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2012 US Code
Title 49 - Transportation
Subtitle IV - INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION (§§ 10101 - 16106)
Part C - PIPELINE CARRIERS (§§ 15101 - 16106)
Chapter 155 - RATES (§§ 15501 - 15506)
Section 15501 - Standards for pipeline rates, classifications, through routes, rules, and practices

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 49 - TRANSPORTATION
SUBTITLE IV - INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
PART C - PIPELINE CARRIERS
CHAPTER 155 - RATES
Sec. 15501 - Standards for pipeline rates, classifications, through routes, rules, and practices
Containssection 15501
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAdded Pub. L. 104-88, title I, §106(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 923.
Statutes at Large Reference109 Stat. 923
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 104-88

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RATES - 49 U.S.C. § 15501 (2012)
§15501. Standards for pipeline rates, classifications, through routes, rules, and practices

(a) Reasonableness.—A rate, classification, rule, or practice related to transportation or service provided by a pipeline carrier subject to this part must be reasonable. A through route established by such a carrier must be reasonable.

(b) Nondiscrimination.—A pipeline carrier providing transportation subject to this part may not discriminate in its rates against a connecting line of any other pipeline, rail, or water carrier providing transportation subject to this subtitle or unreasonably discriminate against that line in the distribution of traffic that is not routed specifically by the shipper.

(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, §106(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 923.)

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 10701 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, §102(a).

Effective Date

Chapter effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 701 of this title.

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