{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-2900.3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 2900.3","heading":"Essential agricultural uses.","body":"For purposes of Section 401(c) of the NGPA the following classes or portions of classes are certified as essential agricultural uses in order to meet the requirements of full food and fiber production:\nEssential Agricultural Uses\nIndustry SIC No. and Industry Description\nFood and Natural Fiber Production\n01 Agricultural Production—Crops\n02 Agricultural Production—Livestock Excluding 0272—Horses and Other Equines, and Nonfood Portions of 0279—Animal Specialties, Not Elsewhere Classified.\n0723 Crop Preparation Services for Market, Except Cotton Ginning (see fiber processing).\n4971 Irrigation Systems.\nFertilizer and Agricultural Chemicals\n(Process and Feedstock Use Only)\n1474 Potash, Soda, and Borate Materials.\n1475 Phosphate Rock.\n1477 Sulfur.\n2819 Industrial Inorganic Chemicals, n.e.c. (Agricultural related only).\n2865 Cyclic Crudes and Cyclic Intermediates, Dyes and Organic Pigments (Agricutural related only).\n2869 Industrial Organic Chemicals, n.e.c. (Agricutural related only).\n287 Agricultural Chemicals.\n2899 Chemicals and Chemical Preparations, n.e.c. (Salt—Feed grade only).\n3274 Lime (Agricultural lime only).\nFood and Natural Fiber Processing-Food\n20 Food and Kindred Products Except 2047 Dog, Cat and Other Pet Food, and 2048 Prepared Feeds and Feed Ingredients for Animals and Fowls, Not Elsewhere Classified.\n2869 Industrial Organic Chemicals (Monosodium Glutamate, Food-grade Citric Acid and Food-grade Enzymes only).\n2899 Chemicals and Chemical Preparations, n.e.c. (Salt for food use only).\nAnimal Feeds, and Food\n(Process and Feedstock Use Only)\n2047 Dog, Cat and Other Pet Food.\n2048 Prepared Feeds and Feed Ingredients for Animals and Fowls, Not Elsewhere Classified.\nNatural Fiber\n0724 Cotton Ginning.\n2141 Tobacco Stemming and Redrying.\n2299 Textile Goods, n.e.c. (wool tops, combing and converting).\n3111 Leather Tanning and Finishing.\nFood Quality Maintenance—Food Packaging\n2641 Paper Coating and Glazing (food related only).\n2643 Bags, Except Textile (food related only).\n2645 Die Cut Paper and Paperboard (food related only).\n2646 Pressed and Molded Pulp Goods (food related only).\n2649 Converted Paper Products (food related only).\n2651 Folding Paperboard Boxes (food related only).\n2653 Corrugated and Solid Fiber Boxes (food related only).\n2654 Sanitary Food Containers.\n2655 Fiber Cans, Tubes, Drums, and Similar Products (food related only).\n3079 Miscellaneous Plastic Products (food related only).\n3221 Glass Containers (food related only).\n3411 Metal Cans (food related only).\n3412 Metal Shipping Barrels, Drums, Kegs, and Pails (food related only).\n3466 Metal Crowns and Closures (Food Related Only).\n3497 Metal Foil and Leaf (food related only).\nPetroleum wax, synthetic petroleum wax and polyethylene wax (food grade only) as food containers.\nMarketing and Distribution\n4221 Farm Product Warehousing and Storage.\n4222 Refrigerated Warehousing.\n514 Groceries and Related Products.\n5153 Farm Product Raw Materials—Grain.\n54 Food Stores.\nEnergy Production\n(1) Agricultural production on set-aside acreage or acreage diverted from the production of a commodity (as provided under the Agricultural Act of 1949) to be devoted to the production of any commodity for conversion into alcohol or hydrocarbons for use as motor fuel or other fuels;\n(2) Sugar refining for production of alcohol; and\n(3) Distillation of fuel-grade alcohol from food grains and other biomass by facilities in existence on June 30, 1980 which do not have the installed capability to burn coal lawfully, for a period ending June 29, 1985.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER XXIX—OFFICE OF ENERGY POLICY AND NEW USES, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 2900—ESSENTIAL AGRICULTURAL USES AND VOLUMETRIC REQUIREMENTS—NATURAL GAS POLICY ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"5569221a2680138e128ae6ca319e742b8e2482f975144976cbef0c482881c380","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-2900.2","next":"us/7-cfr-2900.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}