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(3 ) In order to carry out his responsibilities under 

 subsection (a) of this section, the Federal Energy 

 Administrator shall require, pursuant to subsection 

 (b) (1) (A) of this section, that persons engaged, in 

 whole or in part, in the production of crude oil or 

 natural gas — 



(A) keep energy information in accordance 

 with the accounting practices developed pursuant 

 to section 6383 of Title 42, and 



(B) submit reports with respect to energy in- 

 formation kept in accordance with such practices. 



The Administrator shall file quarterly reports with 

 the President and the Congress compiled from ac- 

 coimts kept in accordance with such section 6383 of 

 Title 42 and submitted to the Administrator in ac- 

 cordance with this paragraph. Such reports shall 

 present energy information in the categories speci- 

 fied in subsection (c) of such section 6383 of Title 42 

 to the extent that such information may be compiled 

 from such accounts. Such energy information shall 

 be collected and such quarterly reports made for 

 each calendar quarter which begins 6 months after 

 the date on which the accounting practices devel- 

 oped pursuant to such section 6383 of Title 42 are 

 made efifective. 



(d) Confidential information. 



Upon a showing satisfactory to the Federal En- 

 ergy Administrator by any person that any energy 

 information obtained under this section from such 

 person would, if made public, divulge methods or 

 processes entitled to protection as trade secrets or 

 other proprietary information of such person, such 

 information, or portion thereof, shall be confiden- 

 tial in accordance with the provisions of section 1905 

 of Title 18; except that such information, or part 

 thereof, shall not be deemed confidential for pur- 

 poses of disclosure, upon request, to (1) any delegate 

 of the Federal Energy Administrator for the purpose 

 of carrying out this chapter and the Emergency 

 Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, (2) the Attorney 

 General, the Secretary of the Interior, the Federal 

 Trade Commission, the Federal Power Commission, 

 or the General Accounting Office, when necessary 

 to carry out those agencies' duties and responsibili- 

 ties under this and other statutes, and (3) the 

 Congress, or any committee of Congress upon re- 

 quest of the Chairman. 



(e) Definitions. 



As used in this section : 



(1) The term "energy information" includes 

 (A) all information in whatever form on (1) fuel 

 reserves, exploration, extraction, and energy re- 

 sources (including petrochemical feedstocks) 

 wherever located; (li) production, distribution, 

 and consumption of energy and fuels wherever 

 carried on; and (B) matters relating to energy 

 and fuels, such as corporate structure and pro- 

 prietary relationships, costs, prices, capital invest- 

 ment, and assets, and other matters directly re- 

 lated thereto, wherever they exist. 



(2) The term "person" means any natural per- 

 son, corporation, partnership, association, con- 

 sortium, or any entity organized for a common 

 business purpose, wherever situated, domiciled, or 



doing business, who directly or through other per- 

 sons subject to their control does business in any 

 part of the United States. 



(3) The term "United States" when used in the 

 geographical sense means the States, the District 

 of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the territories and 

 possessions of the United States. 



(f) Availability of energy information. 

 Information obtained by the Administration un- 

 der authority of this chapter shall be available to 

 the public in accordance with the provisions of sec- 

 tion 552 of Title 5. 



(g) Independent nature of authority to gather energy 

 information; expiration date. 



(1) The authority contained in this section Is In 

 addition to, independent of, not limited by, and not 

 in limitation of, any other authority of the Federal 

 Energy Administrator. 



(2) The provisions of this section expire at mid- 

 night, December 31, 1979, but such expiration shall 

 not affect any administrative or judicial proceeding 

 which relates to any act or failure to act if such act 

 or failure to act was not in compliance with the re- 

 quirements and authorities of this section and oc- 

 curred prior to midnight, December 31, 1979. (Pub. 

 L. 93-319, § 11, June 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 262, amended 

 Pub. L. 94-163, title V, §§ 505(a), 506, Dec. 22, 1975, 

 89 Stat. 960.) 



References in Text 



This "chapter", referred to In text, was In the original 

 this "Act" meaning Pub. L. 93-319 which. In addition to 

 enacting this chapter, enacted sections 1857c-10 and 

 1857f-6f and amended sections 1857b-l. 1857c-5, 1857C-8. 

 1857C-9, 1857d-l, 1857f-l, 1857f-6e. 1857h-5, and 18571 oT 

 Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. 



The Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, re- 

 ferred to In subsec. (a), (c)(2)(C). and (d). Is Pub. L. 

 93-159, Nov. 27, 1974, 87 Stat. 628, which Is classified to 

 section 761 et seq. of this title. 



Amendments 



1975 — Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 94-163, § 505(a), added 

 subsec. (c) (3) . 



Subsec. (g)<2). Pub. L. 94-163. §506, substituted "De- 

 cember 31, 1979" for "June 30. 1975" In two places. 

 Effective Date of 1975 Amendment 



Section 505(b) of Pub. L. 94-163 provided r.hat: "The 

 amendment made by subsection (a) to section 11(c) of 

 the Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act 

 of 1974 (enacting subsec. (c)(3) of this section) shall 

 take effect on the first day of the first accounting quar- 

 ter to which such practices apply." 



Section Referred to in Other Sections 



This section is referred to In section 797 of this title; 

 title 42 sections 5917, 6274, 6299, 6346, 6381. 



§797. Enforcement. 



(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to violate 

 any provision of section 792 of this title (relating 

 to coal conversion and allocation) or section 796 of 

 this title (relating to energy information) or to vio- 

 late any rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant 

 to any such provision. 



(b)(1) Whoever violates any provision of sub- 

 section (a) of this section shall be subject to a civil 

 penalty of not more than $2,500 for each violation. 



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