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title: "15 U.S.C. § 3208"
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title_number: 15
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# 15 U.S.C. § 3208 - Relationship to other applicable law

## Text

Nothing in this chapter prohibits any State regulatory authority or nonregulated gas utility from adopting, pursuant to State law, any standard or rule affecting gas utilities which is different from any standard established by this chapter.

(Pub. L. 95–617, title III, § 308, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3153.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions The definition of State in section 2602 of Title 16, Conservation, applies to this section.