# 18 CFR § 3b.1: Purpose

> Federal · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-18-3b.1

## Section

- **Citation:** 18 CFR § 3b.1
- **Heading:** Purpose
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 18—Conservation of Power and Water Resources > CHAPTER I—FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY > SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL RULES > PART 3b—COLLECTION, MAINTENANCE, USE, AND DISSEMINATION OF RECORDS OF IDENTIFIABLE PERSONAL INFORMATION > Subpart A—General

## Text

Part 3b describes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's program to implement the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (Pub. L. No. 93-579, 88 Stat. 1896) to allow individuals to have a say in the collection and use of information which may be used in determinations affecting them. The program is structured to permit an individual to determine what records pertaining to him and filed under his individual name, or some other identifying particular, are collected, maintained, used or disseminated by the Commission, to permit him access to such records, and to correct or amend them, and to provide that the Commission collect, use, maintain and disseminate such information in a lawful manner for a necessary purpose.
[Order 536, 40 FR 44288, Sept. 25, 1975, as amended by Order 737, 75 FR 43402, July 26, 2010]

## Nearby sections

- [18 CFR § 3b.1 § 3b.1 Purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-18-3b.1.md)
- [18 CFR § 3b.2 § 3b.2 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-18-3b.2.md)
- [18 CFR § 3b.3 § 3b.3 Notice requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-18-3b.3.md)
- [18 CFR § 3b.4 § 3b.4 Government contractors.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-18-3b.4.md)
- [18 CFR § 3b.5 § 3b.5 Legal guardians.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-18-3b.5.md)
- [18 CFR § 3b.201 § 3b.201 Content of records.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-18-3b.201.md)
- [18 CFR § 3b.202 § 3b.202 Collection of information from individuals concerned.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-18-3b.202.md)
- [18 CFR § 3b.203 § 3b.203 Rules of conduct.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-18-3b.203.md)
- [18 CFR § 3b.204 § 3b.204 Safeguarding information in manual and computer-based record systems.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-18-3b.204.md)
- [18 CFR § 3b.220 § 3b.220 Notification of maintenance of records to individuals concerned.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-18-3b.220.md)
- [18 CFR § 3b.221 § 3b.221 Access of records to individuals concerned.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-18-3b.221.md)
- [18 CFR § 3b.222 § 3b.222 Identification requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-18-3b.222.md)
- [18 CFR § 3b.223 § 3b.223 Fees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-18-3b.223.md)
- [18 CFR § 3b.224 § 3b.224 Requests to amend records and disputes thereon.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-18-3b.224.md)

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