42 U.S.C. § 9206 — Wind resource assessment

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.