inventory controls

inventory controls Sec. 458. The Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 89 STAT. 954 “inventory controls “Sec. 15. (a) In addition to other authority provided for in this Act to alleviate shortages of crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum products, the President may, if he finds an existing or impending regional or national supply shortage of any fuel, by amendment to the regulation under section 4(a) of this Act or by order, consistent with the attainment, to the maximum extent practicable, of the objectives specified in section 4(b) (1), require adjustments in the amounts of crude oil, residual fuel oil or any refined petroleum product which are held in inventory by persons who are engaged in the business of importing, producing, refining, marketing, or distributing such oils or products. “(b) The authority specified in subsection (a) may be exercised to require either— “(1) a distribution from such inventories to specified persons or classes of persons at specified rates of distribution or to specified levels of inventory accumulation; or “(2) the accumulation of inventories at specified rates of accumulation or to specified levels, as the President determines may be necessary or appropriate to provide for the attainment, to the maximum extent practicable, of the objectives of section 4(b) (1) or as the President determines may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the obligations of the United States under the international energy program, as defined in section 3 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. “(c) The authority specified in subsection (a) may require the maintenance of inventories at levels greater or lesser than such person’s normal business or operating requirements; except that such amounts shall not exceed the amount of oil or product, as the case may be, such person would use or distribute during any 90-day period of peak usage and in no case may the requirement to accumulate inventories be applied to any person in a manner which would necessitate such person making physical additions to storage facilities in order to comply with any such rule or order.”.