listed 

 in the Agreement, such as egg products, fats, 

 oils, grain and grain products, molasses, po- 

 tatoes, spices, starches, sugar, and tartaric 

 acid). 



(2) Commodities which are within the 

 Jurisdiction of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture until the point specified In the Agree- 

 ment (such as cotton lint and llnters, hemp, 

 fiax, fiber, skim milk for casein, wool, and 

 mohair). 



(3) Commodities which are within the ex- 

 . elusive Jurisdiction of the Department of 



Agriculture (ice, naval stores, tobacco, and 

 tobacco products). 



(1) Transportation services (domestic), 

 storage and port facilities.* 



(J) Products (production and distribu- 

 tion) used in the petroleum industry and 

 listed In NPA Delegation 9 (Feb. 26, 1951), 

 as follows : ■ 



(1) Tetraethyl lead fiuld. 



(2) Petroleum cracking catalysts. 



(3) Special Inhibitors used in gasoline. 



(4) Lubricating oil additives. 



(5) Fluids and additives made especially 

 for oil and gas drilling, and demulslflers. 



(k) Ores, minerals, concentrates, residues, 

 and other products (until processing is 

 completed) listed in NPA Delegation 5 (May 

 22, '1951)." 



* Under Jurisdiction of the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission — E. O. 10161, 15 P. R. 6105; 

 E. O. 10200, 16 F. R. 61; NPA Del. 1, 16 F. R. 

 738. 



' Under Jurisdiction of the Department of 

 the Interior — NPA Delegation 9, 15 F. R. 

 1908. 



"Under Jurisdiction of the Department of 

 the Interior — NPA Delegation 5, 15 P. R. 

 4907. 



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