Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-110

§3415 Intervention

Title 15 › CHAPTER 60 — NATURAL GAS POLICY › SUBCHAPTER V — ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND REVIEW › § 3415

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy can join any state proceeding about prorationing or other limits on natural gas production. He has a right to join and can sue in federal court to protect that right. If he joins, he can get the same relevant information other parties get, under the state agency’s reasonable rules for sharing evidence. The Secretary can ask a state court to review any decision from those proceedings if he joined or if state law allows. He can also take part in court reviews by giving information to the court even if he is not a formal party.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §3415

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(a)Authority to intervene

(1)Intervention as matter of right

The Secretary of Energy may intervene as a matter of right in any proceeding relating to the prorationing of, or other limitations upon, natural gas production which is conducted by any State agency having regulatory jurisdiction over the production of natural gas.

(2)Enforcement of right to intervene

The Secretary may bring an action in any appropriate court of the United States to enforce his right to intervene under paragraph (1).

(3)Access to information

As an intervenor in a proceeding described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall have access to information available to other parties to the proceeding if such information is relevant to the issues to which his participation in such proceeding relates. Such information may be obtained through reasonable rules relating to discovery of information prescribed by the State agency.

(b)Access to State courts

(1)Review in State courts

The Secretary may obtain review of any determination made in any proceeding described in subsection (a)(1) in the appropriate State court if the Secretary intervened or otherwise participated in the original proceeding or if State law otherwise permits such review.

(2)Participation as amicus curiae

In addition to his authority to obtain review under paragraph (1), the Secretary may also participate an amicus curiae in any judicial review of any proceeding described in subsection (a)(1).

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 3415

Title 15, Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110