2015 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 149 - National Energy Policy and Programs (Sections 15801 - 16538)
Subchapter XIII - Miscellaneous (Sections 16491 - 16494)
Sec. 16494 - Oxygen-fuel
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 149 - NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS SUBCHAPTER XIII - MISCELLANEOUS Sec. 16494 - Oxygen-fuel |
| Contains | section 16494 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 109-58, title XIV, §1407, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 1064. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 119 Stat. 1064 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 109-58 |
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The Secretary shall establish a program on oxygen-fuel systems. If feasible, the program shall include renovation of at least one existing large unit and one existing small unit, and construction of one new large unit and one new small unit.
(b) Authorization of appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section—
(1) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(2) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
(3) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.
(c) DefinitionsFor purposes of this section—
(1) the term "large unit" means a unit with a generating capacity of 100 megawatts or more;
(2) the term "oxygen-fuel systems" means systems that utilize fuel efficiency benefits of oil, gas, coal, and biomass combustion using substantially pure oxygen, with high flame temperatures and the exclusion of air from the boiler, in industrial or electric utility steam generating units; and
(3) the term "small unit" means a unit with a generating capacity in the 10–50 megawatt range.
(Pub. L. 109–58, title XIV, §1407, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 1064.)
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