2011 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 134 - ENERGY POLICY (§§ 13201 - 13574)
Subchapter VI - COAL (§§ 13331 - 13370)
Part C - Other Coal Provisions (§§ 13361 - 13370)
Section 13366 - National clearinghouse
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 134 - ENERGY POLICY SUBCHAPTER VI - COAL Part C - Other Coal Provisions Sec. 13366 - National clearinghouse |
| Contains | section 13366 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 102-486, title XIII, §1337, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2985. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 106 Stat. 2985 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 102-486 |
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(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 clearinghouseBased upon the assessment under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary may establish a clearinghouse.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XIII, §1337, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2985.)
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