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42 U.S.C. § 8819 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 8819. Review; reorganization
(a) The President shall review periodically the progress of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Energy in carrying out the purposes of this subchapter.
(b) If the President determines it necessary in order to achieve such purposes the President may, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 9 of title 5, provide for a reorganization, including any required realignment of the respective programs of the Secretaries under this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 219, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 695.)
42 U.S.C. § 8820 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 8820. Office of Alcohol Fuels
(a) Establishment in Department of Energy; appointment and compensation of Director
There is hereby established within the Department of Energy an Office of Alcohol Fuels (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Office”) to be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall be compensated at the rate provided for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5.
(b) Responsibilities of Director
(1) The Director shall be responsible for carrying out the functions of the Secretary of Energy under this subchapter which relate to alcohol, including the terms and conditions of financial assistance and the selection of recipients for that assistance, subject to the general supervision of the Secretary of Energy.
(2) The Director shall be responsible directly to the Secretary of Energy.
(c) Annual authorization and appropriation requests for support of Office
In each annual authorization and appropriation request, the Secretary shall identify the portion thereof intended for the support of the Office and include a statement by the Office (1) showing the amount requested by the Office in its budgetary presentation to the Secretary and the Office of Management and Budget and (2) an assessment of the budgetary needs of the Office. Whenever the Office submits to the Secretary, the President, or the Office of Management and Budget, any formal legislative recommendation or testimony, or comments on legislation, prepared for submission to Congress, the Office shall concurrently transmit a copy thereof to the appropriate committees of Congress.
(d) Consultations respecting coordination of programs
The Secretary of Energy, after consultation with the Director, shall consult with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator of the Community Services Administration, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, or their appointed representatives, in order to coordinate the programs under the Director’s responsibility with other programs within the Department of Energy and in such Federal agencies, which are related to the production of alcohol.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 220, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 696.)
heading: Community Services Administration
text: Community Services Administration, which was established by section 601 of Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2941), terminated when Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Pub. L. 88–452, Aug. 20, 1964, 78 Stat. 508, as amended, was repealed, except for titles VIII and X, effective Oct. 1, 1981, by section 683(a) of Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 519, which is classified to 42 U.S.C. 9912(a). An Office of Community Services, headed by a Director, was established in Department of Health and Human Services by section 676 of Pub. L. 97–35, which is classified to 42 U.S.C. 9905.
42 U.S.C. § 8831 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 8831. Municipal waste energy development plan
(a) Preparation by Secretary of Energy; consultative requirements
The Secretary of Energy shall prepare a comprehensive plan for carrying out this subchapter. In the preparation of such plan, the Secretary shall consult with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Commerce, and the head of such other Federal agencies as the Secretary deems appropriate.
(b) Transmittal to President and Congress
Not later than 90 days after June 30, 1980, the Secretary shall transmit the comprehensive plan to the President and the Congress.
(c) Required statements
The comprehensive plan under this section shall include a statement setting forth—
(1) the anticipated research, development, demonstration, and commercialization objectives to be achieved;
(2) the management structure and approach to be adopted to carry out such plan;
(3) the program strategies, including detailed milestone goals to be achieved;
(4) the specific funding requirements for individual program elements and activities, including the total estimated construction costs of proposed projects; and
(5) the estimated relative financial contributions of the Federal Government and non-Federal participants in the program.
(d) Report to President and Congress; contents
Not later than January 1, 1982, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the President and the Congress a report containing a complete description of any financial, institutional, environmental, and social barriers to the development and application of technologies for the recovery of energy from municipal wastes.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 231, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 696.)
42 U.S.C. § 8832 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 8832. Construction loans
(a) Authority of Secretary of Energy
Subject to sections 8835 and 8836 of this title, the Secretary of Energy may commit to make, and make, loans for the construction of municipal waste energy projects.
