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42 U.S.C. § 13285 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13285. Reports to Congress
(a) Progress reports
The Secretary shall report annually to Congress on the progress being made, through demonstration projects supported under this part, to accelerate the development and use of electric motor vehicles.
(b) Report on encouraging purchase and use of electric motor vehicles
Within 18 months after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on methods for encouraging the purchase and use of electric motor vehicles. Such report shall—
(1) address the potential cost of purchasing and maintaining electric motor vehicles, including the initial cost of the batteries and the cost of replacement batteries;
(2) identify methods for reducing, subsidizing, or sharing such costs; and
(3) include recommendations for legislative and administrative measures to encourage the purchase and use of electric motor vehicles.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title VI, § 615, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2903.)
42 U.S.C. § 13286 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13286. Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for purposes of this part $50,000,000 for the 10-year period beginning with the first full fiscal year after October 24, 1992, to remain available until expended.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title VI, § 616, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2903.)
42 U.S.C. § 13291 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13291. General authority
(a) Program
The Secretary shall undertake a program with one or more non-Federal persons, including fleet operators, for cost-shared research, development, demonstration, or commercial application of an infrastructure and support systems program.
(b) Eligibility
A non-Federal person shall be eligible to receive financial assistance under this part only if such person demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the person will conduct a substantial portion of activities under the project in the United States using domestic labor and materials.
(c) Coordination
Activities under this part shall be coordinated with activities under part A of this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title VI, § 621, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2904.)
42 U.S.C. § 13292 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13292. Proposals
(a) Solicitation
Not later than one year after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall solicit proposals from non-Federal persons, including fleet operators, for projects under this part. Within 240 days after proposals have been solicited, the Secretary shall select proposals.
(b) Criteria
(1) The Secretary shall provide financial assistance to no more than 10 projects under this part, unless the Secretary determines that the total amount of available funds is not likely to be otherwise used.
(2) The proposals selected by the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, represent geographically and climatically diverse regions of the United States.
(3) The aggregate Federal financial assistance for each project under this part may not exceed $4,000,000.
(c) Projects
The infrastructure and support systems programs for which projects are selected under this part may address—
(1) the ability to service electric motor vehicles and to provide or service associated equipment;
(2) the installation of charging facilities;
(3) rates and cost recovery for electric utilities who invest in infrastructure capital-related expenditures;
(4) the development of safety and health procedures and guidelines related to battery charging, watering, and emissions;
(5) the conduct of information dissemination programs; and
(6) such other subjects as the Secretary considers necessary in order to address the infrastructure and support systems needed to support the development and use of energy storage technologies, including advanced batteries, and the demonstration of electric motor vehicles.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title VI, § 622, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2904.)
42 U.S.C. § 13293 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13293. Protection of proprietary information
(a) In general
In the case of activities, including joint venture activities, under this subchapter, and in the case of any existing or future activities, including joint venture activities, related primarily to battery technology for electric motor vehicles under other provisions of law, where the knowledge resulting from research and development activities conducted pursuant to such activities, including joint venture activities, is for the benefit of the participants (particularly domestic companies) that provide financial resources to a project under this subchapter, the Secretary, for a period of up to 5 years after the development of information that—
(1) results from research and development activities conducted under this subchapter; and
(2) would be a trade secret or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential if the information had been obtained from a participant,
shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, provide appropriate protections against the dissemination of such information to the public, and the provisions of section 1905 of title 18 shall apply to such information. Nothing in this subsection provides protections against the dissemination of such information to Congress.
(b) “Domestic companies” defined
For purposes of subsection (a) of this section, the term “domestic companies” means entities which are substantially involved in the United States in the domestic production of motor vehicles for sale in the United States and have a substantial percentage of their production facilities in the United States.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title VI, § 623, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2904.)
42 U.S.C. § 13294 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13294. Compliance with existing law
Nothing in this subchapter shall be deemed to convey to any person, partnership, corporation, or other entity, immunity from civil or criminal liability under any antitrust law or to create defenses to actions under any antitrust law.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title VI, § 624, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2905.)
42 U.S.C. § 13295 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13295. Repealed. Pub. L. 105–362, title IV, § 401(b), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3282
text: Section, Pub. L. 102–486, title VI, § 625, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2905, related to electric utility participation study.
