Title 15Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§3810 Relationship to other laws

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 64— - METHANE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION › § 3810

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Officials may not change or ignore federal, state, or local laws on methane production, transport, storage, safety, use, or pricing. They may not make broad rules about methane as vehicle fuel or about vehicles that use it.

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Title 15, §3810

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(a)Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the Secretary or any other official with respect to any activity pursuant to this chapter to modify or waive the application of any Federal, State or local laws dealing with the production, transportation, storage, safety, use or pricing of methane.
(b)Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as granting the Secretary or any other Federal official any authority to promulgate rules of general application to regulate the production, transportation, storage, safety, use or pricing of methane as a transportation fuel or vehicles which use methane as a transportation fuel.

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15 U.S.C. § 3810

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73