2014 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 100 - Wind Energy Systems (Sections 9201 - 9213)
Sec. 9206 - Wind resource assessment
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, 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 100 - WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS Sec. 9206 - Wind resource assessment |
Contains | section 9206 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 96-345, §7, Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1143. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 94 Stat. 1143 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 96-345 |
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The Secretary shall initiate a three-year national wind resource assessment program. As part of such program, the Secretary shall—
(1) conduct activities to validate existing assessments of known wind resources;
(2) perform wind resource assessments in regions of the United States where the use of wind energy may prove feasible;
(3) initiate a general site prospecting program;
(4) establish standard wind data collection and siting techniques; and
(5) establish, in consultation with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, a national wind data center which shall make public information available on the known wind energy resources of various regions throughout the United States.
(Pub. L. 96–345, §7, Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1143.)
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