42 U.S.C. § 9204 — Research, development, and demonstration
submitted 46 years ago by Pub. L. 96-345 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 212 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary must research and develop wind-system prototypes, solicit improvements, and obtain scientific, technical, and economic information through demonstrations, without following the cited rulemaking requirements.
(a) The Secretary* must begin or speed research and development where missing knowledge limits broad wind-system use. (b)(1) The Secretary must continue an aggressive advanced-prototype program. (2) When appropriate, the Secretary must solicit and evaluate proposals for new or improved technologies that the Secretary believes can improve current systems. (c) The Secretary may contract, grant, or make cooperative agreements with public and private entities to purchase, fabricate, install, and test varied advanced prototypes under varied conditions and obtain scientific, technical, and economic information. (d) In these duties, the Secretary is not subject to 5 U.S.C. § 553 or section 7191 of this title.
The Secretary* shall initiate research and development or accelerate existing research and development in areas in which the lack of knowledge limits the widespread utilization of wind energy systems in order to achieve the purposes of this chapter.
The Secretary shall continue an aggressive program for the development of prototypes of advanced wind energy systems.
As often as he deems appropriate, the Secretary shall solicit and evaluate proposals for the research and development of any new or improved technologies, which, in the Secretary’s opinion, will contribute to the development of improvements in current wind energy systems.
The Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements with public and private entities for the purchase, fabrication, installation, and testing to obtain scientific, technological, and economic information from the demonstration of a variety of prototypes of advanced wind energy systems under a variety of circumstances and conditions.
In carrying out the responsibilities under this section, the Secretary is not subject to the requirements of section 553 of title 5 or section 7191 of this title.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 96–345, § 5, Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1141.)
- 1980Enacted · Pub. L. 96-345 · 94 Stat. 1141
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