(b) Estimated project construction costs as determinative of initial and revised amount of loan; interest rate
(1) Any loan under this section—
(A) may not exceed 80 per centum of the total estimated cost of the construction of the municipal waste energy project involved, and
(B) shall bear interest at a rate determined by the Secretary of Energy (taking into consideration the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States with remaining periods to maturity comparable to the average maturities of such loans) plus not to exceed one per centum, as determined by the Secretary of Energy, and adjusted to the nearest one-eighth of one per centum.
(2) In the event the total estimated costs of construction of the project thereafter exceed the total estimated costs initially determined by the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary may in addition, upon application therefor, make a loan for so much of the additional estimated costs as does not exceed 10 per centum of the initial total estimated costs of construction.
(c) Preconditions
A loan may not be made under this section unless the person applying for such loan has established to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Energy that the applicant is unable without such a loan to obtain sufficient credit elsewhere at reasonable rates and terms, taking into consideration prevailing market rates and terms for loans for similar periods of time, to finance the construction of the project for which such loan is sought.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 232, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 697.)
42 U.S.C. § 8836 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 8836. Financial assistance program administration
The Secretary of Energy shall establish procedures and take such other actions as may be necessary regarding the solicitation, review, and evaluation of applications, and awarding of financial assistance under section 8832, 8833, or 8834 of this title as may be necessary to carry out the plan established under section 8831 of this title.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 236, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 703.)
42 U.S.C. § 8838 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 8838. Jurisdiction of Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency
The provisions of section 5920(c) 1 of this title, relating to the responsibilities of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy, shall apply with respect to actions under this subchapter to the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply to actions under section 5920 1 of this title.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 238, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 704.)
heading: References in Text
text: Section 5920 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 109–58, title X, § 1009(b)(12), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 936.
42 U.S.C. § 8839 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 8839. Office of Energy from Municipal Waste
(a) Establishment in Department of Energy; appointment of Director
There is hereby established within the Department of Energy an Office of Energy from Municipal Waste (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Office”) to be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Energy.
(b) Functions
It shall be the function of the Office to perform—
(1) the research, development, demonstration, and commercialization activities authorized under this subchapter (including those authorized under section 8837 of this title), and
(2) such other duties relating to the production of energy from municipal waste as the Secretary of Energy may assign to the Office.
(c) Consultations respecting implementation of functions
In carrying out functions tranferred 1 or assigned to the Office, the Secretary of Energy shall consult with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Commerce, and the heads of such other Federal agencies, as appropriate.
(d) Transfer of related functions and personnel from Department of Energy
The Secretary shall provide for the transfer to the Office of the functions relating to, and personnel of the Department who are responsible for the administration of, programs in existence on June 30, 1980, which relate to the research, development, demonstration, and commercialization of technologies for the recovery of energy from municipal waste.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 239, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 704.)
42 U.S.C. § 8840 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 8840. Termination of authorities
No financial assistance may be committed to or made under this subchapter after September 30, 1984. This section shall not be construed to affect the authority of the Secretary of Energy to spend funds after such date pursuant to any award of financial assistance made on or before that date.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 240, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 705.)
42 U.S.C. § 8851 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 8851. Model demonstration biomass energy facilities; establishment, public inspection, etc.; authorization of appropriations
(a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish not more than ten model demonstration biomass energy facilities for purposes of exhibiting the most advanced technology available for producing biomass energy. Such facilities and information regarding the operation of such facilities shall be available for public inspection, and, to the extent practicable, such facilities shall be established in various regions in the United States. Such facilities may be established in cooperation with appropriate departments or agencies of the States, or appropriate in various regions in the United States. Such facilities may be established in cooperation with appropriate departments or agencies of the States, or appropriate departments, agencies, or other instrumentalities of the United States.
(b) For purposes of carrying out subsection (a) of this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 251, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 705.)
42 U.S.C. § 8852 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 8852. Coordination of research and extension activities; consultative requirements
(a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall coordinate the applied research and extension programs conducted under this subchapter 1 and under the amendments made by this subchapter to section 1419 [7 U.S.C. 3154]1 and subtitle B of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 [7 U.S.C. 3129],1 section 1 of the Bankhead-Jones Act [7 U.S.C. 427], section 3 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 [16 U.S.C. 1642], and sections 1 and 2 of the Smith-Lever Act [7 U.S.C. 341, 342] with the programs of the Department of Energy.
