**(a) Authority to prescribe maximum lawful prices** Nothing in this chapter shall affect the authority of any State to establish or enforce any maximum lawful price for the first sale of natural gas produced in such State.
**(b) Common carriers** No person shall be subject to regulation as a common carrier under any provision of Federal or State law by reason of any transportation—
(1) pursuant to any order under section 3362(c) or section 3363(b), (c), (d), or (i) of this title; or
(2) authorized by the Commission under [section 3371(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3371/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Authority to prescribe maximum lawful prices** Nothing in this chapter shall affect the authority of any State to establish or enforce any maximum lawful price for the first sale of natural gas produced in such State.
**(b) Common carriers** No person shall be subject to regulation as a common carrier under any provision of Federal or State law by reason of any transportation—
(1) pursuant to any order under section 3362(c) or section 3363(b), (c), (d), or (i) of this title; or
(2) authorized by the Commission under [section 3371(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3371/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
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§ 3301. Definitions
For purposes of this chapter—
(1) Natural gas
The term ‘‘natural gas’’ means either nat-
ural gas unmixed, or any mixture of natural
and artificial gas.
(2) Well
The term ‘‘well’’ means any well for the dis-
covery or production of natural gas, crude oil,
or both.
(3) New well
The term ‘‘new well’’ means any well—
(A) the surface drilling of which began on
or after February 19, 1977; or
(B) the depth of which was increased, by
means of drilling on or after February 19,
1977, to a completion location which is lo-
cated at least 1,000 feet below the depth of
the deepest completion location of such well
attained before February 19, 1977.
(4) Old well
The term ‘‘old well’’ means any well other
than a new well.
(5) Marker well
(A) General rule
The term ‘‘marker well’’ means any well
from which natural gas was produced in
commercial quantities at any time after
January 1, 1970, and before April 20, 1977.
(B) New wells
The term ‘‘marker well’’ does not include
any new well under paragraph (3)(A) but in-
cludes any new well under paragraph (3)(B) if
such well qualifies as a marker well under
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
(6) Reservoir
The term ‘‘reservoir’’ means any producible
natural accumulation of natural gas, crude
oil, or both, confined—
(A) by impermeable rock or water barriers
and characterized by a single natural pres-
sure system; or
(B) by lithologic or structural barriers
which prevent pressure communication.
(7) Completion location
(A) General rule
The term ‘‘completion location’’ means
any subsurface location from which natural
gas is being or has been produced in com-
mercial quantities.
(B) Marker well
The term ‘‘completion location’’, when
used with reference to any marker well,
means any su