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viding tax incentives for persons who use public 

 mass transportation systems. 

 (Pub. L. 93-319, § 8, June 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 260.) 



§ 795. Report to Congress by January 31, 1975. 



The Administrator of the Environmental Protec- 

 tion Agency shall report to Congress not later than 

 January 31, 1975, on the implementation of sections 

 3 through 7 of the Energy Supply and Environmen- 

 tal Coordination Act of 1974. (Pub. L. 93-319, § 9, 

 June 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 261.) 



§ 796. Reporting of energy information. 



(a) Authority of Federal Energy Administrator to re- 

 quest, acquire, and collect energy information; 

 rules and regulations. 



For the purpose of assuring that the Federal En- 

 ergy Administrator, the Congress, the States, and 

 the public have access to and are able to obtain 

 reliable energy Information, the Federal Energy Ad- 

 ministrator shall request, acquire, and collect such 

 energy information as he determines to be necessary 

 to assist in the formulation of energy policy or to 

 carry out the purposes of this chapter or the Emer- 

 gency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973. The Federal 

 Energy Administrator shall promptly promulgate 

 rules pursuant to subsection (b) (1) (A) of this sec- 

 tion requiring reports of such information to be 

 submitted to the Federal Energy Administrator at 

 least every ninety calendar days. 



(b) Powers of Federal Energy Administrator in ob- 

 taining energy information; verification of accu- 

 racy; compliance orders. 



(1) In order to obtain energy information for the 

 purpose of carrying out the provisions of subsection 

 (a) of this section, the Federal Energy Administrator 

 Is authorized — 



(A) to require, by rule, any person who is en- 

 gaged in the production, processing, refining, trans- 

 portation by pipeline, or distribution (at other 

 than the retail level) of energy resources to sub- 

 mit reports; 



(B) to sign and Issue subpenas for the attend- 

 ance and testimony of witnesses and the produc- 

 tion of books, records, papers, and other docu- 

 ments; 



(C) to require any person, by general or special 

 order, to submit answers in writing to interroga- 

 tories, requests for reports or for other informa- 

 tion; and such answers or other submissions shall 

 be made within such reasonable period, and under 

 oath or otherwise, as the Federal Energy Admin- 

 istrator may determine; and 



(D) to administer oaths. 



(2) For the purpose of verifying the accuracy of 

 any energy information requested, acquired, or col- 

 lected by the Federal Energy Administrator, the 

 Federal Energy Administrator, or any officer or em- 

 ployer ' duly designated by him, upon presenting ap- 

 propriate credentials and a written notice from the 

 Federal Energy Administrator to the owner, oper- 

 ator, or agent in charge, may — 



(A) enter, at reasonable times, any business 

 premise or facility; and 



(B) inspect, at reasonable times and in a rea- 

 sonable manner, any such premise or facility, In- 



^ So In original. Probably should be "employee". 



ventory and sample any stock of energy resources 

 therein, and examine and copy books, records, 

 papers, or other documents, relating to any such 

 energy information. 



(3) Any United States district court within the 

 jurisdiction of which any inquiry is carried on may, 

 upon petition by the Attorney General at the request 

 of the Federal Energy Administrator, in the case of 

 refusal to obey a subpena or order of the Federal 

 Energy Administrator issued under this section, 

 issue an order requiring compliance therewith; and 

 any failure to obey the order of the court may be 

 punished by the court as a contempt thereof. 



(c) Development of initial report; quarterly reports; 

 accounting practices. 



( 1 ) The Federal Energy Administrator shall exer- 

 cise the authorities granted to him under subsection 

 (b)(1)(A) of this section to develop, within thirty 

 days after June 22, 1974, as full and accurate a 

 measure as is reasonably practicable of — 



(A) domestic reserves and production; 



(B) imports; and 



(C) inventories; 



of crude oil, residual fuel oil, refined petroleum prod- 

 ucts, natural gas, and coal. 



(2) For each calendar quarter beginning with the 

 first complete calendar quarter following June 22, 

 1974, the Federal Energy Administrator shall de- 

 velop and publish a report containing the following 

 energy information : 



(A) Imports of crude oil, residual fuel oil, re- 

 lined petroleum products (by product) , natural 

 gas, and coal, identifying (with respect to each 

 such oil, product, gas, or coal) country of origin, 

 arrival point, quantity received, and the geo- 

 graphic distribution within the United States. 



(B) Domestic reserves and production of crude 

 oil, natural gas, and coal. 



(C) Refinei-y activities, showing for each re- 

 finery within the United States (i) the amounts 

 of crude oil run by such refinery, (ii) amounts of 

 crude oil allocated to such refinery pursuant to 

 regulations and orders of the Federal Energy Ad- 

 ministrator, his delegate pursuant to the Emer- 

 gency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, or any 

 other person authorized by law to issue regulations 

 and orders with respect to the allocation of crude 

 oil, (iii) percentage of refinery capacity utilized, 

 and (iv) amounts of products refined from such 

 crude oil. 



(D) Report of inventories, on a national, re- 

 gional, and State-by-State basis — 



(i) of various refined petroleum products, 

 related refiners, refineries, suppliers to refiners, 

 sharp of market, and allocation fractions; 



(ii) of various refined petroleum products, 

 previous quarter deliveries and anticipated 

 three-month available supplies; 



(iii) of anticipated monthly supply of refined 

 petroleum products, amount of set-aside for 

 assignment by the State, anticipated State re- 

 quirements, excess or shortfall of supply, and 

 allocation fraction of base year ; and 



(iv) of LPG by State and owner: quantities 

 stored, and existing capacities, and previous 

 priorities on types, inventories of suppliers, and 

 changes in supplier inventories. 