42 U.S.C. § 13296 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13296. Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for purposes of this part $40,000,000 for the 5-year period beginning with the first full fiscal year after October 24, 1992, to remain available until expended.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title VI, § 626, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2905.)
42 U.S.C. § 13311 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13311. Purposes
The purposes of this subchapter are to promote—
(1) increases in the production and utilization of energy from renewable energy resources;
(2) further advances of renewable energy technologies; and
(3) exports of United States renewable energy technologies and services.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XII, § 1201, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2956.)
heading: References in Text
text: This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title” meaning title XII of Pub. L. 102–486, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2956, which enacted this subchapter and amended sections 6276, 12001 to 12003, 12005, and 12006 of this title.
42 U.S.C. § 13312 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13312. Renewable energy export technology training
(a) Establishment of program
The Secretary, through the Agency for International Development, shall establish a program for the training of individuals from developing countries in the operation and maintenance of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies in accordance with this section. The Secretary and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development shall, within one year after October 24, 1992, enter into a written agreement to carry out this program.
(b) Purpose
The purpose of the program established under this section shall be to train appropriate persons in the system design, operation, and maintenance of renewable energy and energy efficiency equipment manufactured in the United States, including equipment for water pumping, heating and purification, and the production of electric power in remote areas.
(c) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $6,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996, to carry out this section.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XII, § 1203, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2961.)
42 U.S.C. § 13313 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13313. Renewable Energy Advancement Awards
(a) Authority
The Secretary shall make Renewable Energy Advancement Awards in recognition of developments that advance the practical application of biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric, photovoltaic, solar thermal, ocean thermal, and wind technologies to consumer, utility, or industrial uses, in accordance with this section. Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, Renewable Energy Advancement Awards shall include a cash award.
(b) Selection criteria
The Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Committee on Demonstration and Commercial Application of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technologies (in this section referred to as the “Advisory Committee”), under section 12005 of this title, shall develop criteria to be applied in the selection of award recipients under this section. Such criteria shall include the following:
(1) The degree to which the technological development increases the utilization of renewable energy.
(2) The degree to which the development will have a significant impact, by benefitting a large number of people, by reducing the costs of an important industrial process or commercial product or service, or otherwise.
(3) The ingenuity of the development.
(4) Whether the application has significant export potential.
(5) The environmental soundness of the development.
(c) Selection
Beginning in fiscal year 1994, and annually thereafter for a period of 10 years, the Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Committee, shall select developments described in subsection (a) of this section that are worthy of receiving an award under this section, and shall make such awards.
(d) Eligibility
Awards may be made under this section only to individuals who are United States nationals or permanent resident aliens, or to non-Federal organizations that are organized under the laws of the United States or the laws of a State of the United States.
(e) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $50,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996 for carrying out this section.
(f) Awards made in absence of appropriations
The Secretary shall make honorary awards under this section if sufficient funds are not available for financial awards in any fiscal year.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XII, § 1204, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2961.)
42 U.S.C. § 13314 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13314. Study of tax and rate treatment of renewable energy projects
(a) The Secretary, in conjunction with State regulatory commissions, shall undertake a study to determine if conventional taxation and ratemaking procedures result in economic barriers to or incentives for renewable energy power plants compared to conventional power plants.
(b) Within 1 year after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress on the results of the study undertaken under subsection (a) of this section.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XII, § 1205, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2962.)
42 U.S.C. § 13315 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13315. Data system and energy technology evaluation
The Secretary of Commerce, in his or her role as a member of the interagency working group established under section 6276 of this title, shall—
(1) develop a comprehensive data base and information dissemination system, using the National Trade Data Bank and the Commercial Information Management System of the Department of Commerce, that will provide information on the specific energy technology needs of foreign countries, and the technical and economic competitiveness of various renewable energy and energy efficiency products and technologies;
(2) make such information available to industry, Federal and multilateral lending agencies, nongovernmental organizations, host-country and donor-agency officials, and such others as the Secretary of Commerce considers necessary; and
(3) prepare and transmit to the Congress not later than June 1, 1993, and biennially thereafter, a comprehensive report evaluating the full range of energy and environmental technologies necessary to meet the energy needs of foreign countries, including—
(A) information on the specific energy needs of foreign countries;
(B) an inventory of United States technologies and services to meet those needs;
(C) an update on the status of ongoing bilateral and multilateral programs which promote United States exports of renewable energy and energy efficiency products and technologies; and
(D) an evaluation of current programs (and recommendations for future programs) that develop and promote energy efficiency and sustainable use of indigenous renewable energy resources in foreign countries to reduce the generation of greenhouse gases.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XII, § 1209, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2964.)
