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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a)Feasibility
(1) The Secretary shall assess the feasibility of establishing a national clearinghouse for the exchange and dissemination of technical information on technology relating to coal and coal-derived fuels.
(2) In assessing the feasibility, the Secretary shall consider whether such a clearinghouse would be appropriate for purposes of--
(A) collecting information and data on technology relating to coal, and coal-derived fuels, which can be utilized to improve environmental quality and increase energy independence;
(B) disseminating to appropriate individuals, governmental departments, agencies, and instrumentalities, institutions of higher education, and other entities, information and data collected pursuant to this section;
(C) maintaining a library of technology publications and treatises relating to technology information and data collected pursuant to this section;
(D) organizing and conducting seminars for government officials, utilities, coal companies, and other entities or institutions relating to technology using coal and coal-derived fuels that will improve environmental quality and increase energy independence;
(E) gathering information on research grants made for the purpose of improving or enhancing technology relating to the use of coal, and coal-derived fuels, which will improve environmental quality and increase energy independence;
(F) translating into English foreign research papers, articles, seminar proceedings, test results that affect, or could affect, clean coal use technology, and other documents;
(G) encouraging, during the testing of technologies, the use of coal from a variety of domestic sources, and collecting or developing, or both, complete listings of test results using coals from all sources;
(H) establishing and maintaining an index or compilation of research projects relating to clean coal technology carried out throughout the world; and
(I) conducting economic modeling for feasibility of projects.
(b)Authority to establish clearinghouse
Based upon the assessment under subsection (a), the Secretary may establish a clearinghouse.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - 42 U.S.C. § 13366 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 42. The Public Health and Welfare § 13366. National clearinghouse - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/us/title-42-the-public-health-and-welfare/42-usc-sect-13366/
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