### Question
Can you define what essential industrial process or feedstock use means?


### Answer
**Essential industrial process or feedstock use** is defined as the following in *15 U.S.C. § 3392*:

> any use of natural gas in an industrial process or as a feedstock which the Secretary determines is essential

#### Citation:
  - *15 U.S.C. § 3392*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 60-NATURAL GAS POLICY > SUBCHAPTER IV-NATURAL GAS CURTAILMENT POLICIES**