(b) In carrying out this subchapter and the amendments made by this subchapter, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consult on a continuing basis with—
(1) the Subcommittee on Food, Agricultural, and Forestry Research of the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology;
(2) the Joint Council on Food and Agricultural Sciences; and
(3) the National Agricultural Research and Extension Users Advisory Board;
for the purpose of coordinating research and extension activities.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 257, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 708; Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1406(c), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1299.)
heading: References in Text
text: This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle C (§§ 251–262) of title II of Pub. L. 96–294, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 705, which enacted this subchapter and sections 1435 and 3129 of Title 7, Agriculture, and amended sections 341, 342, 427, and 3154 of Title 7 and sections 590h and 1642 of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of subtitle C to the Code, see Tables.
7 U.S.C. 3154, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by Pub. L. 110–246, title VII, § 7110(a), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1980.
7 U.S.C. 3129, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by Pub. L. 101–624, title XVI, § 1601(f)(1)(C), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3704.
heading: Amendments
text: 1981—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 97–98 substituted “Subcommittee on Food, Agricultural, and Forestry Research” for “Subcommittee on Food and Renewable Resources”.
heading: Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 97–98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 of Title 7, Agriculture.
42 U.S.C. § 8853 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 8853. Lending for energy production and conservation projects by production credit associations, Federal land banks, and banks for cooperatives
The Farm Credit Administration shall encourage production credit associations, Federal land banks, and banks for cooperatives to use existing authorities to make loans to eligible persons for commercially feasible biomass energy projects.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 258, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 709.)
42 U.S.C. § 8854 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 8854. Utilization of National Forest System in wood energy development projects
The Secretary of Agriculture may make available the timber resources of the National Forest System, in accordance with appropriate timber appraisal and sale procedures, for use by biomass energy projects.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 261, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 710.)
42 U.S.C. § 8855 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 8855. Forest Service leases and permits
It is the intent of the Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture shall process applications for leases of National Forest System lands and for permits to explore, drill, and develop resources on land leased from the Forest Service, notwithstanding the current status of any plan being prepared under section 1604 of title 16.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 262, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 710.)
42 U.S.C. § 8901 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 8901. Introductory provisions
(a) Congressional statement of findings and purpose
The Congress finds and declares that acid precipitation resulting from other than natural sources—
(1) could contribute to the increasing pollution of natural and man-made water systems;
(2) could adversely affect agricultural and forest crops;
(3) could adversely affect fish and wildlife and natural ecosystems generally;
(4) could contribute to corrosion of metals, wood, paint, and masonry used in construction and ornamentation of buildings and public monuments;
(5) could adversely affect public health and welfare; and
(6) could affect areas distant from sources and thus involve issues of national and international policy.
(b) Congressional declaration of purpose
The Congress declares that it is the purpose of this subchapter—
(1) to identify the causes and sources of acid precipitation;
(2) to evaluate the environmental, social, and economic effects of acid precipitation; and
(3) based on the results of the research program established by this subchapter and to the extent consistent with existing law, to take action to the extent necessary and practicable (A) to limit or eliminate the identified emissions which are sources of acid precipitation, and (B) to remedy or otherwise ameliorate the harmful effects which may result from acid precipitation.
(c) “Acid precipitation” defined
For purposes of this subchapter the term “acid precipitation” means the wet or dry deposition from the atmosphere of acid chemical compounds.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title VII, § 702, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 770.)
heading: Short Title
text: Section 701 of title VII Pub. L. 96–294 provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Acid Precipitation Act of 1980’.”
