Section 13366 - National clearinghouse(a) Feasibility(1) The Secretary shall assess the feasibility of establishing a national clearinghouse for the exchange and dissemination of technical information on technology relating to coal and coal-derived fuels.(2) In assessing the feasibility, the Secretary shall consider whether such a clearinghouse would be appropriate for purposes of- (A) collecting information and data on technology relating to coal, and coal-derived fuels, which can be utilized to improve environmental quality and increase energy independence;(B) disseminating to appropriate individuals, governmental departments, agencies, and instrumentalities, institutions of higher education, and other entities, information and data collected pursuant to this section;(C) maintaining a library of technology publications and treatises relating to technology information and data collected pursuant to this section;(D) organizing and conducting seminars for government officials, utilities, coal companies, and other entities or institutions relating to technology using coal and coal-derived fuels that will improve environmental quality and increase energy independence;(E) gathering information on research grants made for the purpose of improving or enhancing technology relating to the use of coal, and coal-derived fuels, which will improve environmental quality and increase energy independence;(F) translating into English foreign research papers, articles, seminar proceedings, test results that affect, or could affect, clean coal use technology, and other documents;(G) encouraging, during the testing of technologies, the use of coal from a variety of domestic sources, and collecting or developing, or both, complete listings of test results using coals from all sources;(H) establishing and maintaining an index or compilation of research projects relating to clean coal technology carried out throughout the world; and(I) conducting economic modeling for feasibility of projects.(b) Authority to establish clearinghouseBased upon the assessment under subsection (a), the Secretary may establish a clearinghouse.
Pub. L. 102-486, title XIII, §13371337,, 106 Stat. 2985. - Secretary
- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.1See References in Text note below.