{"identifier":"/us/usc/t51/s30310","title":51,"num":"\u00a7\u202f30310.","heading":"Exception to alternative fuel procurement requirement","text":"\u00a7\u202f30310.\nException to alternative fuel procurement requirement\nSection 526(a)\n(1) the contract does not specifically require the contractor to provide an alternative or synthetic fuel or fuel from a nonconventional petroleum source;\n(2) the purpose of the contract is not to obtain an alternative or synthetic fuel or fuel from a nonconventional petroleum source; and\n(3) the contract does not provide incentives for a refinery upgrade or expansion to allow a refinery to use or increase its use of fuel from a nonconventional petroleum source.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t51/s30310.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t51/s30310","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f30310."},{"t":"heading","text":"Exception to alternative fuel procurement requirement","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Section 526(a)\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSee References in Text note below."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSee References in Text note below.","tail":" of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 ("},{"t":"ref","text":"42 U.S.C. 17142(a)","href":"/us/usc/t42/s17142/a","tail":") does not prohibit the Administration from entering into a contract to purchase a generally available fuel that is not an alternative or synthetic fuel or predominantly produced from a nonconventional petroleum source, if\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t51/s30310/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the contract does not specifically require the contractor to provide an alternative or synthetic fuel or fuel from a nonconventional petroleum source;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t51/s30310/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the purpose of the contract is not to obtain an alternative or synthetic fuel or fuel from a nonconventional petroleum source; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t51/s30310/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the contract does not provide incentives for a refinery upgrade or expansion to allow a refinery to use or increase its use of fuel from a nonconventional petroleum source.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}