{"data":{"id":"us/10-cfr-217.52","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 CFR 217.52","heading":"Controlling the general distribution of a material in the civilian market.","body":"No allocation action by the Department of Energy may be used to control the general distribution of a material in the civilian market, unless the Secretary of the Department of Energy has:\n(a) Made a written finding that:\n(1) Such material is a scarce and critical material essential to the national defense, and\n(2) The requirements of the national defense for such material cannot otherwise be met without creating a significant dislocation of the normal distribution of such material in the civilian market to such a degree as to create appreciable hardship;\n(b) Submitted the finding for the President's approval through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; and\n(c) The President has approved the finding.","path":["Title 10—Energy","CHAPTER II—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","SUBCHAPTER A—OIL","PART 217—ENERGY PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM","Subpart E—Allocation Actions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-10.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:09Z","sha256":"4e35f322235d9597144f4017a8b3016c784ada79b40def1738b5f8b7e797e68c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/10-cfr-217.51","next":"us/10-cfr-217.53"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}