2013 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 98 - OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (§§ 9001 - 9009)
Section 9006 - Program selection criteria
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, 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 98 - OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Sec. 9006 - Program selection criteria |
Contains | section 9006 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 96-310, §7, July 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 944. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 94 Stat. 944 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 96-310 |
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The Secretary shall, in fulfilling his responsibilities under this chapter, select program activities and set priorities which are consistent with the following criteria:
(1) realization of energy production costs for ocean thermal energy conversion systems that are competitive with costs from conventional energy production systems;
(2) encouragement of projects for which contributions to project costs are forthcoming from private, industrial, utility, or governmental entities for the purpose of sharing with the Federal Government the costs of purchasing and installing ocean thermal energy conversion systems;
(3) promotion of ocean thermal energy conversion facilities for coastal areas, islands, and isolated military institutions which are vulnerable to interruption in the fossil fuel supply;
(4) preference for and priority to persons and domestic firms whose base of operations is in the United States as will assure that the program under this chapter promotes the development of a United States domestic technology for ocean thermal energy conversion; and
(5) preference for proposals for pilot and demonstration projects in which the respondents certify their intent to become an integral part of the industrial infrastructure necessary to meet the goals of this chapter.
(Pub. L. 96–310, §7, July 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 944.)
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