§715d Enforcement of Chapter

Summary

The President must make rules needed to enforce this law. Those rules can require reports, maps, affidavits, and other records about how petroleum and petroleum products are produced, stored, refined, processed, moved, or handled. The rules can also require keeping books and records and allow inspection of those records and of properties and facilities. If needed, the President can require certificates of clearance for petroleum shipped in interstate commerce from certain areas and set up boards to issue them. A board must issue a certificate if it finds the oil is not contraband. Denials must follow a hearing. It is illegal to ship from an area that requires a certificate without one. If denied, a person can ask the U.S. District Court where the board sits for review by filing a written petition within 30 days and serving the board. The board must file its record, and the court can affirm, change, or set aside the order. The court will only consider issues raised before the board, and the board’s factual findings are final if supported by evidence. Court decisions can be reviewed under sections 1254, 1291, and 1292 of Title 28.