42 U.S.C. § 13332 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13332. Coal-fired diesel engines
The Secretary shall conduct a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application for utilizing coal-derived liquid or gaseous fuels, including ultra-clean coal-water slurries, in diesel engines. The program shall address—
(1) required engine retrofit technology;
(2) coal-fuel production technology;
(3) emission control requirements;
(4) the testing of low-Btu highly reactive fuels;
(5) fuel delivery and storage systems requirements; and
(6) other infrastructure required to support commercial deployment.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XIII, § 1302, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2972.)
42 U.S.C. § 13333 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13333. Clean coal, waste-to-energy
The Secretary shall establish a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application with respect to the use of solid waste combined with coal as a fuel source for clean coal combustion technologies. The program shall address—
(1) the feasibility of cofiring coal and used vehicle tires in fluidized bed combustion units;
(2) the combined gasification of coal and municipal sludge using integrated gasification combined cycle technology;
(3) the creation of fuel pellets combining coal and material reclaimed from solid waste;
(4) the feasibility of cofiring, in fluidized bed combustion units, waste methane from coal mines, including ventilation air, together with coal or coal wastes; and
(5) other sources of waste and coal mixtures in other applications that the Secretary considers appropriate.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XIII, § 1303, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2972.)
42 U.S.C. § 13334 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13334. Nonfuel use of coal
(a) Program
The Secretary shall prepare a plan for and carry out a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application with respect to technologies for the nonfuel use of coal, including—
(1) production of coke and other carbon products derived from coal;
(2) production of coal-derived, carbon-based chemical intermediates that are precursors of value-added chemicals and polymers;
(3) production of chemicals from coal-derived synthesis gas;
(4) coal treatment processes, including methodologies such as solvent-extraction techniques that produce low ash, low sulfur, coal-based chemical feedstocks; and
(5) waste utilization, including recovery, processing, and marketing of products derived from sulfur, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and ash from coal.
(b) Plan contents
The plan described in subsection (a) of this section shall address and evaluate—
(1) the known and potential processes for using coal in the creation of products in the chemical, utility, fuel, and carbon-based materials industries;
(2) the costs, benefits, and economic feasibility of using coal products in the chemical and materials industries, including value-added chemicals, carbon-based products, coke, and waste derived from coal;
(3) the economics of coproduction of products from coal in conjunction with the production of electric power, thermal energy, and fuel;
(4) the economics of the refining of coal and coal byproducts to produce nonfuel products;
(5) the economics of coal utilization in comparison with other feedstocks that might be used for the same purposes;
(6) the steps that can be taken by the public and private sectors to bring about commercialization of technologies developed under the program recommended; and
(7) the past development, current status, and future potential of coal products and processes associated with nonfuel uses of coal.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XIII, § 1304, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2973.)
42 U.S.C. § 13335 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13335. Coal refinery program
(a) Program
The Secretary shall conduct a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application for coal refining technologies.
(b) Objectives
The program shall include technologies for refining high sulfur coals, low sulfur coals, sub-bituminous coals, and lignites to produce clean-burning transportation fuels, compliance boiler fuels, fuel additives, lubricants, chemical feedstocks, and carbon-based manufactured products, either alone or in conjunction with the generation of electricity or process heat, or the manufacture of a variety of products from coal. The objectives of such program shall be to achieve—
(1) the timely commercial application of technologies, including mild gasification, hydrocracking and other hydropyrolysis processes, and other energy production processes or systems to produce coal-derived fuels and coproducts, which achieve greater efficiency and economy in the conversion of coal to electrical energy and coproducts than currently available technology;
(2) the production of energy, fuels, and products which, on a complete energy system basis, will result in environmental emissions no greater than those produced by existing comparable energy systems utilized for the same purpose;
(3) the capability to produce a range of coal-derived transportation fuels, including oxygenated hydrocarbons, boiler fuels, turbine fuels, and coproducts, which can reduce dependence on imported oil by displacing conventional petroleum in the transportation sector and other sectors of the economy;
(4) reduction in the cost of producing such coal-derived fuels and coproducts;
(5) the control of emissions from the combustion of coal-derived fuels; and
(6) the availability for commercial use of such technologies by the year 2000.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XIII, § 1305, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2973.)
