Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-110

§3810 Relationship to Other Laws

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Prevents the Secretary or any other official, when carrying out duties under this chapter, from changing or ignoring federal, state, or local laws about making, moving, storing, handling, using, or setting prices for methane. It also does not let them make broad rules that control methane as a vehicle fuel or the vehicles that use it.

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Title 15, §3810

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(a)Modification or waiver
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)Promulgation of rules
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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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 3810

Title 15, Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110