42 U.S.C. § 9206 — Wind resource assessment
submitted 46 years ago by Pub. L. 96-345 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 122 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary must run a three-year national wind-resource assessment, including validation, new regional studies, site prospecting, standard methods, and a public national data center.
The Secretary* must begin a three-year national wind-resource assessment program. It must (1) validate existing assessments of known wind resources; (2) assess regions where wind energy may be feasible; (3) begin general site prospecting; (4) establish standard wind-data collection and siting methods; and (5) after consulting NOAA, NASA, and EPA administrators, establish a national wind-data center that makes public information available about known wind resources in regions throughout the United States.
The Secretary* shall initiate a three-year national wind resource assessment program. As part of such program, the Secretary shall—
conduct activities to validate existing assessments of known wind resources;
perform wind resource assessments in regions of the United States where the use of wind energy may prove feasible;
initiate a general site prospecting program;
establish standard wind data collection and siting techniques; and
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.)
- 1980Enacted · Pub. L. 96-345 · 94 Stat. 1143
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