2018 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 100 - Wind Energy Systems
Sec. 9206 - Wind resource assessment

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Citation 42 U.S.C. § 9206 (2018)
Section Name §9206. Wind resource assessment
Section Text

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.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 96–345, §7, Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1143.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, 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 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 94 Stat. 1143
Public Law References Public Law 96-345
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