42 U.S.C. § 13336 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13336. Coalbed methane recovery
(a) Study of barriers and environmental and safety aspects
The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Interior, shall conduct a study of—
(1) technical, economic, financial, legal, regulatory, institutional, or other barriers to coalbed methane recovery, and of policy options for eliminating such barriers; and
(2) the environmental and safety aspects of flaring coalbed methane liberated from coal mines.
Within two years after October 24, 1992, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress detailing the results of such study.
(b) Information dissemination
Beginning one year after October 24, 1992, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Interior, shall disseminate to the public information on state-of-the-art coalbed methane recovery techniques, including information on costs and benefits.
(c) Demonstration and commercial application program
The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Interior, shall establish a coalbed methane recovery demonstration and commercial application program, which shall emphasize gas enrichment technology. Such program shall address—
(1) gas enrichment technologies for enriching medium-quality methane recovered from coal mines to pipeline quality;
(2) technologies to use mine ventilation air in nearby power generation facilities, including gas turbines, internal combustion engines, or other coal fired powerplants;
(3) technologies for cofiring methane recovered from mines, including methane from ventilation systems and degasification systems, together with coal in conventional or clean coal technology boilers; and
(4) other technologies for producing and using methane from coal mines that the Secretary considers appropriate.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XIII, § 1306, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2974.)
42 U.S.C. § 13337 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13337. Metallurgical coal development
(a) The Secretary shall establish a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program on metallurgical coal utilization for the purpose of developing techniques that will lead to the greater and more efficient utilization of the Nation’s metallurgical coal resources.
(b) The program referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall include the use of metallurgical coal—
(1) as a boiler fuel for the purpose of generating steam to produce electricity, including blending metallurgical coal with other coals in order to enhance its efficient application as a boiler fuel;
(2) as an ingredient in the manufacturing of steel; and
(3) as a source of pipeline quality coalbed methane.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XIII, § 1307, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2975.)
42 U.S.C. § 13338 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13338. Utilization of coal wastes
(a) Coal waste utilization program
The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall establish a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program on coal waste utilization for the purpose of developing techniques that will lead to the greater and more efficient utilization of coal wastes from mining and processing, other than coal ash.
(b) Use as boiler fuel
The program referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall include projects to facilitate the use of coal wastes from mining and processing as a boiler fuel for the purpose of generating steam to produce electricity.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XIII, § 1308, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2975.)
42 U.S.C. § 13339 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13339. Underground coal gasification
(a) Program
The Secretary shall conduct a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program for underground coal gasification technology for in-situ conversion of coal to a cleaner burning, easily transportable gaseous fuel. The goal and objective of this program shall be to accelerate the development and commercialization of underground coal gasification. In carrying out this program, the Secretary shall give equal consideration to all ranks of coal.
(b) Demonstration projects
As part of the program authorized in subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary may solicit proposals for underground coal gasification technology projects to fulfill the goal and objective of subsection (a) of this section.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XIII, § 1309, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2975.)
42 U.S.C. § 13340 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 13340. Low-rank coal research and development
The Secretary shall pursue a program of research and development with respect to the technologies needed to expand the use of low-rank coals which take into account the unique properties of lignites and sub-bituminous coals, including, but not limited to, the following areas—
(1) high value-added carbon products;
(2) fuel cell applications;
(3) emissions control and combustion efficiencies;
(4) coal water fuels and underground coal gasification;
(5) distillates; and
(6) any other technologies which will assist in the development of niche markets for lignites and sub-bituminous coals.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XIII, § 1310, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2975.)