42 U.S.C. § 8902 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 8902. Comprehensive ten-year program
(a) Implementation by Acid Precipitation Task Force; membership, etc., of Task Force
There is hereby established a comprehensive ten-year program to carry out the provisions of this subchapter; and to implement this program there shall be formed an Acid Precipitation Task Force (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Task Force”), of which the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall be joint chairmen. The remaining membership of the Task Force shall consist of—
(1) one representative each from the Department of the Interior, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, the Department of State, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Council on Environmental Quality, the National Science Foundation, and the Tennessee Valley Authority;
(2) the director of the Argonne National Laboratory, the director of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, the director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the director of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; and
(3) four additional members to be appointed by the President.
(b) Research management consortium; membership, responsibilities, etc.
The four National Laboratories (referred to in subsection (a)(2) of this section) shall constitute a research management consortium having the responsibilities described in section 8903(b)(13) of this title as well as the general responsibilities required by their representation on the Task Force. In carrying out these responsibilities the consortium shall report to, and act pursuant to direction from, the joint chairmen of the Task Force.
(c) Director of research program
The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall serve as the director of the research program established by this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title VII, § 703, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 771.)
42 U.S.C. § 8904 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 8904. Implementation of comprehensive plan; new or existing regulatory authorities, etc., not granted or modified
(a) The comprehensive plan shall be carried out during the nine fiscal years following the fiscal year in which the comprehensive plan is submitted in its final form under section 8903(c)(3) of this title; and—
(1) shall be carried out in accord with, and meet the program objectives specified in, paragraphs (1) through (11) of section 8903(b) of this title;
(2) shall be managed in accord with paragraphs (12) through (14) of such section; and
(3) shall be funded by annual appropriations, subject to annual authorizations which shall be made for each fiscal year of the program (as provided in section 8905 of this title) after the submission of the Task Force progress report which under section 8903(e) of this title is required to be submitted by January 15 of the calendar year in which such fiscal year begins.
(b) Nothing in this subchapter shall be deemed to grant any new regulatory authority or to limit, expand, or otherwise modify any regulatory authority under existing law, or to establish new criteria, standards, or requirements for regulation under existing law.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title VII, § 705, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 773.)
42 U.S.C. § 8905 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 8905. Authorization of appropriations
(a) For the purpose of establishing the Task Force and developing the comprehensive plan under section 8903 of this title there is authorized to be appropriated to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for fiscal year 1981 the sum of $5,000,000 to remain available until expended.
(b) Authorizations of appropriations for the nine fiscal years following the fiscal year in which the comprehensive plan is submitted in final form under section 8903(c)(3) of this title, for purposes of carrying out the comprehensive ten-year program established by section 8902(a) of this title and implementing the comprehensive plan under sections 8903 and 8904 of this title, shall be provided on an annual basis in authorization Acts hereafter enacted; but the total sum of dollars authorized for such purposes for such nine fiscal years shall not exceed $45,000,000 except as may be specifically provided by reference to this paragraph in the authorization Acts involved.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title VII, § 706, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 773.)
42 U.S.C. § 8906 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 8906. Updated data base on acid content in precipitation; new monitoring site not required
(a)
(1) The National Weather Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall maintain an updated data base describing the acid content in precipitation in the United States, using information from Federal acid precipitation monitoring sites.
(2) Such data shall be available to interested parties by Weather Service Forecast Offices in the National Weather Service, or through such other facilities or means as the Assistant Administrator for Weather Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shall direct, for those areas of the United States where and at such time as such information is presently available, within 120 days after November 17, 1988.
(3) Where other Federal agencies collect such data in the course of carrying out their statutory missions, the heads of those agencies and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall arrange for the transfer of such data to the National Weather Service.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any Federal agency to establish any new acid precipitation monitoring site.
(Pub. L. 100–685, title IV, § 414, Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4101.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989, and not as part of the Acid Precipitation Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.
42 U.S.C. § 8912 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 8912. Authorization of appropriations
For the expenses of carrying out the carbon dioxide study authorized by section 8911 of this title (as determined by the Office of Science and Technology Policy) there are authorized to be appropriated such sums, not exceeding $3,000,000 in the aggregate, as may be necessary. At least 80 percent of any amounts appropriated pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be provided to the National Academy of Sciences.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title VII, § 712, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 775.)